Controller and method for industrial printing

An industrial printing controller in an industrial printing environment configured to utilize a plurality of various print-head technologies and/or print head types for a single printing assignment, the controller comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to obtain printing instructions for the single printing assignment;
• the processing circuitry further configured to analyse said printing instructions;
• the processing circuitry further configured to detect print head technology and/or print head types in said industrial printing environment;
• the processing circuitry also configured to assign different portions of the single printing assignment, and associated portions of the printing instructions, among respective print-heads of the plurality of print-head technologies and/or print head types based in said print head technology and/or print head type;
• and
• interface circuitry configured to send at least one assigned printing instruction to a respective print-head,
• wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
• retrieve said printing instructions from a printing controller and/or at least one connecting print-head to obtain the printing instructions;
• compile the printing instructions for the single printing assignment with the use of an image creation procedure to obtain the printing instructions;
• or
• determine at least one printing technology which is required for a respective portion of the single printing assignment to analyse the printing instructions,
• wherein the at least one printing technology is a sub-group of printing technologies which are capable of being used for the respective portion of the single printing assignment, and
• wherein the sub-group is an ordered listing of printing-technologies with respect to a preferred use weighting.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for improving printer controller for industrial printing environment utilizing a plurality of various print-head technologies and/or print head types for a single printing assignment, said method comprising:

• obtaining printing instructions for the single printing assignment;
• analysing said printing instructions;
• detecting print head technology and/or print head type in said industrial printing environment;
• assigning different portions of the single printing assignment, and associated portions of the printing instructions, among respective print-heads of the plurality of print-head technologies and/or print head types based on said detected print head technology and/or print head type;
• and
• sending at least one assigned printing instruction to a respective print-head,
• wherein the analysing further comprises determining at least one printing technology which is required for a respective portion of the single printing assignment,
• wherein the at least one printing technology is a sub-group of printing technologies capable of being used for the respective portion of the single printing assignment, and
• wherein the sub-group is an ordered listing of printing-technologies with respect to a preferred use weighting.