A method for printing workpieces having a first pitch along a horizontal transport path using a printing machine, the printing machine comprising: a rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) being vertically movable between a lower, retracted position and an upper, extended position, and tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) fitted to the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) to be carried therewith, the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) comprising a plurality of discrete and horizontally spaced support surfaces (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B), the arrangement being such that in use workpieces are conveyed into and through the printing machine along the horizontal transport path, which is vertically above the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) when the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) is in the retracted position, and a support surface (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B) may be brought into engagement with a workpiece by raising the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) toward the extended position, to enable a printing operation to be performed to print the engaged workpiece, the method comprising transporting a plurality of workpieces to be printed into the printing machine along the horizontal transport path, wherein the plurality of support surfaces are spaced along the horizontal transport path at a second pitch which is greater than the first pitch, and the transport is controlled such that each workpiece of the plurality of workpieces is stopped at respective first and second locations within the printing machine, the first and second locations being spaced along the horizontal transport path and each being located directly above the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) when in its retracted position, with at least one of the first and second locations being directly located above a support surface (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B) of the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46). a rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) being vertically movable between a lower, retracted position and an upper, extended position, and tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) fitted to the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) to be carried therewith, the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) comprising a plurality of discrete and horizontally spaced support surfaces (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B), the arrangement being such that in use workpieces are conveyed into and through the printing machine along the horizontal transport path, which is vertically above the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46) when the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) is in the retracted position, and a support surface (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B) may be brought into engagement with a workpiece by raising the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) toward the extended position, to enable a printing operation to be performed to print the engaged workpiece, the method comprising transporting a plurality of workpieces to be printed into the printing machine along the horizontal transport path, wherein the plurality of support surfaces are spaced along the horizontal transport path at a second pitch which is greater than the first pitch, and the transport is controlled such that each workpiece of the plurality of workpieces is stopped at respective first and second locations within the printing machine, the first and second locations being spaced along the horizontal transport path and each being located directly above the rising table (15, 25, 35, 45) when in its retracted position, with at least one of the first and second locations being directly located above a support surface (13, 23, 33, 43A, 43B) of the tooling (16, 26, 36, 46).