Patent ID: 7210407

Claim:
A method for operating a wallpaper printing franchise, comprising the steps of: providing to franchisees, an on-demand printer comprising a cabinet in which is located a media path which extends from a media loading area to a printhead and from the printhead to a dispensing slot, the printer having one or more printer input devices which communicate with a processor to capture data regarding one or more customer requirements, the data comprising at least a customer selected pattern; providing the franchisee with a collection of patterns in a digital storage medium that can be read by the printer and in a physical medium having symbols identifying each pattern of the collection; providing the franchisee with a scanner for scanning the symbol of the customer selected pattern, the one or more printer input devices communicating the selected pattern from the digital storage medium to the processor in response to the scanned symbol; enabling the franchisee to print a roll of wallpaper, onto a web of blank media, on demand, according to the selected pattern; and obtaining or attempting to obtain a fee from the franchisee.