Patent ID: 6549298
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41J,B41M,B42D,G09F

Abstract:
A system for bleed-printing, comprising:a personal computer system including a central processing unit, a memory connected to the central processing unit, an operating system program stored in the memory, a display responsive to control by the central processing unit, input means for providing input to the personal computer system, and a printer responsive to control by the central processing unit; a substrate loaded in the printer and having an outer periphery and a continuous perforated line spaced inwardly of said outer periphery such that said perforated line defines a corresponding primary printable area on at least one side of said substrate inwardly of said perforated line and such that said perforated line defines a corresponding secondary printable area on said at least one side of said substrate outwardly of said perforated line; and an application program loaded in the memory, wherein said application program is compatible with the operating system program and wherein said application program includes: means, responsive to input from a user using the input means, for providing an output having a first portion to be printed on said at least one side of said substrate in said primary printable area thereof; means, responsive to input from the user using the input means, for actuating the printer to a) print said first portion of said output on said at least one side of said substrate such that part of said first portion is printed continuously across at least part of said perforated line and in said secondary printable area of said at least one side and the remainder of said first portion is printed within said primary printable area of said at least one side, and b) output said substrate from the printer.