Patent ID: 8510231

Claim:
A method for printing a complete single image including a postage indicium and other information not related to the postage indicium on a mail piece in a mail processing system including a printer, the printer retrieving print data associated with the complete single image from a memory device, the complete single image having an amount of print data greater than capacity of the memory device, the method comprising: separating, by a processor, the complete single image into a first region including all of the postage indicium and a second region including at least a portion of the other information, each region being sized such that all print data associated with each region can be stored in the memory device; transporting the mail piece along a transport path through the mail processing system, the transport path passing the mail piece past a print head; loading all print data associated with the first region into the memory device as the mail piece approaches the print head; reading the print data associated with the first region from the memory device and printing an image of the postage indicium corresponding to the print data associated with the first region onto the mail piece as the mail piece is transported past the print head; determining, by the processor, if printing of the first region has been completed based on movement of the mail piece along the transport; loading all print data associated with the second region into the memory device after it has been determined that printing of the first region has been completed based on movement of the mail piece along the transport path; and reading the print data associated with the second region from the memory device and printing an image of the other information corresponding to the print data for the second region onto the mail piece as the mail piece is transported past the print head.