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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Guy de Warrenne Bruce Adams, Stroud, GB;
David Mark Frohlich, Bristol, GB;
Malcolm Stuart Rix, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A printer is adapted to produce a printed image with an associated sound passage stored on an electronic storage device. The printer comprises an information input for receiving information to define a visual image and also information defining a passage of sound. The printer has a printer element for printing the first information as a printed image , but also has a writing element for writing the sound information into an electronic storage device adapted for attachment to the printed image. An appropriate mechanism for attaching the electronic storage device to the printer image is provided at the printer.