公开(公告)号：EP0578262A1

公开(公告)日：1994-01-12

申请号：EP93111048.0

申请日：1993-07-09

申请人： MICROSOFT CORPORATION

发明人： Dennis, Stephen V. ,  Fluegel, Steven J. ,  Gerlach, Brett, C. ,  Flagg, Robert C.

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F3/1296 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3419 ,  G06F2201/86 ,  G06F2201/88 ,  G06K15/1823 ,  G06K15/1859 ,  G06K15/1861 ,  G06K15/1865 ,  G06K15/402 ,  G06K2215/0005 ,  G06K2215/0065

摘要： A resource oriented host computer-printer system is disclosed in which the host computer and printer share information and data processing duties. A system and method for analyzing the execution times for draw primitives allows the host computer to determine whether the printer will be able to render draw primitives in real-time. If the printer cannot render the draw primitives in real-time, the host computer may send the draw primitives to be pre-rendered by the printer. The rendering is accomplished in less than thirty seconds. The host computer can determine the execution times for the draw primitives and dynamically alter the timeout period accordingly. If the printer exceeds the determined execution time, the host computer generate a timeout error message. No false timeout error messages are generated by the host computer because the timeout period is related to the actual processing time required by the printer. If the printer is coupled to a network, the timeout period may be set to the maximum thirty second period because the host computer may not have continuous communication with the printer. The host computer will still not generate false timeout errors because the maximum timeout period is still related to the actual processing time required by the printer. The inventive system and method are applicable to any peripheral in which a timeout period is used.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种面向资源的主机 - 打印机系统，其中主计算机和打印机共享信息和数据处理任务。 用于分析绘图图元的执行时间的系统和方法允许主机计算机确定打印机是否能够实时绘制绘制图元。 如果打印机无法实时绘制绘图图元，则主机可能会发送要由打印机预渲染的绘图图元。 渲染在不到三十秒内完成。 主机可以确定绘图原语的执行时间，并相应地动态地更改超时时间。 如果打印机超过确定的执行时间，主机会生成超时错误消息。 由于超时时间与打印机所需的实际处理时间有关，主计算机不会生成虚假超时错误消息。 如果打印机耦合到网络，则由于主机可能不与打印机连续通信，所以超时时间可被设置为最大三十秒。 主计算机仍然不会产生虚假超时错误，因为最大超时时间仍然与打印机所需的实际处理时间有关。 本发明的系统和方法适用于使用超时时间的任何外围设备。

公开(公告)号：EP0578262B1

公开(公告)日：1998-09-16

申请号：EP93111048.0

申请日：1993-07-09

申请人： MICROSOFT CORPORATION

发明人： Dennis, Stephen V. ,  Fluegel, Steven J. ,  Gerlach, Brett, C. ,  Flagg, Robert C.

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F3/1296 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3419 ,  G06F2201/86 ,  G06F2201/88 ,  G06K15/1823 ,  G06K15/1859 ,  G06K15/1861 ,  G06K15/1865 ,  G06K15/402 ,  G06K2215/0005 ,  G06K2215/0065

摘要： A resource oriented host computer-printer system is disclosed in which the host computer and printer share information and data processing duties. A system and method for analyzing the execution times for draw primitives allows the host computer to determine whether the printer will be able to render draw primitives in real-time. If the printer cannot render the draw primitives in real-time, the host computer may send the draw primitives to be pre-rendered by the printer. The rendering is accomplished in less than thirty seconds. The host computer can determine the execution times for the draw primitives and dynamically alter the timeout period accordingly. If the printer exceeds the determined execution time, the host computer generate a timeout error message. No false timeout error messages are generated by the host computer because the timeout period is related to the actual processing time required by the printer. If the printer is coupled to a network, the timeout period may be set to the maximum thirty second period because the host computer may not have continuous communication with the printer. The host computer will still not generate false timeout errors because the maximum timeout period is still related to the actual processing time required by the printer. The inventive system and method are applicable to any peripheral in which a timeout period is used.

公开(公告)号：EP0578263A1

公开(公告)日：1994-01-12

申请号：EP93111049.8

申请日：1993-07-09

申请人： MICROSOFT CORPORATION

发明人： Dennis, Stephen V. ,  Shaiman, Steve ,  McCormick, William B. ,  Flagg, Robert C. ,  Schuster, Paul A.

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1296 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3419 ,  G06F2201/86 ,  G06F2201/88 ,  G06K15/00 ,  G06K15/1823 ,  G06K15/1859 ,  G06K15/1861 ,  G06K15/1865 ,  G06K15/402 ,  G06K2215/0005 ,  G06K2215/0065

摘要： A resource oriented host computer-printer system is disclosed in which the host computer and printer share information and data processing duties. A system and method for analyzing the execution times for draw primitives allows the host computer to determine whether the printer will be able to render draw primitives in real-time. A resource assembler calculates the cost of executing each draw primitive within a band to determine if the printer can render the draw primitive in real-time. If the band is too complex for the printer to render in real-time, the printer may pre-render the band or the host computer will render the band and transmit the bit-map of that band to the printer. The host computer makes a series of decisions as to the best form for transferring data from the host computer to the printer. If the printer cannot store the bit-map data file, the bit-map data file is compressed. If the printer cannot store the compressed bit-map data file, the host computer will reduce resolution in two stages, if necessary, until the printer can store the reduced resolution bit-map data file. The second stage of resolution reduction is guaranteed to fit within the printer. The host computer displays a message advising the user that the resolution has been reduced.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种面向资源的主机 - 打印机系统，其中主计算机和打印机共享信息和数据处理任务。 用于分析绘图图元的执行时间的系统和方法允许主机计算机确定打印机是否能够实时绘制绘制图元。 资源汇编器计算在频带内执行每个绘图原语的成本，以确定打印机是否可以实时渲染绘制图元。 如果乐队太复杂以致打印机实时呈现，打印机可以预先渲染乐队，或者主机将呈现乐队，并将该频段的比特图传送到打印机。 主机对从主机传输数据到打印机的最佳形式做出了一系列的决定。 如果打印机不能存储位图数据文件，则压缩位图数据文件。 如果打印机不能存储压缩的位图数据文件，主机将在必要时分两个阶段降低分辨率，直到打印机可以存储缩小分辨率的位图数据文件。 分辨率降低的第二阶段保证适合打印机。 主计算机显示消息，通知用户分辨率已被减少。