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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Michael H. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang P. Lam, Hayward, CA (US);
Barry J. Oldfield, Boise, ID (US);
Michael H. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang P. Lam, Hayward, CA (US);
Barry J. Oldfield, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Hard imaging methods and hard imaging devices are described. According to one embodiment, a hard imaging method includes forming a plurality of latent images, using a development assembly, developing the latent images using a liquid marking agent, transporting the liquid marking agent relative to the development assembly during the developing, and performing a bubble reduction operation to reduce a presence of bubbles in the liquid marking agent during the developing and transporting compared with not performing the bubble reduction operation. Additional embodiments are described in the disclosure.