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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Barcelona, ES;
Jorge Martinez DE Salinas Vazquez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joan Vidal Fortia, Barcelona, ES;
Lluis Abello Rosello, Tarragona, ES;
Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Barcelona, ES;
Jorge Martinez De Salinas Vazquez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joan Vidal Fortia, Barcelona, ES;
Lluis Abello Rosello, Tarragona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method to selectively compress an image in a printing process comprises the steps of providing a first representation of an image to be printed on a printer to a printing pipeline, processing the first representation in the printing pipeline to derive a second representation of the image, wherein the second representation comprises physical printing parameters adapted to the image and the printer, and compressing the second representation to obtain a compressed third representation of the image. The third representation of the image is again supplied to the printing pipeline, and is processed in the printing pipeline to derive a fourth representation of the image. The fourth representation of the image is provided to a printhead of the printer for printing. The invention also relates to a corresponding system to selectively compress an image in a printing process, as well as to a computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions to cause a computer coupled to or integrated into a system to selectively compress an image in the printing process to perform a method with the steps described above.