Xerox Researchers Create Breakthrough Parallel Printer Architecture
Intelligent technology delivers the power of two printers with the simplicity of one.
Xerox Press Release, October 13, 2006
From the release:
The new parallel printer architecture, developed at the company's research center in Webster, N.Y., and at its Palo Alto Research Center, delivers the power of two printers with the simplicity of one. Similar to the way parallel architectures for data storage and processors have revolutionized the IT industry, this new parallel printer design will deliver unsurpassed productivity and reliability to the digital printing industry.
Parallel printer architecture is the software and hardware that enable two print engines to work together seamlessly as one printer device. This architecture also makes the printer smart enough, depending upon the circumstances, to allow each individual engine to work independently...
"The technology inside this dual-engine system will deliver the world's fastest duplex cut-sheet printer with features that significantly improve the printer's productivity and reliability. With the breakthrough printer architecture, the machine actually thinks for itself," said Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox chief technology officer and president, Xerox Innovation Group. "At the heart of the innovation are technologies Xerox is developing called tightly integrated parallel printing. Backed by filings of more than 50 patents, TIPP marks a major shift in Xerox's product development strategy..."
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