Postcard printing system including postage paid print roll
View Patent ↗A postcard printing system is provided which combines a digital camera and a supply of print media. The digital camera has an image sensor device for sensing an image, processing means for processing the sensed image, a pagewidth print head for printing the sensed image, an ink supply means for supplying ink to the print head. The sensed image is printed onto the supply of print media by the print head. The supply of print media is premarked with tokens designating that postage has been paid so that each image printed out on the print media has one such token associated with it.
1. A postcard printing system comprising, in combination:
a digital camera comprising an image sensor device for sensing an image, a processing means for processing said sensed image, a pagewidth print head for printing said sensed image, an ink supply means for supplying ink to the print head; and
a supply of print media on to which said image is printed, the supply of print media being pre-marked with tokens at regularly spaced intervals on one surface of the print media designating that postage has been paid so that each image printed out on the print media has one such token associated with it.
2. The system of claim 1 in which the supply of print media is in the form of a roll.
3. The system of claim 2 in which each token has an address zone and a blank zone for writing associated with it on said one surface to provide a postcard effect.
4. The system of claim 2 in which each image is printed on an opposed surface of the print media.
5. The system of claim 1 in which the token is in a currency of a country in which the camera is bought, with a notice to that effect being carried on an exterior of the camera.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the supply of print media is replaceable.