Patent ID: 7059792

Claim:
A printing system that individually dispenses printed sections of a web comprising: the web being divisible along lines of perforation that extend between a center and two edges of the web and contain a pattern of ties that are weaker at the center of the web than at either of the two edges; a printer that prints information on the divisible sections of the web; and a feed path along which the divisible sections of the web are advanced in sequence through the printer to a position at which the lines of perforation can be individually burst by a tensile force applied along a length of the web starting by rupturing the weaker ties at the center of the web and proceeding to rupture the ties at the two edges of the web, wherein the printer applies a braking force that prevents subsequent sections of the web from being prematurely dispensed through the printer, and the force applied along the length of the web initially stresses both the ties within the portions of the lines of perforation that are closer to the edges and the ties located within the portions of the lines of perforation that are closer to the center.