Abstract: A printing system is adapted to carry out a print job on the basis of print job data supplied to the printing system and to discharge resulting printed pages at a first job output. The printing system includes a shoot out device configured to print out a selection of duplicates from the resulting printed pages and for discharging the duplicates as shoot outs at a second output. The shoot out device is programmable by a user in order to establish a mode of operation of the shoot out device by programming the selection of duplicates to be discharged at the second output. The printing system is adapted to print a banner page for the duplicates and to discharge the banner page at the second output.

Abstract: Disclosed are a time scheduling method and scheduler for a modular engine, e.g. a sheet handling engine. Interaction between the modules (e.g., 12, 14, 16, 18) of the engine involves an output from one module being delivered as an input to another module. The engine has at least one module (e.g., 12) that does not need an input from another module for performing a first action. The method comprises the allocation of a time to each action to be performed by the modules on the basis of information on the current status and timing constraints of the respective modules, wherein each module allocates the timings for its own actions by sending a timing offer (e.g., F[OK, . . . , . . . ]) to the module to which the output has to be delivered and receiving from that module a message (e.g., B[OK, . . . ]; B[NOT OK, . . . ]) accepting or rejecting the offer.