Method of marking a paper web for controlling a manufacturing line used to convert the paper web into paper products by reading marks on the paper web

A method of marking a paper web, the method comprising:

• (A) applying a plurality of first marks to a paper web in a sequence, each of the first marks:
• (a) being applied over a first mark length in a machine direction of the paper web;
• (b) having (i) a start position and (ii) a plurality of positions of equal length including a first position, a second position, a penultimate position, a plurality of intermediate positions between the second and penultimate positions, and a last position;
• and
• (c) being applied by:
• (i) affixing an indicator in the first position and the second position to indicate the beginning of the mark;
• (ii) selectively affixing at least one indicator in the plurality of intermediate positions, the indicators affixed in the intermediate positions being coded to convey an identifier for the paper web;
• and
• (iii) affixing an indicator in the penultimate position and the last position to indicate the end of the mark,
• wherein the distance between the start position of each of the first marks is a first predetermined distance from the start position of a next one of the plurality of first marks in the sequence;
• and
• (B) applying a plurality of second marks to the paper web in a sequence, each of the second marks:
• (a) being applied over a second mark length in the machine direction of the paper web;
• (b) being adjacent to one of the plurality of second marks in the machine direction of the paper web;
• (c) having (i) a start position and (ii) a plurality of positions of equal length including a first position, a second position, a penultimate position, a plurality of intermediate positions between the second and penultimate positions, and a last position;
• and
• (d) being applied by:
• (i) affixing an indicator in the first position and the second position to indicate the beginning of the mark;
• (ii) selectively affixing at least one indicator in the plurality of intermediate positions, the indicators affixed in the intermediate positions being coded to indicate a position on the paper web;
• and
• (iii) affixing an indicator in the penultimate position and the last position to indicate the end of the mark,
• wherein the distance between the start position of each of the second marks is a second predetermined distance from the start position of a next one of the plurality of second marks in the sequence.