Patent ID: 6945645

Claim:
A moving-head printer system for printing and scoring media comprising: a printhead; an impact scoring head comprising at least one selectively activated driven perforating pin; a moving carriage upon which are mounted the printhead and the impact scoring head, the carriage configured and constructed to move the printhead and impact scoring head across a surface of the media; a printing actuator that activates the printhead to selectively apply an image element to the media as the print head passes over the surface; and a scoring actuator that activates the scoring head to selectively direct the at least one selectively activated driven perforating pin against the media in a predetermined pattern as the scoring head is passed over the surface; wherein the impact scoring head includes a scoring actuator that directs the at least one selectively activated driven perforating pin recipricatorily at least partially into the printing surface a plurality of times forming a series of perforations, and the at least one selectively activated driven perforating pin includes an end sized and shaped to weaken the media where such contact occurs.