Patent ID: 8208158

Claim:
A print system comprising: a plurality of print modules, each print module holding a print head capable of applying ink, on the basis of print data, onto a print medium; an information processing device configured to supply the print data to the plurality of print modules connected to a communication port; and a signal outputting portion configured to output a print start signal to each of the plurality of print modules by receiving a predetermined signal, wherein the plurality of the print modules are arranged in a predetermined area facing the print medium, and a total number of print modules arranged in the predetermined area is no greater than a maximum number of print modules that can physically be arranged in the predetermined area, wherein each print module includes: an information holding portion configured to hold identity information of the print module, the identity information including position information about an arranged position of the print module in the predetermined area; and a receiving portion configured to receive, in order to print on the print medium, the print data supplied through the communication port, wherein the information processing device includes: a reading portion which reads, through the communication port, the identity information held in the information holding portion of each print module; a print data generating portion which generates divided print data corresponding to each of the plurality of print modules by dividing, according to the identity information of each of the plurality of print modules read by the reading portion, the print data to be printed in the predetermined area; and a sending portion, which sends the divided print data generated by the print data generating portion to each print module corresponding to the divided print data through the communication port, wherein the signal outputting portion outputs, by receiving the predetermined signal, the print start signal to each print module at a drive timing corresponding to the arranged position of each print module in the predetermined area, wherein each print module executes, by receiving the print start signal outputted from the signal outputting portion, a printing operation to print on the print medium in the predetermined area on the basis of the divided print data corresponding to each print module.