A multi-job image buffering system that processes image data. The multi-job image
buffering system has at least one memory device that receives an image data. A
job information device associates a job information with a portion of the image
data and an image identification device associates image information with the portion
of the image data. The at least one memory device is capable of receiving the image
data from an image source at a first data transfer rate, and transferring the image
data to an image sink at a second data transfer rate.