Single Read-Then-Clear Command for Printing Memory Buffers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional printing systems consume significant computational resources and time due to the need for issuing separate series of commands for reading, writing, and clearing memory buffers, especially when reusing memory buffers for printing processes.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a single read-then-clear memory command that allows the memory controller to read data from and automatically clear the memory buffer, reducing the number of commands and data processed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If separate commands are used for reading and clearing memory buffers, then data can be read and buffer can be cleared, but computational resources and time are significantly consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the read command and clear command into a single read-then-clear memory command. This merging of operations allows the memory controller to perform both reading data and clearing the buffer in one unified operation, eliminating the need for separate sequential commands and thereby reducing computational resources and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The read-then-clear memory command serves multiple functions within a single command structure. It simultaneously enables data retrieval and buffer clearance, making the command multi-functional. This universal approach replaces what would traditionally require two separate specialized commands, optimizing the printing process efficiency.
2Productivity
If separate commands are used for reading and clearing memory buffers, then data can be read and buffer can be cleared, but computational resources are significantly consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the read command and clear command into a single read-then-clear memory command. This merging of operations allows the memory controller to perform both reading data and clearing the buffer in one unified operation, eliminating the need for separate sequential commands and thereby reducing computational resources and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The read-then-clear memory command serves multiple functions within a single command structure. It simultaneously enables data retrieval and buffer clearance, making the command multi-functional. This universal approach replaces what would traditionally require two separate specialized commands, optimizing the printing process efficiency.
3Productivity
If multiple separate commands are issued for memory operations, then data can be read and buffer can be cleared, but the number of commands and data transferred increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the read command and clear command into a single read-then-clear memory command. This merging of operations allows the memory controller to perform both reading data and clearing the buffer in one unified operation, eliminating the need for separate sequential commands and thereby reducing computational resources and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The read-then-clear memory command serves multiple functions within a single command structure. It simultaneously enables data retrieval and buffer clearance, making the command multi-functional. This universal approach replaces what would traditionally require two separate specialized commands, optimizing the printing process efficiency.
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AI summary
An example printing method can involve a memory buffer of a printing system containing image data, and the method can include (i) issuing, by an initiator of the printing system, a single read-then-clear memory command; (ii) receiving, by a memory controller of the printing system, the single read-then-clear memory command; and (iii) in response to receiving the single read-then-clear memory command, the memory controller both (a) reading the image data from the memory buffer of the printing system and (b) after reading the image data, clearing the image data from the memory buffer of the printing system.