METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A THERMAL PRINT HEAD - Patent 0726850

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EP 0 726 850 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.08.1996 Bulletin 1996/34

(21)	Application number: 94931913.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.10.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B41J 2/ 355^{( . )}
G06K 15/ 02^{( . )}

B41J 2/ 35^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/011887

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1995/012493 (11.05.1995 Gazette 1995/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE GB NL

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Priority:

01.11.1993 US 19930146506
31.08.1994 US 19940298936

(71)	Applicant: LASERMASTER CORPORATION
	Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LUKIS, Lawrence J. Prior Lake, MN 55372 (US) VATLAND, Danny J. Chanhanssen, MN 55372 (US) GILBERT, John M. Minneapolis, MN 55406 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kirschner, Klaus Dieter, Dipl.-Phys.
	Forstenrieder Allee 59 D-81476 München D-81476 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A THERMAL PRINT HEAD