Planar mapping of graphical elements
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1. A method, comprising:
- approximating a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion of at least one graphical element that is translucent with another graphical element;
configuring the approximated shape to form a vector image;
computing a color for the approximated shape from;
respective colors of each graphical element; and
the translucence of the at least one graphical element;
forming the approximated shape having the computed color into a communication for output;
presenting each graphical element in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels used to form job information associated with the approximated shape; and
associating metadata with each of the plurality of levels, the metadata specifying supplemental information pertaining to the job information.
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Abstract
Planar rendering is described. In an implementation, a method includes approximating a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion of at least one graphical element that is translucent with another graphical element. A color is computed for the approximated shape from respective colors of each of the graphical elements and the translucence of the at least one graphical element. The approximated shape having the computed color is formed into a communication for output to a printer.
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1. A method, comprising:
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approximating a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion of at least one graphical element that is translucent with another graphical element; configuring the approximated shape to form a vector image; computing a color for the approximated shape from; respective colors of each graphical element; and the translucence of the at least one graphical element; forming the approximated shape having the computed color into a communication for output; presenting each graphical element in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels used to form job information associated with the approximated shape; and associating metadata with each of the plurality of levels, the metadata specifying supplemental information pertaining to the job information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. One or more computer readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, direct the computer to perform operations comprising:
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walking a hierarchical structure of graphical elements that form an image when rendered; associating print tickets with at least one of a plurality of levels of the hierarchical structure, each print ticket defining types of processing operations that are to be performed on each level in which the print tickets are associated; and for each graphical element that is translucent; determining an overlapping portion of the each graphical element with another graphical element; computing a color for the overlapping portion based on the each graphical element and the other graphical element; and storing the overlapping portion having the computed color in a display list for output in a graphics environment that does not support transparency. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing device, comprising:
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a processor; a printer interface for communicatively coupling the processor with a device; memory configured to maintain; an image storable as a plurality of graphical elements; and a converter module that is executable on the processor to; approximate a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion formed by the plurality of graphical elements, wherein at least one graphical element is translucent; compute a color for the approximated shape based on respective colors of the plurality of graphical elements and the translucence of the at least one graphical element; form a communication for output via the printer interface to the device that includes the approximated shape having the computed color; and presenting each graphical element in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of levels used to form job information associated with the approximated shape. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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