Abstract:
A method including providing a user with a photo album form printed on a surface, the photo album form containing information relating to a photo album activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of the photo album form and of a plurality of points on the form; receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device operated by the user, the data indicating the identity of the photo album form and a position of the sensing device relative to the photo album form; and identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the photo album activity; the method enabling the user to compose and print pages of photos suitable for inclusion in a photo album.
Abstract:
A method of delivering a brochure, including: formatting information of the brochure in a computer system; the information including at least one user interactive element which enables a user to indicate a request for further information relating to contents of a brochure by interacting with the element using a sensing device which is adapted to transmit data indicating the request to the computer system; and printing the information at a printer networked with the computer system so as to produce the brochure.
Abstract:
A method and system for issuing secure documentation, such as tickets or coupons. The method includes producing a secure document having printed information and coded data thereon, the coded data including a unique identifier indicative of the secure document. A correspondence is recorded, in a computer system, between the secure document and validity status and/or authenticity information relating to the document. A sensing device is provided, adapted to sense the coded data on the secure document. The sensing device is further adapted for communication with said computer system, whereby the validity status and/or authenticity of said document can be determined by sensing said coded data to obtain the secure document unique identifier and communicating with the computer system to determine the validity status and/or authenticity information corresponding thereto. The secure document can be produced on demand in response to a request from a user to an issuer by way of the computer system, wherein the secure document is produced at the user's premises.
Abstract:
A printer for printing a first interface onto a first surface, thereby to generate a first interface surface. The first interface includes first coded data and is at least partially based on first document data. The document data includes first identity data indicative of at least one identity, the identity being associated with a region of the first interface. The printer includes an actuator in the form of a button, a coded data generator to generate the first coded data based at least partially on the first identity data, and a printing mechanism. When the button is pressed, the printer prints the first interface onto the first surface.
Abstract:
A printer for printing a second interface onto a second surface, in response to first indicating data received from a sensing device in the form of a stylus. The first indicating data is sensed by the stylus from first coded data. A first interface is disposed on a first surface, and includes the first coded data. The printer includes an input module and a printing module. The input module is configured to receive the first indicating data from the stylus, the first indicating data being at least partially indicative of response data. The input module generates second indicating data based on the first indicating data, the second indicating data being at least partially indicative of the response data. The second indicating data is sent to a computer system. The printing module includes a printing mechanism configured to receive the response data from the computer system. The second interface is based at least partially on the response data. The printing module then prints the second interface onto the second surface using the printing mechanism.
Abstract:
A printer for receiving document data from a computer system and printing an interface onto a surface. The interface is based on the document data, which includes identity data indicative of at least one identity. The identity is, in turn, associated with a region of the interface. The interface also includes coded data. The printer includes a coded data generator configured to generate the coded data based at least partially on the identity data. A printing mechanism in the printer prints the interface onto the surface.
Abstract:
A method and system for interacting with computers by means of printed matter and sensing devices. The method includes providing a document with printed information relating to an Internet resource, such as a Web page, and at least one user interactive element representing an associated object for user response in relation to the resource; and effecting said response upon receipt of response data received from a sensing device with which a user interacts with the element, the sensing device being adapted to transmit the response data to a computer system linked to the Internet, in order to effect said response.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a cartridge for a digital printer adapted to print information onto a media substrate in a form that can be read by the human eye and a form that is invisible to the human eye but readable to an optical reader device, the cartridge including: a housing defining a plurality of storage areas wherein at least one of the storage areas contains colorant for printing information that is visible to the human eye and at least one of the other storage areas contains colorant for printing information in a form that is invisible to the human eye but readable by the optical reader device.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a system for transferring data from a computer system (1) to an outputting device (7), especially for transferring printing data to a printer. A master document (35) is produced and several supplementary documents (36a, 36b, 36c) are logically linked to said master document (35). The data belonging to the supplementary documents (36a, 36b, 36c) are separated from the data belonging to the master document (35) and sent to the outputting device (7) where they are stored. In the outputting device (7), the data belonging to the master document (35) are re-linked to the data belonging to the supplementary documents (36a, 36b, 36c) in order to output a single document.
Abstract:
A tape printer for printing a desired string of data onto a tape-like printing object in which a plurality of functions can be set through only one physical operation means. When a character size setting function key is operated (S14), the location of a cursor on the display screen is confirmed. When it is located on the right of a begining-of-line mark, the character size throughout the text is specified (S24), when it is located at the begining of a first line of a paragraph, the character size throughout the paragraph is specified (S23), when cursors are located on the right of the beginings of the lines, the character size of each line is specified (S22), and in other cases, the size of characters on the right of the cursor in the line, or in the word is specified (S20, 21).