Patent ID: 7628557
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B41J,G07F

Abstract:
1. A web printer for printing patterns on continuous print media, the web printer comprising: a cabinet; one or more print media cartridges mounted, in a releasable manner, within the cabinet and each carrying a wound length of print media; one or more ink reservoirs mounted, in a releasable manner, within the cabinet and each storing ink to be printed; a data capture device configured to capture the identity of identifiers carried by a printed collection of patterns, the printed identifiers uniquely identifying each pattern of the collection; a processor storing the collection of patterns in digital form, each stored pattern being identified by said identities; and a stationary printhead mounted within the cabinet to extend transverse to the print media, and configured to receive patterns from the processor for printing and to print a pattern upon the print media with the ink corresponding to the pattern having the identity captured by the data capture device.