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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Markem-imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Ann Elizabeth Glennon Benjamin, Epping, NH (US);
Matthew Gilliam, Hillsborough, NH (US);
Maxime Pelletier, Rindge, NH (US);
Stewart Wayne Wilson, Clearwater, FL (US);
Keith Russell Sanctuary, Alstead, NH (US);
Markem-Imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for a system including: a printer configured and arranged to form a symbol on a surface of a material using hot melt ink; a laser processing subsystem including a laser and an optical assembly; and electronics communicatively coupled with the printer and the laser processing subsystem, the electronics being configured to generate a laser beam from the laser and convey the laser beam, using the optical assembly, onto at least the hot melt ink of the symbol, thereby increasing rub resistance of the hot melt ink on the surface of the material.