METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PRINTING SYSTEM SHEET SIDE DISPATCH IN A CLUSTERED PRINTER CONTROLLER
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    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PRINTING SYSTEM SHEET SIDE DISPATCH IN A CLUSTERED PRINTER CONTROLLER 审中-公开
    用于改进打印系统的方法和系统在一个集群打印机控制器中的页面分配

    公开(公告)号:US20080055621A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-06

    申请号:US11469833

    申请日:2006-09-01

    IPC分类号: G06F3/12

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof generate, update, and utilize a mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided to it. A head node or control processor receives the raw sheetside files from an attached host or server, determines current processing capacity of each of the multiple compute nodes to RIP the next sheetside, and dispatches the sheetside to the compute node identified as providing the minimum RIP completion time. Various conditions may invalidate a compute node from further consideration in dispatch of a particular sheetside. Thus a valid compute node is selected based on the minimum RIP completion time.

    摘要翻译: 用于在打印控制器中使用多个集群处理器的高速(例如,连续形式)打印环境中改进分片的方法,系统和装置。 其特征和方面生成,更新和利用每个适用于RIP(光栅化)提供给它的原始片材数据的多个处理器(计算节点)的数学模型。 头节点或控制处理器从连接的主机或服务器接收原始片材文件,将多个计算节点中的每一个的当前处理能力确定为RIP下一个片段,并将片段分配给被标识为提供最小RIP完成的计算节点 时间。 各种条件可能使得计算节点在分发特定片材时进一步考虑无效。 因此,基于最小RIP完成时间选择有效的计算节点。