Patent ID: 7955243
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B41M,B42D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a large format printout of an image, comprising: dividing the image into a plurality of image sections, each image section having a rectangular shape; defining a plurality of printing image areas each containing one of said plurality of image sections and an overprinted image area around said one image section; and printing each of the plurality of printing image areas on a respective sheet of medium, wherein at least some of the sheets of medium are perforated sheets containing one or more perforation lines along one or more corresponding edges of the medium, wherein a size of the image section on each sheet of medium is smaller than and falls within an area of the sheet defined by the perforation lines and any edges that do not have a corresponding perforation line, wherein each perforated sheet contains four perforation lines along four edges of the sheet, and wherein some of the printing image areas are printed on perforated sheets and others of the printing image areas are printed on non-perforated sheets, and wherein the perforated sheets and non-perforated sheets form a checkerboard pattern when assembled into the large format printout of the image.