Ink jet printer having a print head for applying a protective overcoat

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EP 1 048 466 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/44

(21)	Application number: 00201391.0

(22)	Date of filing: 17.04.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B41J 2/14, B41J 29/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.04.1999 US 301198

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
	Rochester, New York 14650 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lubinsky, Anthony R., c/o Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lewandowsky, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Kodak Aktiengesellschaft, Patentabteilung 70323 Stuttgart 70323 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	Ink jet printer having a print head for applying a protective overcoat

(57) The subject of the invention relates to an ink jet printer, comprising: a) an ink jet printhead (13) for forming an image on a receiver media (12); and b) an overcoating head (11) for applying an overcoat layer over the image on the receiver media (12).

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