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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Ronald Willard Baker, Versailles, KY (US);
Martin Victor DiGirolamo, Lexington, KY (US);
Stanley Dyer, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Craig Leemhuis, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Bernard Lee Wilzbach, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A computer controlled plain paper printer and image production apparatus comprising a monochromatic, laser stimulated electrophotographic printer having an optionally coupled color ink jet printer is described. The paper medium path from the laser printer is gate controlled between a direct exit path from the laser printer and a color print path into and through the ink jet printer. Both print units produce at their respective capacities and deliver recorded text and images on a paper substrate delivered to one or more discharge trays.