Patent ID: 8169662
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing system for producing a print job, comprising: a controller for receiving an electronic document represented by an original stream, the original stream including printing related instructions, said controller reading the printing related instructions, and responsive thereto, segregating the original stream into segregated streams; a printer for processing the segregated streams to produce corresponding sets of prints; and one or more inserters to store a number of the corresponding sets of prints, the number of stored corresponding sets of prints being less than a number of segregated streams; said controller combining, prior to processing, two of the segregated streams into a single stream when a number of inserters is less than a number of segregated streams minus one; said printer, subsequent to storing the number of corresponding sets of prints, printing the remaining segregated streams to produce a final set of prints corresponding with a hardcopy print stream, the hardcopy print stream having a gap, the gap in the hardcopy print stream being disposed between a leading edge of one print and a lagging edge of another print; said controller controlling said inserters to automatically insert one of the stored prints into the hardcopy stream at the gap within the hardcopy stream to produce the print job.