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Methods and systems for rendering data based on overlap characteristics

  • US 8,339,653 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2009
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, in a printing system, for rendering a print job, said method comprising:

  • receiving a graphic list comprising a first plurality of graphic-list elements;

    from said first plurality of graphic-list elements, determining a second plurality of graphic-list elements, wherein said second plurality of graphic-list elements comprises all graphic-list elements in said first plurality of graphic-list elements that, when rendered, do not overlap and are not overlapped by any other rendered graphic-list element in said first plurality of graphic-list elements;

    associating said second plurality of graphic-list elements with a first partition;

    from a third plurality of graphic-list elements comprising all graphic-list elements in said first plurality of graphic-list elements not in said second plurality of graphic-list elements, determining a fourth plurality of graphic-list elements that, when rendered, does not overlap with any other rendered graphic-list element in said third plurality of graphic-list elements; and

    associating said graphic-list elements in said fourth plurality of graphic-list elements with a second partition.

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