Patent ID: 6025865
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A printing method comprising:(1) providing a laser print energy source;(2) providing an image forming substance;(3) providing an original electronic color data set, said data set containing pixels and said pixels containing intensity information in a time domain;(4) optionally increasing an optical resolution of said data set;(5) dividing one or more of said pixels in a time domain, to obtain a data set containing one or more time-sliced pixels; and(6) printing said data set containing one or more time-sliced pixels by impinging an energy modulated zero order beam of said laser print energy source on said image forming substance, to obtain a printed image.wherein said energy modulated zero order beam is energy modulated by more than one modulator separate from said laser print energy source and wherein said image forming substance is selected from the group consisting of direct dye thermal transfer, sublimation dye and thermal wax print forming media.