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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kuohua (Angus) Wu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Alok Sharan, Corvallis, OR (US);
Vladek Kasperchik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kuohua (Angus) Wu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Alok Sharan, Corvallis, OR (US);
Vladek Kasperchik, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a printing device includes: a print engine configured to apply marking material to print media; a laser writer configured to expose the print media to a laser beam of sufficient energy to change the reflectivity of exposed portions of the print media; a media path along which the print engine may apply marking material to print media in a macro printing zone and along which the print media may be exposed to a beam of light emitted by the laser writer in a micro printing zone; and an electronic controller operatively connected to the print engine for selectively applying marking material to the print media and to the laser writer for selectively exposing the print media to a laser beam.