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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

May. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Linx Printing Technologies Ltd., St. Ives, GB;

Inventor:

John Green, St. Ives, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 3/46 (2013.01); B41J 5/00 (2013.01); B65B 61/025 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/32128 (2013.01);
Abstract

Either during message selection in an industrial printer (e.g. ink jet or laser marking) for printing onto objects carried past it on a conveyor, or during printing, or both, a printer displays an image associated with the message proposed for printing or being printed. The image may be a picture (e.g. a photograph) of the object on which the message should be printed or the intended customer/end user or the intended use of the object on which the message should be printed. Since a human operator can usually identify an object or intended customer/use more quickly and accurately from a picture than from text, this reduces errors in message selection and/or helps the detection of an incorrect message during printing. The image may be displayed with the associated message or without it.


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