US Patent Issued to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING on July 7 for "Spot gloss and gloss control in an inkjet printing system" (New Hampshire, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,508, issued on July 7, was assigned to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC. (Londonderry, N.H.).

"Spot gloss and gloss control in an inkjet printing system" was invented by Lianhui Cong (Concord, N.H.) and Terrill Clayton (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide a technique that effects spot gloss or gloss control and/or variations on one image without requiring clear inks. This is preferably accomplished by use of a multilayer printing process in which an image is first printed using a first set of color print heads and then cured, and in which the image is again printed using a second set ...