Patent ID: 11964436
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
operating, by a processor, on object model data, the object model data describing at least part of an object to be generated in additive manufacturing;
operating, by the processor, on pattern data describing an object pattern intended to be formed on at least a portion of the part of the object to be generated in additive manufacturing, wherein the object pattern comprises a shape or text; and
determining, by the processor, control data to control a print agent applicator to apply a pattern of fusing agent onto a part of a layer of build material, the pattern of fusing agent comprising a fusing agent area and a gap area that lacks fusing agent, wherein the gap area corresponds to the object pattern such that no fusing agent is applied to a part of the layer of build material that corresponds to the object pattern, wherein the build material in the gap area is fused by thermal bleed from the fusing agent area that surrounds the build material in the gap area, wherein a color of the build material of the object pattern in the gap area is different than a color of the build material in the fusing agent area.