Electronic paper, image formation apparatus, and printing control method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHeung-sup PARK, Eog-kyu KIM, Yun-tae KIM, Young-su LEE
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Abstract
The present application discloses an image formation apparatus that can transfer an image into electronic paper using an electronic photography method, and a printing control method for the image formation apparatus. The present electronic paper comprises an electrophoresis layer for displaying an image using an electrophoresis method, a conductive layer, and a film layer for transmitting an image; and the image formation apparatus comprises a communication interface for receiving printing data, an image formation unit for transferring an image corresponding to the printing data, and a processor for controlling the image formation unit.
Claims15
An electronic paper comprising:
- an electrophoretic layer to display an image in an electrophoretic manner;
- a conductive layer to be disposed on top of the electrophoretic layer;
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- a film layer to be disposed on bottom of the electrophoretic layer to transmit the displayed image.
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface to receive print data;
- an image former to transfer an image corresponding to the received print data to an electronic paper;
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- a processor to perform an initialization by providing a common potential difference to each of a plurality of cell structures in the electronic paper, and to control the image former so that a potential value corresponding to the image is applied to each of the initialized plurality of cell structures.
A printing control method of an image formation apparatus, the printing control method comprising:
- initializing a plurality of cell structures by providing a common potential difference to each of the plurality of cell structures in an electronic paper;
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- applying a potential value corresponding to an image to each of the initialized plurality of cell structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.