IPS
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XLC
PCL XL Interpreter
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Product Brief
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
www.zoran.com
The IPS XLC interpreter from Zoran is a modular architecture for
optimized handling of graphic data, with improved printer
throughput and memory usage in color and monochrome
printers and multifunction peripherals. The IPS XLC interpreter
handles all PCL XL components of Hewlett-Packards PCL 6
page description language (PDL). When used in combination
with Zoran’s IPS FIVE interpreter, IPS XLC is fully compatible
with the HP PCL 6 standard. Considering that today's
documents are increasingly complex, are lavish in graphics,
and contain scanned images, clip art, multiple fonts and
multiple formats, the challenge for peripheral manufacturers is
to produce devices that will print those multifaceted documents
without losing time, quality or data. The PCL 6 page description
language has emerged as an efficient and reliable method for
printing such documents. With Zoran’s IPS XLC interpreter,
OEMs can be assured that the high fidelity and rich content of
those documents are supported during printing.
Benefits
• Single interpreter provides high quality monochrome and color
printing solution with full compatibility to the major features of the
PCL XL components of Hewlett-Packard’s PCL 6
• Optimized to process complex graphics, tune performance and
maintain flexibility
• Source code availability provides design flexibility and facilitates
value-added customization
• Integrated with Zoran's OneImage™ common display list
technology to support multi-bit and contone output devices
Key Features
• Full support of major features described in PCL XL Feature
Reference Protocol Class 3.0
• Supports Monotype Imaging UFST 4.2 (TrueType, CFF, MicroType
and Asian Compression for TrueType) fonts and UTF-8 encoding
• Supports variable print resolutions up to 1800 dpi
• Can be combined with the other languages in IPS—IPS FIVE,
IPS PS3, IPS PDFt and IPS XPS—for complete print functionality
Description
Total System Solution
IPS XLC was designed for the rich graphic applications common today.
The IPS XLC interpreter emulates the PCL XL component of
Hewlett-Packard's PCL 6 language for both monochrome and color
devices. IPS XLC implements the following key benefits of PCL XL 3.0:
• Commands closely match Microsoft Windows graphic display
interface (GDI), resulting in fast printer driver translations, quicker
return to application and exceptional WYSIWYG performance
• Object oriented structure produces smaller, more efficient
datastream
• Interoperability with PCL 5 streams and fonts
IPS XLC features innovative Smart Black technology that offers
superior control of image quality for single-bit CMYK output devices
while maintaining complete compatibility with the PCL XL language.
Zoran provides complete source code for the IPS XLC interpreter
and a full set of engineering documentation to allow OEMs to
customize the interpreters for specific market requirements.
The interpreter is integrated with Zoran's rich featured foundation
technology—IPS—to offer a total solution for high performance print
and multifunction peripheral controllers. With its layered architecture
and application programming interface (API), IPS reduces time-to-
market and development costs.
IPS XLC combined with IPS FIVE provides a complete printing
solution compatible with Hewlett-Packard's PCL 6 as implemented in
the hp LaserJet 4250 series and the hp Color LaserJet 5500 series.
Optimized Image Quality at Low Cost, Low Memory
Patented Super MultiGray technology provides continuous tone
image quality in single-bit devices through halftoning algorithms that
create the illusion of more grays than the printer can output. Color
halftone screens are tuned for different marking engine technologies.
IPS also provides facilities for OEMs to incorporate their own
screens. The software also utilizes a bitmap smoothing method that
improves even low-resolution images.
05/07-MMCP
Imaging-IPS XLC-PB-4
ZORAN [ ZORAN CORPORATION ]
