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Zoran Corporation

1390 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305

01/06-MMCP

Imaging-PM-2060i-PB-1.2

• Complete, single-chip laser resolution enhancement solutions

reduces overall cost and time-to-market

• Best edge enhancement available

• High-resolution rendering

• Multi-bit color and grayscale rendering for photo-realistic output

• Full support for monochrome and four-color printing

• Text and line-art edge enhancement

• 2x high-resolution rendering (vertical and horizontal)

• Multi-bit (contone) input mode

• Contone Auto Position mode

• Economy mode reduces toner used while preserving print quality

• Full support for four-color printing

• Two source data input modes (serial video, parallel video)

• On-chip precision digital modulator

(66 MHz max/3 MHz min video rate)

• Multiple print engine resolution support - 300 to 800 dpi

• Internal beam detection synchronization

• Internal line store memory

• Internal print engine calibration table

• Supports 13.65" maximum scan line length at 600 dpi

Benefits

Key Features

The PM-2060i Precision Digital Modulator delivers the highest

quality resolution enhancement available today. The PM-2060i is

a single-chip solution that addresses all image enhancement

functionality for virtually any resolution laser printer,

multifunction peripheral (MFP), laser fax, or digital laser copier.

The PM-2060i supports engine speeds up to 60 pages per

minute at 600 dpi independent of page description language,

CPU, compression scheme, or host application. The result is a

complete enhancement solution that maximizes performance,

while minimizing development time, cost and complexity.

High Integration

The PM-2060i is a completely integrated resolution enhancement

solution for color and monochrome laser printing devices. It

combines all the circuitry required to implement text and line-art edge

enhancement, high-resolution rendering, and multi-bit color and

grayscale rendering. The PM-2060i has serial and parallel data

interfaces, internal line store memory, internal precision digital

modulator, internal LUT memory, and clock scaling circuitry. It

requires no external memory, delay lines, or phase-locked loops

(PLLs).

Superior Enhancement

Based on Zoran's proprietary image enhancement technology, the

PM-2060i offers a range of advanced image enhancement modes:

High-resolution Rendering, Edge Enhancement, Multi-bit Color and

Grayscale Rendering, and Contone Auto Position.

High-Resolution Rendering

This mode accepts 2x source data, rendering 1200 dpi text, line-art

and images on 600 dpi engines. The PM-2060i prints the 1200 dpi

input data using precision digital modulation, doubling both the

horizontal and vertical resolution of a 600 dpi engine.

Edge Enhancement

This eliminates "jaggies" to improve the appearance of text and

lineart. The PM-2060i uses the industry's largest analysis window to

generate the dot size and position information for the internal

modulator, which has sub-nanosecond precision. The result is an

effective doubling of the resolution of text and line-art. For MFP and

low-end applications, the edge enhancement feature can also scale

source data at 1/3 and 1/2 resolution of the print engine, while

enhancing output.

Multi-bit Color and Grayscale Rendering

The multi-bit modes accept up to 8-bit-per-pixel input data

(600x600x8, 600x600x4, etc.) to produce 256 shades per color

plane for true photo-realistic output. The PM-2060i screens image

data or accepts pre-screened image data and outputs to the print

engine using the internal digital precision modulator. The multi-bit

modes are ideal for printing scanned images or for printing from

contone-capable PDLs.

Description

PM-2060i

Precision Digital Modulator

Product Brief