Patent ID: 8477329
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for variable pre-printed stock, comprising: storage for customer data; pre-printed stocks, each pre-printed stock having a printed area and an open area on a common side of the pre-printed stock; a printer tray for holding two or more different pre-printed stocks; a scanner for scanning the printed area of each of the pre-printed stocks to form an image of each of the printed areas, for comparing each image of the printed areas with different pre-printed stocks, for matching each image of the printed areas with one of the different pre-printed stocks, for identifying each matched image to produce tray stock information identifying the pre-printed stock, and for storing the produced tray stock information identifying the pre-printed stocks; storage for electronic customer orders, each electronic customer order including one or more of the customer data and selection data for one or more of the pre-printed stocks; a controller for receiving the tray stock information and the electronic customer orders, for matching the tray stock information to the electronic customer orders to produce an electronic customer order match, and for producing print instructions for the matched electronic customer order; and a printer for receiving the print instructions and for printing the customer data corresponding to the matched electronic customer order onto pre-printed stock identified by the matched electronic customer order.