Patent ID: 8576436

Claim:
A method of splitting data comprising information for printing on a first and a second side of print media by respective first and second print heads of a two-sided printer, the method comprising: electronically by a computer or processor, identifying a portion of the data corresponding to a region of print media where none of the information is to be printed; electronically by a computer or processor, identifying as a first data portion a portion of the data before the portion of the data corresponding to a region of print media where none of the information is to be printed is identified; electronically by a computer or processor, identifying as a second data portion a portion of the data after the portion of the data corresponding to a region of print data where none of the information is to be printed has been identified; electronically by a computer or processor, designating the first data portion for printing by the first print head; and electronically by a computer or processor, designating the second data portion for printing by the second print head.