Title :
Compression in a printer pipeline
Author :
Yovanof, Gregory S.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 30 1995-Nov. 1 1995
Abstract :
The role of data compression within a printer pipeline is studied. Hardcopy image compression poses a unique challenge due to the presence of halftoned data used to render continuous tone images on limited resolution devices. We present a quantitative comparison of the compressibility of several halftone patterns. The performance of a variety of lossless and lossy compression algorithms is evaluated. We also address the effect that certain image processing operations, like scaling and enhancement, have on the compression performance.
Keywords :
data compression; entropy; image coding; image enhancement; printers; compressibility; continuous tone images; data compression; enhancement; halftoned data; hardcopy image compression; limited resolution devices; lossless compression algorithms; lossy compression algorithms; performance; printer pipeline; scaling; Data compression; Graphics; Image coding; Image converters; Image processing; Image resolution; Page description languages; Pipelines; Printers; Rendering (computer graphics);
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 1995. 1995 Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7370-2
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.1995.540544
