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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uwe Kiene, Nussloch, DE;
Manfred Biehl, Meckesheim, DE;
Andreas Laudat, Meckesheim, DE;
Holger Metzner, Nussloch, DE;
Rolf Metzner, Dossenheim, DE;
Roland Walter, Altlussheim, DE;
Assignee:
Leica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for printing onto plastic cassettes for histological preparations and/or onto glass specimen slides for microscopic thin sections are described, in which a computing device ( ) is provided to control the printing device ( ), and the printing device ( ) comprises an inkjet printer for printing onto the cassettes and/or specimen slides. The ink is pre-dried by way of a hot-air drier ( ) and completely dried by way of a flash device ( ).