Machine-readable data pattern associated with physical defects on printable media supply

A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program to cause a program-executing hardware unit of a printing system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a machine-readable data pattern from a hardware sensor that detected the machine-readable data pattern added to a printable media supply, the machine-readable data pattern associated with information comprising at least a location of each physical defect of a plurality of physical defects on the printable media supply;
• determining the information based on the machine-readable data pattern;
• and,
• printing a print job on the printable media supply, taking into account the physical defects on the printable media supply.

A printing system comprising:

• a media mechanism to hold and advance a printable media supply, the printable media supply having a machine-readable data pattern added thereto, the machine-readable data pattern associated with information comprising at least a location of each physical defect of a plurality of physical defects on the printable media supply;
• a hardware sensor to detect the machine-readable data pattern added to the printable media supply;
• a printing mechanism to print a print job on the printable media supply as the media mechanism advances the printable media supply;
• and,
• a controller to receive the machine-readable data pattern from the hardware sensor, to determine the information based on the machine-readable data pattern, and to cause the printing mechanism to print the print job on the printable media supply while taking into account the physical defects on the printable media supply.