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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2006
Douglas E Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew D. Giere, San Diego, CA (US);
Bor-jiunn Niu, San Diego, CA (US);
Betty Coulman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Douglas E Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew D. Giere, San Diego, CA (US);
Bor-Jiunn Niu, San Diego, CA (US);
Betty Coulman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a medium ('substrate') usable with inkjet printing apparatus (either or both piezoelectric and thermal inkjet, or other forms of inkjet printing), and methods for forming and using the same. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a base material component and an image enhancing layer including a metallic salt disposed either or both on at least one side of the base medium and mixed within the base medium thereon. The present invention is further directed to printable articles including the same.