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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Dirk Erickson, Austin, TX (US);
James Brewer, Leander, TX (US);
Dustin Sorenson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dell Product L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receipt printer which includes a light source providing a beam, a light source movement mechanism which moves the beam between a first position and a second position, a laser mechanism which receives the beam when the beam is in the first position and uses the beam to print onto plain paper, and a thermal mechanism that receives the beam when the beam is in the second position and uses the beam to print onto thermal paper is disclosed.