Abstract: The present invention comprises an ink recording element comprising a support having thereon a hydrophilic absorbing layer, a laminate adhesion promoting polymer inner layer, and a hydrophilic overcoat polymer layer and a method therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for converting an input digital color image having a set of possible input colors to an output digital color image having a set of palette colors, the number of palette colors being less than the number of possible input colors, wherein the set of palette colors is determined based on the distribution of colors in the input digital image supplemented by a distribution of important colors.

Abstract: An athermalized optical assembly includes a laser beam source, such as a laser diode, and a collimator lens which are together mounted in an active thermally-compensated structure. The laser diode source is mounted in a beam source mount thermally isolated from a supporting base plate that serves as the assembly mounting surface. The collimating lens is mounted on a flexure plate having a kinematic hinge. The flexure plate is supported by concentric inner and outer compensation rings of dissimilar materials that are arranged to support the flexure plate at a predetermined distance above the base. The difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of each compensation ring is chosen such that the flexure plate kinematic hinge is passively operated to approximately compensate for thermal shifts in system focal length while maintaining radial and angular alignment of the lens relative to the laser diode source, so as to provide controlled axial movement of the collimating lens.