Eastman-Kodak Company

Thomas J Clifford, Jr

Gary W Ahlquist

Andrew Zwickl, Jr

Raymond T Jones

Walter W Jacobe

Donald D Eggleston

Bruce G Rockey

Equipment (100) for coating photographic media (14), such as photographic film and paper, has an apparatus (10) for printing bar code indicia (12) on a moving photographic media and a printer means for printing human readable indicia (16) on the media. The printer (20a, 20b) moves into print position along a lateral edge (28) of the media (14) in response to input signals received from a controller (22) having computer readable medium for directing the printing and movements of the printer (20a, 20b).

Equipment for coating photographic media

An apparatus (10) and method for reading bar codes (12) on a moving web (14) has a LED light source (16) that transmits a beam of light (18o) through the advancing web (14). A scanner (20) is arranged on a side of the web (14) opposite the light source (16) for detecting the characteristic light intensity levels corresponding to various optical densities of the web (14). Output signals from the scanner (20) are processed and manipulated for adjusting the light intensity levels of the light source (16) to within predetermined limits.

Apparatus and method for reading bar codes on a moving web

An ink composition that is useful in ink jet printing contains a polymeric binder and a dye dissolved in a liquid medium containing water, certain organic liquids which function as a solvent for the binder and the dye, and certain other organic liquids which function as evaporation retardants. The ink composition is environmentally safe, has excellent shelf life, and exhibits excellent physical and chemical properties for use in ink jet printers.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Thomas J Clifford, Jr