A printing system comprising: carriage assemblies configured to receive flexible bodies and coupled to a conveyance assembly that is configured to move the carriage assemblies and the flexible bodies along a direction of travel; a preparation station configured to receive the flexible bodies from a loading station and to manipulate the flexible bodies to at least partially flatten printing surfaces of the flexible bodies; and a printing station configured to print images on the printing surfaces of the flexible bodies that are at least partially flattened; and characterised in that: the printing system further comprises a selection station configured to examine the images on the printing surfaces of the flexible bodies and for selecting one or more of the flexible bodies based on the images that are examined, the selection station is configured to individually grip and remove the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected from the carriage assemblies and to convey the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected to a first collection location while the flexible bodies that remain on the carriage assemblies are conveyed to a different, second collection location, wherein the selection station includes a gripping assembly that includes a carousel device having plural gripping devices, the carousel device configured to move the gripping devices in a looped path to engage the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected, and wherein each of the gripping devices are individually coupled to a separate vacuum pump to independently draw at least a partial vacuum to grip the one or more of the flexible bodies. carriage assemblies configured to receive flexible bodies and coupled to a conveyance assembly that is configured to move the carriage assemblies and the flexible bodies along a direction of travel; a preparation station configured to receive the flexible bodies from a loading station and to manipulate the flexible bodies to at least partially flatten printing surfaces of the flexible bodies; and a printing station configured to print images on the printing surfaces of the flexible bodies that are at least partially flattened; and characterised in that: the printing system further comprises a selection station configured to examine the images on the printing surfaces of the flexible bodies and for selecting one or more of the flexible bodies based on the images that are examined, the selection station is configured to individually grip and remove the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected from the carriage assemblies and to convey the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected to a first collection location while the flexible bodies that remain on the carriage assemblies are conveyed to a different, second collection location, wherein the selection station includes a gripping assembly that includes a carousel device having plural gripping devices, the carousel device configured to move the gripping devices in a looped path to engage the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected, and wherein each of the gripping devices are individually coupled to a separate vacuum pump to independently draw at least a partial vacuum to grip the one or more of the flexible bodies. the printing system further comprises a selection station configured to examine the images on the printing surfaces of the flexible bodies and for selecting one or more of the flexible bodies based on the images that are examined, the selection station is configured to individually grip and remove the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected from the carriage assemblies and to convey the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected to a first collection location while the flexible bodies that remain on the carriage assemblies are conveyed to a different, second collection location, wherein the selection station includes a gripping assembly that includes a carousel device having plural gripping devices, the carousel device configured to move the gripping devices in a looped path to engage the one or more of the flexible bodies that are selected, and wherein each of the gripping devices are individually coupled to a separate vacuum pump to independently draw at least a partial vacuum to grip the one or more of the flexible bodies.