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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard John Eastlund, San Diego, CA (US);
Donald Emmett Spann, San Diego, CA (US);
Dheya Mortada Alfekri, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ; H05B 6/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ; H05B 6/78 ;
Abstract
Methods of drying ink using microwaves includes heating deposited ink droplets by passing a microwave applicator over them. In another embodiment, a swath of ink droplets is deposited with a plurality of sequential passes of an ink jet print head, and the deposited drops are dried between passes.