Media for use with activation printer and activation printer therefor
AssigneeThe Technology Phartnership PLC.
InventorClive Lawrence Ayling
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Abstract
Media for use with an activation printer, the media comprising at least one surface having an array of pixels deposited thereon, each pixel containing at least one activatable colourant, wherein different pixels have different colourants and the pixels are arranged in a predetermined pattern, such that, in use, a multicolour image can be produced when the paper is passed through an activation printer. An activation printer for use with the above media comprising means for detecting the pattern of pixels in the array on the media so that the printer is able to determine which pixels on the paper to activate in order to produce the desired multicolour image.
Claims17
Media for use with an activation printer, the media comprising:
- at least one surface having an array of pixels deposited thereon, each pixel containing at least one activatable colourant, wherein different pixels have different colourants and the pixels are arranged in a predetermined pattern, such that, in use, a multicolour image can be produced when the paper is passed through an activation printer.
Media according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the pattern is predictable.
Media according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each pixel contains only one activatable colourant.
An activation printer for use with media according to any one of the preceding claims, the printer comprising:
- a means for activating selected parts of the media as it passes through the printer;
- means for driving the activating means to deliver the activating energy to the selected parts of the media in order to produce the desired image;
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- means for detecting the pattern of pixels in the array on the media so that the printer is able to determine which pixels on the paper to activate in order to produce the desired multicolour image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.