Encoded image recording medium

摘要

An encoded sheet material includes a sheet of material (12) that has a first surface (14), a second surface (16) disposed opposite the first surface and an edge (18) extending between the first and second surfaces and peripherally about the sheet of material. The edge (18) has indicia arranged on it to form a code that identifies at least one characteristic of the sheet of material. A sheet processing apparatus uses the encoded sheet material and includes a code reader device and a processor. The code reader device reads the code. The processor communicates with the code reader device and causes the sheet processing apparatus to process the sheet of material based upon the read code. An encoded image recording medium and image recording apparatuses are also described.