1. A method for printing a composite image comprising: depositing a first image comprising a first color of ink onto a surface of a first printing engine, the first printing engine also having an intermediate transfer module and a drum; transferring the first image from the surface onto the intermediate transfer module; depositing a second image comprising a second color of ink onto the surface; transferring the second image from the surface onto the intermediate transfer module; transferring the first and the second images from the intermediate transfer module onto a first substrate, wherein the images on the first substrate form the composite image; and engaging only the drum of the first printing engine to transfer a second substrate having zero or more component images to a second printing engine through a printing path, the transfer starting before the first printing engine has completed transferring the first and the second images onto the first substrate.