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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Xulong Fu, San Diego, CA (US);
Lokendra Pal, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald J Selensky, Poway, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A graphic medium and a method of making same employs a paper core having a normalized opacity within a range of about 0.15 to about 0.4 percent/grams per square meter. The graphic medium includes a first material layer on a first side of the paper core and a second material layer on one or both of the first side between the paper core and the first material layer and a second, opposite side of the paper core. The graphic medium has a translucent opacity between about 40% and about 90%. The method includes mechanically refining a mixture of wood fibers until a paper substrate is formed having the normalized opacity. The paper substrate is calendered using a paper making machine and the first and second material layers are applied to form the graphic medium.