Hand-propelled wand printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsEric Saund, Babur B. Hadimioglu, David L. Hecht, John S. Fitch, Stephen D. White
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, provided is a hand-held printer system and method for printing on a target. The system includes a hand-held printer, a target position sensing system which senses a position of the target, and a hand-held printer position sensing system which senses a position of the hand-held printer relative to a printing surface of the target. A control mechanism actuates the printing of the hand-held printer based on the sensed positions.
Claims28
A hand-held printer system for printing on a target, comprising:
- a hand-held printer;
- a target position sensing system that senses a position of the target;
- a hand-held printer position sensing system that senses a position of the hand-held printer relative to a printing surface of the target;
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- a control mechanism that actuates the printing by the hand-held printer based on the sensed position.
A method for marking on a surface using a hand-held printer, comprising:
- determining a position of a target on which an image is to be printed;
- adjusting for a deviation of the position of the target from an expected location;
- providing data to the hand-held printer quantifying the deviation;
- sensing a position of the hand-held printer relative to a surface of the target;
- and
- activating the hand-held printer to generate markings on the surface of the target, based on the sensed position of the hand-held printer and the quantified deviation data.
A printing system comprising,
- a device for generating data to be printed;
- and
- a hand-held printer system for printing on a target, including,
- a hand-held printer,
- a target position sensing system that senses the position of the target,
- a hand-held printer position sensing system that senses a position of the hand-held printer relative to a printing surface of the target, and
- a control mechanism that actuates the hand-held printer based on the sensed positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.