Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Sheet – web – or layer weakened to permit separation through...
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-24
2001-02-13
Zirker, Daniel (Department: 1771)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through...
C428S040100, C428S042200, C428S042300, C428S3550RA
Reexamination Certificate
active
06187405
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to adhesive backed printer paper, specifically to an improved paper and method for combining multiple sheets to display an arbitrarily large image.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
The personal computer revolution has provided exceptional capabilities for creating, manipulating, and printing both graphics and text. Most of the software available allows images of an arbitrary size to be created and manipulated. Large images can be scrolled or resized while on the computer screen. Images smaller than a single sheet of printer paper can easily be printed on paper. If an image is larger than the size of a single sheet of printer paper the image is generally split across multiple pages. It is difficult to combine the multiple page output to form a single image for display. The method most commonly used is to cut the borders off each sheet then tape the individual sheets together to form the complete image. This process is not easy and without an excellent technique the results are usually less than perfect. Many times images are reduced to fit the paper size, even if the image would be better viewed in a larger format.
There are printers available that accept large paper sizes but they are generally expensive and not in common use. Even with a large printer it is always possible to desire an output size larger than any single sheet size. If a large output is produced and it is desired to send it to another location, the large output will need to be placed into a special mailing tube or folded before being mailed. The tube is expensive and folding causes creases.
The most common printers accept standard letter size paper or slightly larger. Most printers are unable to print across the entire sheet of the paper, leaving one or more edges blank. These properties make it necessary to cut the blank paper away before multiple sheets can be combined.
There is printer paper with adhesive backing available, but most of the adhesive backed paper is designed to be used as labels or in a manner that divides the full sheet into smaller pieces. Letter size adhesive backed paper for use in computer printers and copy machines is available with either permanent or repositionable adhesive. By using adhesive backed paper, multiple sheets can be combined, on a suitable surface, after cutting the blank borders off. This eliminates the need to tape together the individual sheets when forming a multiple sheet image. Still, the process of combining multiple sheets to form a single image is difficult due to the fact that the borders need to be accurately cut from each edge to allow precise placement of the sheets.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, there are several objects and advantages of my invention. The first object is to provide paper that can be used in computer printers to output a single image across multiple sheets, which can then be easily combined to display the single image. The second object is paper that after having sections of a single image printed on it can have the blank borders easily removed for allowing multiple sheets to be combined to form the single image. The third object is paper that has adhesive backing to allow multiple sheets to be combined easily on various surfaces for display of a single image. The fourth object is to allow ease of repositioning and removal of paper from a surface that the sheets are placed on. The fifth object is to provide a method for printing multiple sheet images using standard computers, printers, and software. The sixth object is to allow the mailing of multiple page images in standard sheet size envelopes.
Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from a consideration of the drawings and ensuing description.
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Blakely , Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
Rudin Todd
Zirker Daniel
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