Patent ID: 8917302
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B41M,B44C,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method to display information, comprising the steps of: supplying an information storage assembly comprising a data storage medium comprising a data storage layer and having a first top surface, and an information layer laminate having a second top surface and comprising five color layers each comprising a different color, wherein three of said five colors each comprise a different primary color, and wherein a fourth color comprises black, and wherein a fifth color comprises white, and wherein said first top surface is contiguous with said second top surface; supplying a drive apparatus comprising a lasing device; disposing said information storage assembly in said drive apparatus such that said information layer laminate faces said lasing device; directing laser energy from said lasing device through said first top surface of said data storage medium to encode information in said data storage layer; without flipping said information storage assembly over, directing laser energy from said lasing device through said second top surface of said information layer laminate to selectively remove portions of a first color layer to display portions of a second color layer using said lasing device; selectively removing portions of said first color layer and said second color layer to display portions of a third color layer.