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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Robert Guillen, Sabadell, ES;
Francisco Javier Pozuelo, Barcelona, ES;
Frederic Simon Van Heeswijk, Bathmen, NL;
Joan Matias Guerra, Barcelona, NL;
Robert Guillen, Sabadell, ES;
Francisco Javier Pozuelo, Barcelona, ES;
Frederic Simon Van Heeswijk, Bathmen, NL;
Joan Matias Guerra, Barcelona, NL;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a printer, a laminator device and feeding means for feeding to said laminator device, in an integrated operation, media that is outputted from said printer, said laminator device comprising lamination means which cause at least one lamination film to be applied on the media, wherein the apparatus comprises means for causing the advance of a portion of media through the laminator device while maintaining inactive said lamination means, in order to perform lamination only on selected portions of the print media. The apparatus is versatile and may work most of the time in unattended operation.