Interactive Printer/Scanner
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1. A printer comprising:
- a feed mechanism for feeding a substrate past a printhead assembly, said substrate having a surface bearing a pre-printed graphic image;
a printhead assembly comprising;
a printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto said surface, said position-coding pattern identifying an impression identity and a plurality of positions; and
a scanhead for scanning the pre-printed graphic image;
an ink supply containing an ink for printing the position-coding pattern; and
a processor configured for generating association data, said association data indicating an association between a scanned graphic image, the impression identity and the plurality of positions.
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Abstract
A printer comprises: a feed mechanism and a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly comprises: a printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto a surface and a scanhead for scanning a pre-printed graphic image. The printer further comprises an ink supply and a processor configured for generating association data. The association data indicates an association between a scanned graphic image, an impression identity and a plurality of positions.
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18 Claims
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1. A printer comprising:
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a feed mechanism for feeding a substrate past a printhead assembly, said substrate having a surface bearing a pre-printed graphic image; a printhead assembly comprising; a printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto said surface, said position-coding pattern identifying an impression identity and a plurality of positions; and a scanhead for scanning the pre-printed graphic image; an ink supply containing an ink for printing the position-coding pattern; and a processor configured for generating association data, said association data indicating an association between a scanned graphic image, the impression identity and the plurality of positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed graphic image, said system comprising:
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(A) a printer comprising; a feed mechanism for feeding a substrate past a printhead assembly, said substrate having a surface bearing a pre-printed graphic image; a printhead assembly comprising; a printhead for printing a position-coding pattern onto said surface, said position-coding pattern identifying an impression identity and a plurality of positions; a scanhead for scanning the pre-printed graphic image; an ink supply containing an ink for printing the position-coding pattern; a processor configured for generating association data, said association data indicating an association between a scanned graphic image, the impression identity and the plurality of positions; and communication means for communication the association data to a computer system; and (B) the computer system configured for; receiving the association data; and storing a page description for said scanned graphic image, said page description being indexed with said impression identity wherein said page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the graphic image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
wherein said page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the graphic image.
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18. The system of claim 17, wherein said computer system is further configured for:
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identifying a URI text string in the computer text; and generating the input description further describing a URI corresponding to said URI text string and a zone of the corresponding URI text string in the scanned graphic image.
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