Patent ID: 7665400

Claim:
A print monitoring system, comprising: a. a printer that generates a printed object, the printed object comprising: i. substrate adapted to be printed thereon; ii. a printed area located on said substrate, the printed area having a predetermined width, the printed area further defining a two-dimensional matrix having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; iii. print indicia printed on said substrate within the two-dimensional matrix of said printed area such that at least one row of the plurality of rows contains print indicia that can be spaced along a transverse axis of said substrate to a maximum width; and iv. at least one print validation symbol printed on said substrate in a predetermined first validation print area, wherein the at least one print validation symbol extends at least about the maximum width of the print indicia, and wherein the at least one print validation symbol is printed on the first validation print area such that the at least one print validation symbol is substantially co-axial with a portion of each column of the plurality of columns; b. an image capture device configured to read at least the at least one validation symbol; and c. a controller in communication with the image capture device that compares the at least one validation symbol to a predetermined at least one validation symbol and makes quality control decisions based on the comparison.