SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A MARK TO AN OBJECT IN AN OBJECT HOLDER OF A DIRECT-TO-OBJECT PRINTER

• Main Authors: LIU, Chu-Heng, LIU, Annie, ATWOOD, Christopher Douglas, MCCONVILLE, Paul J, HERRMANN, Douglas K, LEFEVRE, Jason M, BURTON, Kelly, CROSSEN, Elizabeth M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.10.2018
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

What is disclosed is system which facilitates the application of a mark to a surface of an object in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the present marking system. The present marking system comprises a camera for capturing an image of an object retained by an object holder configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned to be parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject in onto a surface of the object. A processor receives an image of an object held and communicates the image to a display. A mark to be printed on the object is retrieved and overlaid on the object in the image. A location of the overlaid mark is determined and communicated to a controller which causes the printhead to print the mark on the object at the location.