Abstract: An apparatus adapted to process VDP print job for digital printing includes a plurality of processing elements wherein each of the processing elements is adapted to receive a chunk of the VDP print job for processing. A coordination element is adapted to coordinate between the processing elements to first process all reusable elements in the VDP print job during a first stage before starting processing of specific content in the assigned chunk during a second stage. A cache storage element is adapted to store the processed reusable elements during the first stage.

Abstract: A method for processing a variable data processing (VDP) print job for digital printing including the steps of providing a VDP print job to a computer wherein the print job is described by a page description language (PDL); splitting the print job into plurality of PDL chunks wherein each of the chunks may include at least one reusable element and/or at least one specific content element or both; assigning each of the chunks to different processing elements of a plurality of processing elements; and splitting the processing of the PDL chunks in each processing elements into a first phase and second phase, wherein the first phase processes the reusable elements in the print job in coordination with the other processing elements; and wherein the second phase processes the specific content of the PDL chunk assigned to each of the processing elements and the reusable elements processed during the first phase.