US 2011/0235118 A1 · PRINTING METHOD USING A DUAL-ENGINE PRINTING SYSTEM

Abstract

Methods for printing using a dual-engine printing system are disclosed herein. An exemplary dual-engine printing system includes a first print engine, a second print engine, and a print media source including a continuous web or separate sheets of print media. Multiple first pairs of images each including a first image and a second image are printed on a first side of the print media by the first print engine, and multiple second pairs of images each including a first image and a second image are printed on a second side of the print media by the second print engine. The print media is then arranged, trimmed if necessary, and bound such the first image faces the second image for each of the first pairs of images as well as each of the second pairs of images. In another embodiment, each of the multiple pairs of images includes a first image printed on a first half of a sheet and a second image printed on the second half of the same sheet. The sheets are arranged and bound along a central axis such that each image from the first pairs of images faces another image from the first pairs of images, and each image from the second pairs of images faces another image from the second pairs of images.

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Dependent claims

A method for printing using a dual-engine printing system, comprising:

providing a print media source including a continuous web of print media having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first print engine and a second print engine separate from the first print engine;
with the first print engine, printing on the first side of the continuous web of print media multiple first pairs of images, wherein each of the first pairs of images comprises a first image and a second image;
with the second print engine, printing on the second side of the continuous web of print media multiple second pairs of images, wherein each of the second pairs of images comprises a first image and a second image;
and
arranging, trimming and binding the continuous web of print media such the first image faces the second image for each of the first pairs of images, and the first image faces the second image for each of the second pairs of images.

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A method for printing using a dual-engine printing system, comprising:

providing a print media source including separate sheets of print media each having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first print engine and a second print engine separate from the first print engine;
with the first print engine, printing on the first side of the sheets of print media from the print media source multiple first pairs of images, wherein each of the first pairs of images comprises a first image and a second image;
with the second print engine, printing on the second side of the sheets of print media from the print media source multiple second pairs of images, wherein each of the second pairs of images comprises a first image and a second image;
and
arranging and binding the sheets of print media such that the first image faces the second image for each of the first pairs of images, and the first image faces the second image for each of the second pairs of images.

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A method for printing using a dual-engine printing system, comprising:

providing a first print engine, a second print engine separate from the first print engine, and a print media source including separate sheets of print media each having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side of each sheet has a first half and a second half, and the second side of each sheet has a first half and a second half;
with the first print engine, printing on the first side of the sheets of print media from the print media source multiple first pairs of images, wherein each of the first pairs of images comprises an image printed on the first half of a sheet and another image printed on the second half of the sheet;
with the second print engine, printing on the second side of the sheets of print media multiple second pairs of images, wherein each of the second pairs of images comprises an image printed on the first half of a sheet and another image printed on the second half of the sheet;
and
arranging and binding the sheets of print media such that, for each of the sheets, each image from the first pairs of images faces another image from the first pairs of images, and each image from the second pairs of images faces another image from the second pairs of images.

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Printing method using a dual-engine printing system

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