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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dinesh Tyagi, Fairport, NY (US);
Louise Granica, Victor, NY (US);
Assignee:
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0126 (2013.01); G03G 15/0194 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fluorescing highlights can be provided in selected portions of non-color image areas of a printed toner image using fluorescing dry toner particles, such as fluorescing magenta and fluorescing yellow dry toner particles. Before fixing, each fluorescing dry toner particle comprises a polymeric binder phase and a fluorescing colorant that emits at one or more λwavelengths of at least 420 nm and up to and including 690 nm and that is dispersed within the polymeric binder phase.