Patent ID: 9656492
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B41J,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for printing with a flatbed printer, the flatbed printer comprising a flatbed surface for placing a piece of media to be printed upon, a controller configured to control the printing of a digital image on the piece of media, a print head for ejecting recording material on the piece of media, and a camera-projector system comprising a camera system connected to the controller, and a projector system, wherein both the projector system and the camera system have a reach of at least the entire flatbed surface, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the piece of media on the flatbed surface with the camera system; deriving a position and a size of the detected piece of media on the flatbed surface; projecting the digital image towards the flatbed surface with the projector system in order to present to an operator a location on the piece of media, at which location the digital image is intended to be printed on the piece of media; and printing the digital image on the detected piece of media at the location of the projected digital image by moving the print head over the flatbed surface relative to the camera-projector system and ejecting the recording material on the piece of media.