Patent
1990-07-05
1993-08-17
Shaw, Dale M.
395117, 395137, 395166, G06F 1520, G06F 1500
Patent
active
052376559
ABSTRACT:
A raster image processor for an all points addressable printer includes at least three digital computer controlled processing units arranged in a parallel processing pipe line. The first unit is a master processing unit that receives printing instructions and generates rendering commands. The record unit is connected to the first unit by a dedicated bus, and receives the rendering commands over the bus and generates bit maps corresponding to the rendering commands. The third unit is a memory unit connected to the second unit by a second dedicated bus, and receives the bit maps from the second unit and stores them in a page memory. All three units are connected by a communications and control bus for overall coordination of the units.
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Hunt William E.
Huthsteiner Theodore
Statt David J.
Warda Mark R.
Dudley Mark Z.
Eastman Kodak Company
Shaw Dale M.
Tung Kee M.
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