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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Robert B. Taylor, Washougal, WA (US);
Larry Mull, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jon Derek Roller, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Edward Staas, Camas, WA (US);
Mark Ronald Newsome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Christopher R. Kempke, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert B. Taylor, Washougal, WA (US);
Larry Mull, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jon Derek Roller, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Edward Staas, Camas, WA (US);
Mark Ronald Newsome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Christopher R. Kempke, Redmond, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of various systems that facilitate the printing of documents. In one representative example, one arrangement includes a plurality of raster image processors, a plurality of frame brokers, and a first digital switch facilitating communication between the raster image processors and frame brokers. The arrangement also includes a plurality of printers and a second digital switch facilitating communication between the frame brokers and the printers. A central control system orchestrates a progression of frames of a plurality of documents through the raster image processors and the frame brokers to the printers.