Patent ID: 8720339
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing using a web printer, the method comprising: providing said web printer with image data for a first print operation, said first print operation comprising a plurality of images wherein said image data comprises at least length data for each of said plurality of images; starting said first print operation on a first substrate; providing said web printer with a distance between a bonding area of the web printer and an image transfer area of the web printer, wherein the image area is where ink is applied to said first substrate; determining a position of the first substrate where a total length of remaining images to be printed is less than or equal to said distance between a bonding area of the web printer and an image transfer area of the web printer; interrupting the first print operation on the first substrate at the determined position; attaching a second substrate to the first substrate while the first print operation is interrupted; and, thereafter, continuing the first print operation on the first substrate.