Patent ID: 8064084

Claim:
A method for distribution of a print job for digital printing by distributing elements of said print job wherein said print job comprises at least one individual page between a plurality of processing means comprising the steps of: a) providing a print job reference file wherein said print job reference file comprises references to shared resources to be processed in accordance with at least one of said individual pages; b) providing job composition requirements; c) preparing said print job reference file according to said job composition requirements for job splitting; d) splitting said print job reference file into a plurality of segments wherein said segments are generated according to availability of said processing means; e) distributing said segments to said processing means; f) processing and generating a plurality of ready to print elements wherein said shared resource is provided to a first processor for processing and said shared resource is processed by a second processor, then the first processor waits for said second processor to complete the processing of said shared resource; g) generating a ready-to-print (RTP) pages structure according to said job composition requirements and said plurality of ready to print elements; and h) creating printer specific data according to said generated ready-to-print (RTP) pages structure.