Patent ID: 9114645
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A conveyance printing system comprising: a conveyance system configured to interface with and convey a plurality of trays, each tray comprising an identifier, each tray further configured to hold a plurality of articles of manufacture within the tray such that respective print surfaces of the articles are positioned along a common plane; an individual print job aggregation controller which receives individual print jobs having associated individual print-ready content each for printing on an associated article of manufacture and which aggregates a plurality of the received individual print jobs into a single aggregate print job, and which associates the aggregate print job to a tray identifier of a tray loaded with the articles of manufacture corresponding to associated individual print jobs in the aggregate print job; a tray tracking controller which associates the aggregate print job with the tray identifier of the loaded tray; the conveyance system configured to convey the loaded tray to an entrance of a printing system; a tray identifier reader which reads the tray identifier of the loaded tray conveyed to the entrance of the printing system; a print job controller responsive to the tray identifier reader to retrieve the aggregate print job associated with the tray identifier; the printing system configured to receive the loaded tray from the conveyance system, receive the retrieved aggregate print job associated with the tray identifier, and print the associated print job onto the respective print surfaces of the respective articles of manufacture on the loaded tray.