Mechanical handwriting control apparatus and method of use thereof

Abstract

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for producing a handwritten appearance of input text on a marking surface, comprising the steps of: backing the marking surface with a conveyor belt of a plotter system; machine plotting the input text on the marking surface with a plotting pen having a downward force of one-half to forty ounces; feeding a new sheet to the conveyor belt from a paper feeder system, the step of feeding under control of a paper position detection system; loading a current marking surface into the plotter system; and repeating the steps of loading and emulating n times as designated by a print job, where the step of emulating changes applied vectors to the current marking surface for sub-tasks within the print job and optionally to us graphic codes on the marking surface to control work flow.

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