Figure 5-11. The Image Processor Graphics Pipeline - Digital Equipment DECcolorwriter 1000 Service Manual

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The control loop, which oversees the operation of the graphics pipeline,
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routes the color planes to the engine driver that transmits the color plane data
to the print engine. The control loop also monitors the control and error
signals fed back from the print engine.
Local-
LocalTalk
Talk
handler
Serial
I/O
serializer
Parallel
SCSI
Ethernet
Ethernet
SIMM

Figure 5-11. The image processor graphics pipeline

Control loop
PostScript Rasterizer
interpreter
Fonts in
ROM
Image processor
Engine
Print
driver
engine
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