Front-end system for the conversion of graphical data and coded font data into a serial pixel-bit stream for a raster output scanner in order to obtain a printed page, comprising: a front-end controller(10), an input/output processor, a memory, a raster image memory and a raster image processor , in which the front-end controller(10), the input/output processor(11), the memory(12, 13)and the raster image processor(15)are connected to each other via a first bus system(14), and in which the raster image processor(15)and the raster image memory(16)are connected to each other by a second bus system(17)(RI bus). |