1. An inkjet printer comprising:
a plurality of print nozzles;
an edge guide projecting into a print zone into which at least one of the plurality of print nozzles may be transported for deposition of a fluid onto a print media;
computer readable medium having a printmask defining a print disable zone including a pre-selected area of the print zone substantially equal to an area of the edge guide that projects into the print zone.
2. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 wherein the print disable zone further comprises an area of the print zone substantially equal to a length of the edge guide times a width of a print media.
3. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 wherein the print disable zone further comprises an area of the print zone substantially equal to a length of the edge guide times a width of a portion of the print media that lies beneath the edge guide.
4. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 further comprising the printmask defining a narrow margin print zone located adjacent to the print disable zone.
5. An inkjet printer according to claim 4 further comprising the printmask defining a graduated print zone located between a narrow margin print zone and a full image density print zone.
6. An inkjet imaging device comprising: a printer controller;
a media transport assembly connected to and controlled by the printer controller for transporting a print media along a media travel direction;
a printhead including a plurality of print nozzles, the printhead connected to and controlled by the printer controller for controllably activating the print nozzles to eject drops of ink, the printhead connected to a carriage for transporting the printhead across the print media;
a print zone defined by a height of the plurality of print nozzles and the width of the print media:
an edge guide located adjacent to a marginal edge of the print media, the edge guide located in The print zone; and
a computer readable medium having a printmode including a printmask defining a print disable zone including a pre-selected area of the print zone substantially equal to an area of the edge guide that projects into the print zone.
7. A printmode according to claim 6 wherein the print disable zone further comprises an area of the print zone substantially equal to an aggregate length of the edge guide times a width of a print media.
8. A printmode according to claim 6 wherein the print disable zone further comprises an area of the print zone substantially equal to a length of the edge guide times a width of a portion of the print media that lies beneath the edge guide.
9. A printmode according to claim 6 further comprising the printmask defining a narrow margin print zone located adjacent to the print disable zone.
10. A printmode according to claim 9 further comprising the printmask defining a graduated print zone located between a narrow margin print zone and a full image density print zone.
11. A method for narrow margin printing with an inkjet printer including the steps of:
selecting a printmode including a printmask defining a print disable zone including a pre-selected area of the print zone substantially equal to length of the edge guide times a width of a portion of the print media that lies beneath the edge guide;
transporting a print media into a print zone defined by a height of the plurality of print nozzles and a width of the print media; and
selectively depositing ink from the print nozzle to the media forming an image including a narrow margin by printing in a narrow margin mode only in those marginal areas that are not occupied by the edge guide.
12. A method for narrow margin printing according to claim 11 wherein the step of defining a print disable zone further includes defining an area of the print zone substantially equal to a length of the edge guide times a width of a print media as the print disable zone.
13. A method for narrow margin printing according to claim 11 further including the step defining a narrow margin print zone located adjacent to the print disable zone.
14. A method for narrow margin printing according to claim 11 further including the step defining a graduated print zone located between a narrow margin print zone and a full image density print zone.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Seed of maize inbred line designated G06-NP2482, representative seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8936.
2. A maize plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. The maize plant of claim 2, wherein said plant has been detasseled.
4. A tissue culture of regenerable cells produced from the plant of claim 2.
5. Protoplasts produced from the tissue culture of claim 4.
6. The tissue culture of claim 4, wherein cells of the tissue culture are from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, root, root tip, anther, silk, flower, kernel, ear, cob, husk and stalk.
7. A maize plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 4, said plant having all the morphological and physiological characteristics of inbred line G06-NP2482, representative seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8936.
8. A method for producing an F1 hybrid maize seed, said method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different maize plant and harvesting the resultant F1 hybrid maize seed.
9. A method of producing a male sterile maize plant, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a nucleic acid molecule that confers male sterility.
10. A male sterile maize plant produced by the method of claim 9.
11. A method of producing an herbicide resistant maize plant, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers herbicide resistance.
12. An herbicide resistant maize plant produced by the method of claim 11.
13. The maize plant of claim 12, wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of: imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
14. A method of producing an insect resistant maize plant, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.
15. An insect resistant maize plant produced by the method of claim 14.
16. The maize plant of claim 15, wherein the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
17. A method of producing a disease resistant maize plant, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.
18. A disease resistant maize plant produced by the method of claim 17.
19. A method of producing a maize plant with decreased phytate content, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding phytase.
20. A maize plant with decreased phytate content produced by the method of claim 19.
21. A method of producing a maize plant with modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism, said method comprising transforming the maize plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of stearyl-ACP desaturase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, alpha-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme.
22. A maize plant produced by the method of claim 21.
23. The maize plant of claim 22, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of waxy starch and increased amylose starch.
24. A maize plant, or part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the inbred line G06-NP2482, representative seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8936.
25. A method of introducing a desired trait into maize inbred line G06-NP2482, said method comprising:
(a) crossing G06-NP2482 plants grown from G06-NP2482 seed, representative seed of which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8936, with plants of another maize line that comprise a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance and waxy starch;
(b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected F1 progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the G06-NP2482 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
26. A plant produced by the method of claim 25, wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
27. The plant of claim 26, wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of: imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
28. The plant of claim 26, wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
29. The plant of claim 26, wherein the desired trait is male sterility and the trait is conferred by a cytoplasmic nucleic acid molecule that confers male sterility.
30. A method of modifying fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism into maize inbred line G06-NP2482, said method comprising:
(a) crossing G06-NP2482 plants grown from G06-NP2482 seed, representative seed of which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8936, with plants of another maize line that comprise a nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme selected from the group consisting of phytase, stearyl-ACP desaturase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, alphaamylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme;
(b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule to produce selected F1 progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the G06-NP2482 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule and physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise said nucleic acid molecule and have all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
31. A plant produced by the method of claim 30, wherein the plant comprises the nucleic acid molecule and has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize inbred line G06-NP2482 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.