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US 7,937,180 B2Granted
Methods and systems for ascertaining web cutting locations
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJonathan Newman
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises storing information in a database that describes cutting locations on a web upon which multiple images are printed; embedding, in an area on the web, a key into the database; and using the key to ascertain, from the database, the cutting locations.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- storing information in a database that describes cutting locations along a length of a generally continuous web upon which multiple images are printed, wherein the cutting locations designate multiple spreads of the respective multiple images and each spread defines a series of at least some of the different images;
- embedding, in an area on the generally continuous web, a key into the database;
- and
- ascertaining, via use of the key and the database, the cutting locations on the generally continuous web for the respective images according to the multiple spreads.
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A method comprising:
- storing information in a database that describes an array of cutting locations relative to a generally continuous web upon which multiple images are printed, wherein the multiple images are arranged in multiple spreads with each respective spread defining a separate logical group of images, at least one of the images being a photograph;
- embedding, on at least one of a leading or trailing edge of each respective spread, a key into the database;
- and
- accessing, with the key of each respective spread, the information in the database to ascertain the cutting locations on the generally continuous web for the respective images according to the multiple spreads.
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A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
- an ID value portion that stores one or more ID values, with each individual ID value being associated with a different individual spread on which images are printed;
- a cutting information portion associated with each ID value portion, the cutting information portion storing cutting information that describes x and y cutting locations for each spread associated with a particular ID value;
- an order tracking portion which identifies multiple customer orders associated with a spread;
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- an image tracking portion which identifies, for at least one of multiple images of the spread, an associated customer order from the multiple customer orders.
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A printer comprising:
- a web-receiving area configured to receive a web that embodies multiple printed images;
- at least one printing component that is configured to print upon the web, the at least one printing component being configured to print:
- multiple images defining at least one spread on a web;
- and
- one or more scannable objects on the web that are each configured to store information to ascertain, from a location remote from the web, at least one cutting location on the web for the multiple images.
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A system comprising:
- a printer including:
- a web-receiving area configured to receive a generally continuous web that embodies multiple printed images;
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- at least one printing component that is configured to print upon the generally continuous web, the at least one printing component being configured to print:
- multiple images defining an array of spreads on the generally continuous web;
- and
- one or more scannable objects on the generally continuous web that are configured to ascertain, from a location remote from the web, at least one cutting location for the multiple images;
- and
- a database including:
- one or more computer-readable media comprising:
- an ID value field configured to store at least one ID value associated with a respective one of the spreads on which images are printed;
- and
- a cutting information field configured to store cutting information, the cutting information comprising at least one cutting location for the respective spread associated with a particular ID value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.