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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benzion Landa, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Ishaiau Lior, Rehovot, IL;
Itzhak Ashkenazi, Kfar-Gibton, IL;
Peretz Ben Avraham, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V., Maastricht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/14 ;
Abstract
A method for producing a printed image having a region that is foil printed comprising: printing at least one region of the image with a toner; printing the region of the image to be foil printed with a foiling adhesive that sticks to a foil on a printing foil, which adhesive has a melting temperature lower than the melting temperature of the toner, and pressing the printing foil to the image and heating the printing foil to a temperature greater than the melting temperature of the foiling adhesive and less than the melting temperature of the toner.