Encoded sheet material and sheet processing apparatus using encoded sheet material
First Claim
1. An encoded image recording medium, comprising:
- a sheet fabricated from an image recording material and having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending peripherally about the sheet between the first and second surfaces, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one physical characteristic of the sheet.
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Abstract
An encoded sheet material includes a sheet of material that has a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending between the first and second surfaces and peripherally about the sheet of material. The edge has indicia arranged on it to form a code that identifies at least one characteristic of the sheet of material. A sheet processing apparatus uses the encoded sheet material and includes a code reader device and a processor. The code reader device reads the code. The processor communicates with the code reader device and causes the sheet processing apparatus to process the sheet of material based upon the read code. An encoded image recording medium and image recording apparatuses are also described.
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25 Claims
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1. An encoded image recording medium, comprising:
a sheet fabricated from an image recording material and having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending peripherally about the sheet between the first and second surfaces, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one physical characteristic of the sheet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An encoded image recording media, comprising:
a plurality of sheet stacked in facial registration with one another, each sheet fabricated from an image recording material and having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending peripherally about the sheet between the first and second surfaces, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one physical characteristic of the sheet on which the code is formed. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An encoded sheet material, comprising:
a sheet of material having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending between the first and second surfaces of material, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one physical characteristic of the sheet of material. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An encoded image recording medium, comprising:
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a sheet fabricated from an image recording material and having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending peripherally about the sheet between the first and second surfaces, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one characteristic of the sheet;
wherein the indicia are formed by an invisible ink, the ink being readable when exposed to an ultra-violet light source. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An encoded image recording medium, comprising:
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a sheet fabricated from an image recording material and having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and an edge extending peripherally about the sheet between the first and second surfaces, the edge having indicia arranged thereon to form a code identifying at least one characteristic of the sheet;
wherein the sheet includes at least three edge portions, at least two of the at least three edge portions having indicia formed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
24.An encoded image recording medium according to claim 21, wherein the indicia are readable by a scanner device operably connected to and in conjunction with a computer-implemented processor. -
24. An encoded image recording medium according to claim 21, wherein the at least one characteristic of the sheet is one of a weight of the sheet, a thickness of the sheet, a quality of the sheet, a stiffness of the sheet, a grain orientation of the sheet, a classification of the sheet, a punch hole pattern of the sheet and an orientation of the sheet.
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25. An encoded image recording medium according to claim 25, wherein the classification of the sheet is one of a standard sheet of paper, a transparent sheet of plastic, and opaque sheet of plastic and a coated sheet of paper.
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