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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:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Applicant:
Masahiro Someno, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Someno, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/315 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Quality of printing is easily improved without applying surface finishing after printing. A printer that prints an image based on image data, on a print medium, using a plurality of color inks. The printer comprises a colorless clear ink printing means which prints the print medium using a colorless clear ink, a print setting receiving means which receives settings relating to printing, and an area determination means which determines an area in which the colorless clear ink is used, based on at least either said image data or said settings relating to printing.