Patent ID: 8085428

Claim:
A method of printing one or more images using a printing system comprising control electronics located remotely from a printing device, the printing device having a workpiece conveyor that produces relative longitudinal motion between workpieces and associations of print elements arranged on the printing device, the method comprising: the control electronics gathering a plurality of sets of image data to be printed at the printing device, wherein the plurality of sets of image data comprise a first and second set of image data to be printed on respective first and second workpieces at the same time and gathering the plurality of sets of image data comprises: the control electronics dividing the first set of image data into a first plurality of portions and dividing the second set of image data into a second plurality of portions, wherein the first set of image data is divided so that each portion of the first plurality of portions is associated with a respective print element association at the printing device and the second set of image data is divided so that each portion of the second plurality of portions is associated with a respective print element association at the printing device; and the control electronics providing, at the same time, a first of the print element associations with an associated portion of the first set of image data and a second of the print element associations with an associated portion of the second set of image data, the provision of the associated portions of the sets of image data controlling timing of printing by the print element associations.