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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Ashish V. Pattekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lars Erik Swartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K. Biegelsen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory J. Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ashish V. Pattekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lars Erik Swartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K. Biegelsen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory J. Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of leveling ink that is printed on a substrate includes establishing a thermal gradient across a thickness of the substrate, the thermal gradient characterized in that it is less than a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink across most of the substrate.