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US 6,912,040 B2Granted
Photofinishers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorBruce G. Johnson
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Abstract
Photofinishers and photo finishing methods are provided. A laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on at least one image on a photographic medium is produced using a laminator of a photofinisher. A texture is disposed in the transparent medium of the laminate using a texurizer of the photofinisher during a texturing mode of operation.
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A photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on at least one image on a photographic medium;
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- and
- a first roller configured to selectively hold the laminate in contact with a heated second roller of the laminator after the laminate exits a nip between the heated second roller and a third roller of the laminator.
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A photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on at least one image on a photographic medium;
- and
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- wherein the texturizer comprises a plurality of textured rollers, wherein each of the plurality of textured rollers has a different texture and is selectively movable to a position adjacent a second roller so as to form a nip between the respective one of the textured rollers and the second roller for receiving the laminate, wherein the second roller is selectively movable for selectively opening and closing the nip.
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A photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on at least one image on a photographic medium;
- and
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- wherein the texturizer comprises first and second nips for receiving the laminate, wherein the first nip is between a textured first roller and a second roller and the second nip is between a textured third roller and the second roller, wherein the textured first and third rollers have a different textures, wherein the textured first and third rollers are selectively movable for respectively selectively opening and closing the first and second nips, wherein during the texturing mode of operation, the first nip is closed when the second nip is open or the first nip is open when the second nip is closed and during a texture bypass mode of operation both the first and second nips are open.
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A photofinisher comprising:
- means for forming a laminate from a transparent medium and a photographic medium, the laminate comprising the transparent medium disposed on one or more images of the photographic medium;
- means for transferring a texture to the transparent medium during a texturing mode of operation, wherein the texture transferring means comprises two or more different textures that are selectable;
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- means for passing the laminate through the photofinisher without transferring the texture to the transparent medium during a texture bypass mode of operation.
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A photographic processor comprising:
- a printer adapted to receive image data and to print one or more images corresponding to the image data on a photographic medium;
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- a photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on the one or more images of the photographic medium, wherein the laminator receives the photographic medium from the printer and the transparent medium separately and outputs the laminate;
- and
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- wherein the texturizer comprises a plurality of textured rollers, wherein each of the plurality of textured rollers has a different texture and is selectively movable to a position adjacent a second roller so as to form a nip between the respective one of the textured rollers and the second roller for receiving the laminate, wherein the second roller is selectively movable for selectively opening and closing the nip.
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A photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on at least one image on a photographic medium;
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- and
- a first roller configured to selectively hold the laminate in contact with a heated textured second roller of the texturizer before the laminate enters a nip between the heated textured second roller and a third roller of the texturizer.
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A photographic processor comprising:
- a printer adapted to receive image data and to print one or more images corresponding to the image data on a photographic medium;
- and
- a photofinisher comprising:
- a laminator adapted to produce a laminate comprising a transparent medium disposed on the one or more images of the photographic medium, wherein the laminator receives the photographic medium from the printer and the transparent medium separately and outputs the laminate;
- and
- a texturizer adapted to dispose a texture in the transparent medium of the laminate during a texturing mode of operation;
- wherein the texturizer comprises first and second nips for receiving the laminate, wherein the first nip is between a textured first roller and a second roller and the second nip is between a textured third roller and the second roller, wherein the textured first and third rollers have a different textures, wherein the textured first and third rollers are selectively movable for respectively selectively opening and closing the first and second nips, wherein during the texturing mode of operation, the first nip is closed when the second nip is open or the first nip is open when the second nip is closed and during a texture bypass mode of operation both the first and second nips are open.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.