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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Douglas W. Couwenhoven, Fairport, NY (US);
James A. Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven A. Billow, Pittsford, NY (US);
David S. Uerz, Ontario, NY (US);
Douglas W. Couwenhoven, Fairport, NY (US);
James A. Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven A. Billow, Pittsford, NY (US);
David S. Uerz, Ontario, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of determining and applying a protective ink amount to be printed in addition to a plurality of colored ink amounts to make colored pixels in an image including determining the protective ink amount such that the sum of the protective ink amount and the colored ink amounts is greater than or equal to a minimum ink amount necessary to provide adequate durability for the image, and applying using an inkjet printer the colored ink amounts and the protective ink amount to make the colored image pixels.