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EP 0 318 576 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 07.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/23 (21) Application number: 88906320.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.06.1988

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41J 2/ 525( . ) H04N 1/ 46( . ) H04N 9/ 79( . ) H04N 1/ 407( . ) H04N 1/ 60( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1988/001893 (87) International publication number: WO 1988/010043 (15.12.1988 Gazette 1988/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 12.06.1987 JP 19870146723 (71) Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation) Rochester, New York 14650 (US)	(72) Inventors: IZUMI, Masaki Hino-shi Tokyo 191 (JP) NISKALA, Wayne, F. Setagaya-ku Tokyo 157 (JP) YUMINO, Masamichi Koganei-shi Tokyo 184 (JP) (74) Representative: Buff, Michel, et al  Kodak-Pathé Département des Brevets et Licences CRT Centre de Recherches et de Technologie Zone Industrielle F-71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex F-71102 Chalon sur Saône Cédex (FR)