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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald F Burr, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Wayne Jaeger, Beaverton, OR (US);
A J Rogers, West Linn, OR (US);
James D Padgett, Portland, OR (US);
Hue P Le, Heaverton, OR (US);
Jon C Mutton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 20 ; 347 43 ; 347 84 ; 347 88 ;
Abstract
Gray scale ink jet printing method and apparatus produce a high quality image having varying color intensities. This is achieved by mixing a colored phase change ink with varying amounts of a clear phase change ink base, thereby producing multiple gray scale levels of each color. The mixing either can be performed prior to placement of the phase change ink in the printer, or can be performed within the printer to produce different levels of color intensity during the printing process.