Patent ID: 7588381

Claim:
A method for printing wallpaper onto a web of media, comprising the steps of: receiving a configuration of the wallpaper, the configuration including a selection of a pattern and a length, said selection of the pattern being received by input of a symbol of one of a plurality of patterns; receiving the web in a media path of a printer, the media path extending from a media loading area to a winding area, a printhead being located in the media path; receiving a blank core into the winding area; diagnosing operation parameters of the printer, the operation parameters including ink fill levels, remaining web length, web tension and end-to-end integrity of the web; and producing a single roll of wallpaper, on demand and in accordance with the diagnosed operation parameters of the printer, according to the configuration by utilizing the printer; winding the web onto the core after the web has been printed on, the length of core wound on the core being according to the length of the configuration; and severing the wound core from the web.