Method and apparatus for printing computer generated images

Details Method and apparatus for printing computer generated images Method and apparatus for printing computer generated images

2005-03-01

2005-03-01

Nolan, Jr., Charles H. (Department: 2854)

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C101S484000, C400S061000, C400S070000, C400S076000

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06860203

ABSTRACT:
A method (40) and apparatus (30) is described for performing image rendering of high resolution computer generated images using limited memory and constrained rendering architectures. An image is segmented into a plurality of tiles (110). A graphics renderer (17), which is usually used for rendering low resolution images onto a display device (19), is used to render one tile (110) at a time. The rendered tile images are combined to form a band of the image (101) and the image data of the band (101) is transferred to a printer engine (20) for printing. Each band (101) is rendered and transferred to the printer engine (20) until the whole image is printed.

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