US Patent 7126701 Page data processor, page data processing method and program

Patent 7126701 was granted and assigned to Dainippon Screen Mfg Co on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Dainippon Screen Mfg Co

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71267010

Patent Inventor Names

Iwata Ikeda0

Takako Kato0

Date of Patent

October 24, 2006

Patent Application Number

102638250

Date Filed

October 4, 2002

Patent Primary Examiner

Kimberly Williams

Patent abstract

A rasterization processor capable of properly selecting a rasterization processing method reducing a non-operating time of an output unit is provided. The rasterization processor acquires the operating state of the output unit and a time up to termination of output operation of the output unit, calculates times for rasterizing page data at a time and consecutively rasterizing a plurality of separation data separated from page data respectively and compares an output operation end time and an at-a-time RIP processing time with each other. On the basis of the result, the rasterization processor selects and executes either rasterization processing. Thus, a rasterization processor maximally keeping the operating time of the output unit and improving efficiency of printing/prepress steps can be provided.