Printing system utilizing cartridge pre-stored with identifiers with identifying printed pages
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printer system for printing pages belonging to an interactive page system includes a cartridge comprising a data storage area in which is pre-stored a range of identifiers, each identifier being unique throughout the interactive page system; and a printer comprising an interface for receiving the cartridge, a reader for reading an identifier from the range of pre-stored identifiers, a coded data generator for generating a page identifier from the identifier, and a printing mechanism for printing the page identifier onto a page. The reader reads a previously unread identifier from the range of identifiers each time the coded data generator is to generate a page identifier.
Claims17
A printer system for printing pages belonging to an interactive page system, the printer system comprising:
- a cartridge comprising a data storage area in which is pre-stored a range of identifiers, each identifier being unique throughout the interactive page system;
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- a printer comprising an interface for receiving the cartridge, a reader for reading an identifier from the range of pre-stored identifiers, a coded data generator for generating a page identifier from the identifier, and a printing mechanism for printing the page identifier onto a page,
- wherein the reader reads a previously unread identifier from the range of identifiers each time the coded data generator is to generate a page identifier, and wherein the printing mechanism repeatedly prints the page identifier over substantially an entirety of the page.
A printer system for printing a sub-set of pages belonging to a super-set of pages, the printer system comprising:
- a cartridge comprising a data storage area in which is pre-stored a range of identifiers, each identifier being unique throughout the super-set of pages;
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- a printer comprising an interface for receiving the cartridge, a reader for reading an identifier from the range of pre-stored identifiers, a coded data generator for generating a page identifier from the identifier, and a printing mechanism for printing the page identifier onto a page,
- wherein the reader reads a previously unread identifier from the range of identifiers each time the coded data generator is to generate a page identifier, and wherein the printing mechanism repeatedly prints the page identifier over substantially an entirety of the page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.