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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald E. Spann, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Encad, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ; G06K 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ; G06K 1/20 ;
Abstract
A printer includes a rasterized laser illumination system. The printer may be an ink jet type and the application of laser light may be controlled digitally along with the ink droplet ejection. The media may be cut or etched with the laser, or heat may be applied to previously deposited ink.