Patent ID: 6509979
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B41J,D06P,H04N

Abstract:
A pattern element on the surface of an absorbent substrate for use in printing images with liquid colorants, said pattern element comprising a first pixel area on said substrate surface and a second, adjoining pixel area on said substrate surface, said first pixel area having received a quantity of a first liquid colorant and said second pixel area having received a quantity of a second liquid colorant, said respective quantities of colorants having been sufficient to cause intended migration, on said substrate surface, of a portion of said first liquid colorant from said first pixel area to said second, adjoining pixel area, said colorant migration into said second pixel area forming a colorant migration area within said second pixel area that, in conjunction with said first and said second pixel areas, comprises an area that, in conjunction with said first and said second pixel areas, comprises an area on said substrate surface that produces a desired perceived color on said substrate surface.