Method and apparatus for managing job contention for system resources in a electrographic reproduction system where images are multibanded

A method and apparatus for prioritizing the use of multifunctional printing system's basic processing resources for multiple banded image processing. The printing system employs a controller with an improved job contention manager (JCM). A plurality of basic resources of the printing system are...

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Main Authors SALGADO, DAVID L, LAMENDOLA, NICHOLAS M, TURMON, RODNEY L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.07.2002
Edition7
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Summary:A method and apparatus for prioritizing the use of multifunctional printing system's basic processing resources for multiple banded image processing. The printing system employs a controller with an improved job contention manager (JCM). A plurality of basic resources of the printing system are provided with a queue. One or more job services, at desired times, signals the JCM to transfer a multiple banded image sub-job of a given job. The signal for each of the bands of the sub-job includes information about the respective sub-job's priority, band number and total band count for the image. Responsive to the signal from the job service the JCM adds a corresponding basic resource sub-job to the queues of each basic resource which the sub-job will require to perform the sub-job. When the last band of an image has been transferred it is merged into a single image for further processing.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20000310595