US 12,229,606 B2
Methods and printing system using raster image processors (RIPs) configured for processing a preview job
Jayant Bhatt, Torrance, CA (US); Arturo Becerra, Los Angeles, CA (US); Robert T. Cunningham, Concord, CA (US); Edwin Philip Lockwood, Brea, CA (US); and Javier A. Morales, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,954.
Prior Publication US 2024/0311598 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01)
CPC G06K 15/1857 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1215 (2013.01); G06F 3/124 (2013.01); G06K 15/005 (2013.01); G06K 15/1823 (2013.01); G06K 15/1843 (2013.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06K 15/1867 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:
receiving a preview job at a raster image processor (RIP) system of a print management server,
wherein the RIP system is a separate component from a controller of a printing device;
storing the preview job at a spool drive of the RIP system by the RIP system, wherein the preview job is not rendered;
assigning the preview job to at least one RIP within the RIP system;
activating a preview RIP from the at least one RIP by the RIP system,
wherein the preview RIP is configured from a first standard RIP of a plurality of RIPs by the RIP system to generate a lower resolution and downscaled output than a second standard RIP of the plurality of RIPs within the RIP system;
processing at least one segment of the preview job at the preview RIP; and
deactivating the preview RIP by the RIP system upon completion of the processing of the at least one segment.