Interface surface printer using invisible ink
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Lachlan Everett Hall
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Abstract
A printer for receiving document data from a computer system and printing an interface onto a surface. The interface is based on the document data, which includes identity data indicative of at least one identity. The identity is, in turn, associated with a region of the interface. The interface also includes coded data. The printer includes a coded data generator configured to generate the coded data based at least partially on the identity data. A printing mechanism in the printer prints the interface onto the surface, including printing the coded data using an ink including an infrared-absorbing dye.
Claims71
A printer for receiving document data from a computer system and printing an interface onto a surface, the interface being at least partially based on the document data, the document data including identity data indicative of at least one identity, the identity being associated with a region of the interface, the interface including coded data, the printer including:
- a coded data generator configured to generate the coded data based at least partially on the identity data;
- a printing mechanism for printing the interface onto the surface;
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- a first ink reservoir for supplying first ink to the printing mechanism, whereby the coded data is printed using the first ink, and wherein the first ink, when printed on the interface is not substantially visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.