System and method for printing on continuous feed media
AssigneeSystem Development Corporation
InventorsPeter Ferrer, Paul R. Boutan
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Abstract
A system and method for printing on continuous feed media. In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage device is encoded with instructions that when executed cause a processor to: 1) print, via a printer, an image on continuous feed media; 2) compute a compensation factor that accounts for variation in form length of the continuous feed media; 3) compute, based on the computation factor, a distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media; and 4) cause the printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media.
Claims20
A printing system, comprising:
- a storage device encoded with instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions to:
- print an image on continuous feed media via a printer;
- compute a compensation factor that accounts for variation in form length of the continuous feed media;
- compute, based on the compensation factor, a distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media;
- and
- cause the printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media.
A method for printing, comprising:
- printing, via a printer, an image on continuous feed media;
- computing a compensation factor that accounts for variation in form length of the continuous feed media;
- computing, based on the compensation factor, a distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media;
- and
- causing the printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media.
A computer-readable storage device encoded with instructions that when executed cause a processor to:
- print, via a printer, an image on continuous feed media;
- compute a compensation factor that accounts for variation in form length of the continuous feed media;
- compute, based on the compensation factor, a distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media;
- and
- cause the printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.