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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Shigeaki Nimura, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiko Beppu, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Doi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Furuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiga Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sadao Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging method includes the steps of (a) determining whether an object on which an image is to be formed is an information display medium on which a code is formed with an imaging material formed of a near infrared absorbing pigment, and (b) forming the image on the object by a printer engine with an imaging material formed of a pigment absorbing no or little light in a near infrared spectral region if the step (a) determines that the object is the information display medium.