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EP 0 751 873 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 08.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/02 (21) Application number: 95911395.0 (22) Date of filing: 16.03.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41J 2/ 045( . ) B41J 2/ 055( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/000562 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/025011 (21.09.1995 Gazette 1995/40)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE FR GB IE IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 16.03.1994 GB 19940005137 (71) Applicant: XAAR LIMITED Cambridge CB4 4FD (GB)	(72) Inventors: TEMPLE, Stephen Cambridge CB3 0LN (GB) ARNOTT, Michael George Somersham, Cambridgeshire PE17 3JB (GB) (74) Representative: Garratt, Peter Douglas, et al  Mathys & Squire 100 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8AL London WC1X 8AL (GB)