Recorders – Markers and/or driving means therefor – With ink supply to marker
Patent
1997-06-03
2000-10-03
Lo, N.
Recorders
Markers and/or driving means therefor
With ink supply to marker
G01D 1516
Patent
active
061280275
ABSTRACT:
A method for microfluidic printing continuous tone color pixels on a reflective receiver by using cyan, magenta, and yellow inks including supplying a fourth, colorless ink along with the cyan, magenta, and yellow inks needed for color printing; pumping the inks through capillary microchannels by microfluidic pumps; mixing the correct amount of colorless ink with the cyan, magenta, or yellow inks to produce both the correct hue and tone scale for each colored pixel; and transferring the colored pixels of mixed ink to the reflective receiver to form colored pixels on the receiver.
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DeBoer Charles D.
Fassler Werner
Wen Xin
Eastman Kodak Company
Lo N.
Nguyen Lamson D.
Owens Raymond L.
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