Patent ID: 7747210

Claim:
A document processing system, comprising: a plurality of marking devices operative to transfer marking material onto a corresponding intermediate medium; a controller operatively coupled with the marking devices to selectively cause one or more of the marking devices to transfer marking material onto the intermediate medium in accordance with a print job; at least one transfer component operative to transfer marking material from the intermediate medium to a first side of a final print medium traveling along a first path; an affixing component located along the first path downstream of the at least one transfer component and operative to affix the transferred marking material to the final print medium; and a print medium return apparatus operatively coupled with the controller to selectively direct the final print medium along a second path and to return the final print medium without inversion to the first path upstream of the at least one transfer component; wherein the controller is operative to selectively split at least one individual page of a print job into at least a first print portion and a second print portion with each portion using a subset of the plurality of marking devices, and wherein the controller is operative for split print job pages to control a first subset of the plurality of marking devices to transfer the first print portion on the intermediate medium, to control the at least one transfer component to transfer the first print portion to a first side of the final print medium, to control the print medium return apparatus to direct the final print medium along the second path after the first print portion is affixed to the first side of the final print medium and to return the final print medium without inversion to the first path upstream of the at least one transfer component, to control a second subset of the plurality of marking devices to transfer the second print portion on the intermediate medium, and to control the at least one transfer component to transfer the second print portion over the affixed first print portion on the first side of the final print medium, and to affix this second portion to the final print medium.