Method and apparatus for drawing wide lines in a raster graphics

Details Method and apparatus for drawing wide lines in a raster graphics Method and apparatus for drawing wide lines in a raster graphics

1990-06-07

1992-03-10

Evans, Arthur G.

395143, G06K 1500

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for drawing wide lines in a raster graphics system such as a laser printing or display system utilizes a graphics processor with rectangle fill and single pixel line draw instructions. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a laser printer whose controller board main central processing unit (CPU) is a graphics processor and where the main firmware is a page description language interpreter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4819185 (1989-04-01), Corona et al.
Publication from "Graphics Programming in C" entitled Drawing Lines and Rectangles, by Roger T. Stevens, pp. 163-164.
Publication from "Computer Graphics" entitled Bresenham's Algorithm, by Harrington, pp. 17-20.
Publication from "Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics" entitled Bresenham's Line Algorithm, by Foley & Van Dam, pp. 433-435.
Publication from "Computer Graphics" entitled Thick Line Segments, by Harrington, pp. 21-22.
Publication from "Graphics Programming in C" entitled Drawing Wide Lines, by Stevens, pp. 167-168.

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