Parallelization may not just work for processing, but also for printing data, according to a patent filed by HP last week. The document indicates that the multithreading will be able to accelerate the printing speed accelerate of large documents.

The patent “Parallelization in Printing” outlines a relatively complex approach to a print network that may not be arriving for consumers anytime soon, but may be suited for large organizations that may employ a cloud computing environment. HP describes an environment of raster image processors (RIPs) as well as a digital switch that can separate a document into multiple frames and send them to “frame brokers” in order to achieve an accelerated printing speed.