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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Kevin D. Lofftus, Fairport, NY (US);
Kevin D. Lofftus, Fairport, NY (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A hybrid inkjet printer for printing on a non-porous medium includes a data processing system provides a tone value of a half-tone pattern in a pre-determined function of an image-wise lay-down of an inkjet image; toner printer for pre-coating a non-porous medium with toner resin particles in a half-tone pattern to create a patterned toner coated medium in accordance with the tone value; inkjet ejectors for applying the image-wise lay-down of the inkjet image to said half-tone patterned toner coated media to provide an image on said half-tone patterned toner coated medium; and a fuser for fusing said image on said toner coated medium.