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High volume color image printer system

  • US 5,428,464 A
  • Filed: 04/26/1994
  • Issued: 06/27/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A color printing system comprising:

  • a source which outputs color video image data;

    a plurality of color print engines each of which forms a respective color image sequentially; and

    a parallel printing desynchronizer unit interconnecting said source and said engines, said desynchronizer unit comprising plural transfer means, one such transfer means corresponding to each said print engine, each said transfer means for transferring said data between said source and a corresponding print engine, said video data being synchronously simultaneously transferred to each of said transfer means;

    wherein the transfer to each of said engines from each corresponding transfer means is substantially independent of the transfer to any other of said engines, and the transfer of respective frames of color image data to each print engine from each corresponding transfer means is initiated upon receipt of a frame synchronizing signal from each respective print engine.

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