Printing system

A method of printing, comprising:

• transporting a media web to a first printing module transport input;
• transporting the media web from the first printing module transport input to an image transfer point;
• transferring at the web tangential speed an image from a secondary image transfer system to the media web at the image transfer point;
• and
• transporting the media web to a first printing module transport output from the image transfer point subsequent to the image being transferred to the media web,
• wherein the secondary image transfer system is adapted to accept an image from a primary image transfer system at an intermediate image transfer point where the primary image system transfers an image to the secondary image transfer system at a tangential speed less than the tangential web speed of the image being transferred to the media web, and the secondary image transfer system is adapted to disengage the intermediate image transfer point and accelerate to the web tangential speed.

A xerographic printing system comprising:

• two or more horizontally aligned printing modules, each printing module comprising:
• a media web transport input;
• a media web image transfer point;
• a media web transport output;
• a primary image transfer system;
• a secondary image transfer system;
• an intermediate image transfer point coupling the primary image transfer system and secondary image transfer system, the secondary image transfer system adapted to accept an image from the primary image transfer system at the intermediate image transfer point, and the secondary image transfer system adapted to transfer the image from the secondary image transfer system to a media web at the media transfer point, wherein the media web transport input and media web transport output provide a media web path to route the media web from the media web transport input to the media web transfer point, and from the media web transfer point to the media web transport output, wherein the two or more horizontally aligned printing modules provide a continuous media path web from the media web transport input of a first end printing module to the media web transport output of a second end printing module, wherein any printing modules positioned between the first end printing module and the second end printing module are aligned to provide a continuous media web path between the first end printing module and the second end printing module, and the printing system is configured to control transferring the image from the primary image transfer system to the secondary image transfer system at a first tangential speed and transferring the image from the secondary image transfer system to the media web at a second tangential speed relatively greater than the first tangential speed.