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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Kurt R. Bengtson, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are presented in which gloss level is varied between individual elements printed on a single media sheet. The sheet of media is fed into a print engine with a first side of the sheet of media in position to be printed upon. A first element on the first side of the sheet of media is printed with a first gloss level finish. The sheet of media is circulated in a duplex media path so that the sheet of media is again fed into the print engine but with a second side of the sheet of media in position to be printed upon. The sheet of media is again circulated in the duplex media path so that the sheet of media is fed into the print engine with the first side of the sheet of media in position to be printed upon. A second element is printed on the first side of the sheet of media with a second gloss level finish.