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US 6,646,754 B1Granted
Backprinting image prints
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorsJarret L. Redd, Daniel R. Baum
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Abstract
A system and method of backprinting image prints in which an order is received specifying one or more recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient. For each recipient specified by the order, the images associated with the recipient are separated into at least one printable unit of images, and, for each printable unit, each image in the printable unit is printed on a first side of an image print. Backprinting information is backprinted on the other side of one or more of the image prints. The backprinting information can be received from a user and backprinted onto one or images.
Claims62
A method of backprinting image prints comprising:
- receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- for each recipient specified by the order, separating the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- for each printable unit, printing each image in the printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- and
- backprinting non-image information on the other side of one or more of the image prints, wherein the non-image information includes a message and wherein backprinting comprises backprinting a first message on the other side of one or more image prints associated with a first recipient and backprinting another message, different from the first message, on the other side of one or more image prints associated with another recipient.
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A method of backprinting image prints comprising:
- receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- for each recipient specified by the order, separating the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- for each printable unit, printing each image in the printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- and
- backprinting non-image information on the other side of one or more of the image prints, wherein the non-image information includes a message and wherein the message includes one or more of the following:
- name of a photographer who took the image, date the image was taken, date the image was printed, a copyright notice, language describing any legal restrictions on using the image, and an advertisement.
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A method of backprinting image prints comprising;
- receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- for each recipient specified by the order, separating the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- for each printable unit, printing each image in the printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- backprinting on the other side of one or more of the image prints;
- and
- reducing curling of the image print prior to backprinting.
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A backprinting system comprising:
- a front-end computer sub-system for receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- a scheduler, in communication with the front-end computer sub-system and a plurality of printers, that, for each recipient specified by one of the orders, separates the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- one or more printers, in communication with the scheduler, for printing each image in a printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- and
- one or more backprinters, each backprinter receiving one or more image prints from at least one of the one or more printers and backprinting non-image information on the other side of the one or more image prints, wherein the non-image information includes a message and wherein each backprinter backprints a first message on the other side of one or more image prints associated with a first recipient and backprints another message, different from the first message, on the other side of one or more image prints associated with a second recipient.
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A backprinting system comprising:
- a front-end computer sub-system for receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- a scheduler, in communication with the front-end computer sub-system and the plurality of printers, that, for each recipient specified by the order, separates the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- one or more printers, in communication with the scheduler, for printing each image in a printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- and
- one or more backprinters, each backprinter receiving one or more image prints from at least one of the one or more printers and backprinting non-image information on the other side of the one or more image prints, wherein the non-image information includes a message and wherein the message includes one or more of the following:
- name of a photographer who took the image, date the image was taken, date the image was printed, a copyright notice, language describing any legal restrictions on using the image, and an advertisement.
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A backprinting system comprising:
- a front-end computer sub-system for receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient;
- a scheduler, in communication with the front-end computer sub-system and a plurality of printers, that, for each recipient specified by the order, separates the images associated with the recipient into at least one printable unit of images;
- one or more printers, in communication with the scheduler, for printing each image in a printable unit on a first side of an image print;
- and one or more backprinters, each backprinter receiving one or more image prints from at least one of the one or more printers and backprinting on the other side of the one or more image prints and curl reduction equipment that reduces curling of the image print prior to backprinting.
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A method of backprinting an image, the method comprising:
- receiving backprinting information in an order specifying a plurality of recipients from a user;
- printing an image on a first side of an image print;
- backprinting the backprinting information on the other side of one or more of the image prints;
- and
- receiving an image from a user, wherein the user from which the backprinting information was received is different from the user from which the image was received.
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A method of backprinting an image, the method comprising:
- receiving an order specifying a plurality of recipients and backprinting information from a user;
- printing an image on a first side of an image print;
- and
- backprinting the backprinting information on the other side of one or more of the image prints, wherein the backprinting information includes non-image information that includes a message including one or more of the following:
- name of a photographer who took the image, date the image was taken, date the image was printed, a copyright notice, language describing any legal restrictions on using the image, and an advertisement.
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A method of backprinting an image, the method comprising:
- receiving backprinting information in an order specifying a plurality of recipients from a user;
- printing an image on a first side of an image print;
- and
- backprinting the backprinting information on the other side of one or more of the image prints;
- and
- reducing curling of the image print prior to backprinting.
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A backprinting system comprising:
- a front-end computer sub-system for receiving an image and backprinting information in an order specifying a plurality of recipients from a user;
- a printer, in communication with the front-end computer sub-system, for printing the image on a first side of an image print;
- and
- a backprinter that receives one or more image prints from the printer and backprints the backprinting information on the other side of the one or more image prints, wherein the backprinting information includes information generated by the backprinting system, the backprinting information includes non-image information;
- and the non-image information includes one or more of the following:
- an image number associated with the image, a printable unit number associated with the printable unit from which the image print was printed, an order number associated with the order from which the image print was printed, reorder information, a bar code, and a message wherein the message includes one or more of the following:
- name of a photographer who took the image, date the image was taken, date the image was printed, a copyright notice, language describing any legal restrictions on using the image, and an advertisement.
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A backprinting system comprising:
- a front-end computer sub-system for receiving an image and backprinting information in an order specifying a plurality of recipients from a user;
- a printer, in communication with the front-end computer sub-system, for printing the image on a first side of an image print;
- a backprinter that receives one or more image prints from the printer and backprints the backprinting information on the other side of the one or more image prints;
- and
- curl reduction equipment that reduces curling of the image print prior to backprinting.
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An article of manufacture made in response to an order specifying a plurality of recipients, the article comprising:
- an image print medium having a scanable symbol embodied on the back of the image print, wherein the scanable symbol causes a scanner to decode information encoded in the scanable symbol when the scanable symbol is scanned by the scanner, wherein the scanable symbol is a bar code that causes a bar code reader to decode information encoded in the bar code and wherein the bar code encodes a number associated with the article of manufacture, the bar code causing the scanner to identify the article of manufacturer by decoding the number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.