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• Dual resolution file format to
• achieve crisp Print Quality (PQ) yet
• reasonable file size
• 1600 dpi lossless text expansion
• 800 dpi contone JPEG expansion
• Two processors: 650MHz RISC CPU with customized HW assist (image processing
focus) and 192MHz SPARC CPU dedicated to the printing pipeline
• Dedicated printing pipeline in HW
• Real-time JPEG compression
• Color Space conversion
• Half-toning
• Dead nozzle compensation
• Printhead data formatting
2.15. The Control System
The Printer engine is controlled by the OmniPEC, the Quality Assurance Infrastructure
(QAI), and the firmware.
Full-page array printing:
• Calculates 900 million drops/sec
• Drives 70,400 nozzles on the printhead
• JPEG expansion in hardware
• On-chip memory
• Extensive motor control and I/O
• Xscale – compatible 650 MHz CPU
• > 40 million transistors
• USB 2.0
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