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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
May. 11, 2005
D. Mitchel Hanks, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Lawrence N. Taugher, Loveland, CO (US);
Kevin L. Colburn, Greeley, CO (US);
D. Mitchel Hanks, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Lawrence N. Taugher, Loveland, CO (US);
Kevin L. Colburn, Greeley, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting and optimizing the quality of a mark made by a laser on a recording medium, comprising (a) recording a test mark at a selected level of laser power and a selected speed of movement of the recording medium, (b) measuring at least one dimension of the test mark, (c) comparing the at least one dimension of the test mark to a stored reference value for at least one reference dimension, and (d) determining whether the at least one dimension of the test mark is comparable to the at least one dimension of the stored reference value.