Patent Document ID: 10154158
Application ID: 15477156
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for applying a mark to a surface of an object in a direct-to-object print system, the system comprising: a camera for capturing an image of an object retained by an object holder configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned to be parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead of a direct-to-object print system comprising, at least in part, an actuator for operatively causing the object holder to slideably traverse the support member, the controller being configured to cause the actuator to move the object holder past the printhead; a belt that contacts pulleys, one of the pulleys being operatively connected to the actuator which causes the pulley to move the belt about the pulleys and move the object holder past the printhead, wherein the belt is entrained about the pulleys to form an endless belt; and an additional pulley that engages the endless belt to enable the additional pulley to rotate in response to a movement of the endless belt to move the object holder; and a processor executing machine readable instructions which configure the processor to: receive, from the camera, an image of the object in the object holder; communicate the image to a display of a user interface; retrieve a mark desired to be printed on the object; overlay the mark on the object in the image in a default location; determine a final location of the overlaid mark relative to any of: at least one edge of the object, at least one edge of the object holder, and at least one reference point on the object holder; and communicate the mark and the determined final location to a controller configured to cause the printhead to print the mark on the object at the final location.