Printer to die cutter media size shift
US11210043B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26F2210/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an industrial printing operation and associated printing instructions that make use a non-die cutter operation to subdivide a media sheet, followed by a series of die-cutter operations each subdivision to take advantage of industrial printer efficiency. This printing operation is enabled by planning and impositioning phases that generate print instructions allows a change in media size from printer apparatus to dies. Specifically, during the planning phase of the print order, a printer apparatus and a die or set of dies are selected where the media size used by the printer apparatus is larger than the die(s) is/are designed for.
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