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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Robert D. Christiansen, Boise, ID (US);
Paul R. Wissenbach, Boise, ID (US);
Scott C. Clouthier, Boise, ID (US);
Brian E. Hoffmann, Boise, ID (US);
Robert E. Stevahn, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Robert D. Christiansen, Boise, ID (US);
Paul R. Wissenbach, Boise, ID (US);
Scott C. Clouthier, Boise, ID (US);
Brian E. Hoffmann, Boise, ID (US);
Robert E. Stevahn, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods for enhancing management of raster image processing (RIP) resources are described. In one aspect, a printing environment includes a RIP engine and multiple RIP pipelines. The RIP engine is scheduled to perform RIP for a first time period for a first pipeline of the multiple RIP pipelines. Responsive to occurrence of a start time of the first time period, the RIP engine is automatically transferred to the first pipeline for RIP.