Image Forming Device, Printer Complex System and Medium Conveying Device for the Device, Information Processing Unit for Supplying Image Data to the Image Forming Device, and Image Forming System and Image Forming Method Provided with These

摘要

To meet a demand for changing a print medium size, particularly for increasing the size of print medium while at the same time satisfying the demand for higher printing speed. To that end, a plurality of printer units (116), which are spatially independent of each other (separate from each other) and also independent in the signal system and the ink system, are arranged in an appropriate layout to allow for a line-sequential printing. An information processing device (100) divides a generated image into a plurality of pieces of print data and transfers them to the plurality of printer units. A transport device (117) is installed to feed a large-sized print medium to an area where the plurality of printer units are arranged. The transport device transfers to each of the plurality of printer units a print timing signal corresponding to the position of each printer unit.