METHOD FOR GENERATING PRINTS ON A FLATBED PRINTER, APPARATUS THEREFOR AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR

摘要

A flatbed printer and a method for printing by means of a flatbed printer comprising a flatbed surface for placing media to be printed upon, a control unit for controlling the printing of digital images on the media, a camera-projector system connected to the control unit and situated above the flatbed surface and connected to the control unit, and a print head for ejecting recording material on the media, the method comprising the steps of detecting an arbitrary position, an arbitrary shape, an arbitrary size and/or an arbitrary thickness of a media on the flatbed surface by means of a camera of the camera-projector system, projecting a digital image on the media by means of a projector of the camera-projector system, and printing the digital image on the media according to the projection by moving the print head over the flatbed surface.