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US 7,992,959 B2Granted
Printing system with transient and permanent imaging means
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorsMark Joseph Edwards, John Thomas Writt
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Abstract
A printing system including a substrate and a dual-mode printing device, the dual-mode printing device including a permanent writing source and a transient writing source, wherein the permanent writing source is adapted to deposit an imaging material onto the substrate and the transient writing source is adapted to develop an image on the substrate by applying a stimulus to the substrate.
Claims12
A dual-mode printing device comprising:
- a housing;
- a permanent writing source connected to said housing, said permanent writing source including an imaging material;
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- a transient writing source connected to said housing next to said permanent writing source, said transient writing source including a light generating device for selectively communicating light to a substrate.
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