Printer to die cutter media size shift
AssigneeTilia Labs Inc.
InventorsSagen Alek de Jonge, Scott Aaron More
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an industrial printing operation and associated printing instructions that make use a non-die cutter operation to subdivide a media sheet, followed by a series of die-cutter operations each subdivision to take advantage of industrial printer efficiency. This printing operation is enabled by planning and impositioning phases that generate print instructions allows a change in media size from printer apparatus to dies. Specifically, during the planning phase of the print order, a printer apparatus and a die or set of dies are selected where the media size used by the printer apparatus is larger than the die(s) is/are designed for.
Claims23
A method of industrial print order imposition that employs mismatched sized die-cutters and media comprising:
- receiving a print order including a requisite number of print products;
- receiving a specification of available equipment, the specification including characteristics of available die-cutters associated with the print products in the print order and characteristics of available printing apparatus, wherein each of the available die-cutters and available printing apparatus have a corresponding media size;
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- generating a first imposition layout for the print order based on the requisite number, the first imposition layout employing a first print apparatus with a first corresponding media size and a first die-cutter with a second corresponding media size, wherein the first corresponding media size is larger than the second corresponding media size and the first imposition layout implements a non-die cutting device subdivision on the media and a separate die-cutting operation on each subdivision of the media.
A method of industrial print job imposition that employs mismatched sized die-cutters and media comprising:
- generating an imposition layout that steps down a media size between a printing apparatus and a die-cutter via subdivision indicators;
- printing graphics to a first media based on the imposition layout with the printing apparatus;
- generating a plurality of subdivisions from the first media with a non-die cutting device based on the subdivision indicators;
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- cutting the plurality of subdivisions with a first die-cutter.
A system of industrial print job imposition that employs mismatched sized die-cutters and media comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory including instructions when executed cause the processor to generate an imposition layout that steps down a media size between a printing apparatus and a die-cutter via subdivision indicators;
- the printing apparatus configured to print graphics to a first media based on the imposition layout;
- a non-die cutting device configured to generate a plurality of subdivisions from the first media with a non-die cutting device based on the subdivision indicators;
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- a die-cutter configured to cut the plurality of subdivisions from the first media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.