Patent ID: 8262201
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B41J,B41M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing device, comprising: a print engine configured to apply marking material to print media; a laser writer configured to expose the print media to a laser beam of sufficient energy to form a pit in the print media or a material disposed thereon so as to change the reflectivity of exposed portions of the print media; a media path along which the print engine may apply marking material to print media in a macro printing zone and along which the print media may be exposed to a beam of light emitted by the laser writer in a micro printing zone; and an electronic controller operatively connected to the print engine for selectively applying marking material to the print media and to the laser writer for selectively exposing the print media to a laser beam such that a number of said pits are made according to a desired image.