All The Claims

1. A method, comprising:
performing, by one or more processors:
receiving information describing a plurality of prior entity exposures for a plurality of entities to a plurality of marketing campaigns, wherein each entity of the plurality of entities is associated with at least one account;
forming an account campaign array, comprising representations of the entity exposures;
identifying opportunities resulting from the exposures to the campaigns;
identifying, for at least one account,
a first campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account,
a last campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account, prior to one of the identified opportunities, and
one or more other selected campaign exposures by one or more of the plurality of entities of the account;

performing a multi-campaign analysis to determine the effect of the identified one or more campaign exposures;
generating a plurality of reports based on the multi-campaign analysis, wherein
one report of the plurality of reports graphically and numerically represents conversions associated with at least one or more of the first campaign exposure and the last campaign exposure, and
the report graphically and numerically represents sources associated with the conversions; and

outputting the report.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein
the plurality of reports comprises a key performance indicator report graphically and numerically representing for each of a plurality of marketing sources, a cost per opportunity won, a cost per opportunity, and a cost per response.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein
the plurality of reports comprises a marketing contribution report graphically and numerically representing relative contributions of marketing deal sources in various sales divisions as bar graphs and associated numerical information, and
for each of a plurality of sales divisions,
a marketing deal source contribution is represented as a number of closed opportunities,
a marketing opportunity contribution is represented as a number of created opportunities,
a marketing sales source contribution is represented as a marketing sales source contribution currency value,
a total amount of new sales opportunities is represented as a new sales opportunities currency value and a new sales opportunities percentage, and
a total amount of marketing-sourced sales opportunities is represented as a marketing-sourced sales currency value and a marketing-sourced sales percentage.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein
the plurality of reports comprises an ROI report graphically and numerically representing return on investment for each of the plurality of prior entity exposures.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein
the plurality of reports comprises a conversion rate by offer report graphically and numerically representing a number of impressions, a number of clicks, a click response rate, and a response to opportunity rate.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein
the plurality of reports comprises a sales cycle length report graphically and numerically representing, for each of a set of tactics, a time to won opportunity, a number of impressions, a number of clicks, a click response rate, and a response to opportunity rate.
7. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium; and
computer program code, encoded on the medium, for:
receiving information describing a plurality of prior entity exposures for a plurality of entities to a plurality of marketing campaigns, wherein each entity of the plurality of entities is associated with at least one account;
forming an account campaign array, comprising representations of the entity exposures;
identifying opportunities resulting from the exposures to the campaigns;
identifying, for at least one account,
a first campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account,
a last campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account, prior to one of the identified opportunities, and
one or more other selected campaign exposures by one or more of the plurality of entities of the account;

performing a multi-campaign analysis to determine the effect of the identified one or more campaign exposures;
generating a report based on the multi-campaign analysis, wherein
the report graphically and numerically represents conversions associated with at least one or more of the first campaign exposure and the last campaign exposure, and
the report graphically and numerically represents sources associated with the conversions; and

outputting the report.
8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein each entity associated with an account comprises at least one of a lead and a contact associated with the account.
9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein 1 the computer program code for identifying at least one campaign exposure comprises computer program code for identifying at least two campaign exposures by at least one entity of the account.
10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program code for identifying a user-selected campaign exposure comprises computer program code for receiving input selecting a campaign exposure.
11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program code for performing a multi-campaign analysis comprises computer program code for applying a campaign sequence attribution algorithm to determine the effect of various types of campaigns.
12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer program code for applying a campaign sequence attribution algorithm comprises computer program code for tracking a plurality of sequential aspects of a campaign.
13. A system, comprising:
a campaign analysis module, for:
receiving information describing a plurality of prior entity exposures for a plurality of entities to a plurality of marketing campaigns, wherein each entity of the plurality of entities is associated with at least one account;
identifying opportunities resulting from the exposures to the campaigns;
identifying, for at least one account,
a first campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account;
a last campaign exposure by one of the plurality of entities of the account, prior to one of the identified opportunities, and
one or more other selected campaign exposure by one or more of the plurality of entities of the account; and

performing a multi-campaign analysis to determine the effect of the identified one or more campaign exposures;

a storage device, coupled to the campaign analysis module, for storing an account campaign array, comprising representations of the entity exposures;
a report generator, coupled to the campaign analysis module, for generating a report based on the multi-campaign analysis, wherein
the report graphically and numerically represents conversions associated with at least one or more of the first campaign exposure and the last campaign exposure, and
the report graphically and numerically represents sources associated with the conversions; and

an output device, coupled to the report generator, for outputting the report.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein each entity 1 associated with an account comprises at least one of a lead and a contact associated with the account.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein the campaign analysis module identifies at least one campaign exposure by identifying at least two campaign exposures by at least one entity of the account.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the campaign analysis module identifies a user-selected campaign exposure by receiving input selecting a campaign exposure.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the campaign analysis module performs the multi-campaign analysis by applying a campaign sequence attribution algorithm to determine the effect of various types of campaigns.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the campaign analysis module performs the campaign sequence attribution algorithm by tracking a plurality of sequential aspects of a campaign.
19. The method of claim 5, wherein the applying the campaign sequence attribution algorithm further comprises:
using metadata associated with a campaign ID for each of the plurality of marketing campaigns and timestamps indicating exposure dates to evaluate the allocation of the various types of the plurality of marketing campaigns, wherein
the campaign sequence attribution algorithm sorts the plurality of marketing campaigns according to exposure date, and
the campaign sequence attribution algorithm compares opportunity creation dates to a list of the plurality of campaigns and allocates campaign attribution accordingly.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein
the report plurality of reports comprises a closed-loop funnel report graphically and numerically representing each of the plurality of entity exposures and results of each plurality of entity exposures, and
for each of the plurality of entity exposures the results of each plurality of entity exposures include conversions.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A method of printing a subject on a medium by use of a printing device including a printhead assembly, wherein the printhead assembly has an array of marking elements extending in a longitudinal direction of the medium, the subject consisting of textual and non-textual material, the method comprising steps of:
loading into the printing device a set of pixels of the subject to be printed on the medium, the set of pixels including pixels of textual material and pixels of non-textual material;
separating pixels of the textual material from pixels of the non-textual material; and
printing pixels of at least a portion of the subject by passing the printhead in a plurality of passes in a transverse direction of the medium perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and offsetting successive ones of the passes along the medium by an offset in the longitudinal direction, wherein said offset does not exceed a dimension of the array of marking elements in the longitudinal direction;
wherein, in said printing step, non-textual material of the subject is printed in more than one of the plurality of the passes, and textual material of the subject is printed during only one of the plurality of the passes.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said array of marking elements is a linear array disposed in said transverse direction and, wherein in said printing step, said array of marking elements is employed for printing pixels of said textual material and pixels of said non-textual material.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said array of marking elements is a first array of marking elements, and said printhead assembly comprises a first printhead having said first array of marking elements and a second printhead having a second array of marking elements, wherein all of the elements of the first array imprint a common type of mark and the elements of the second array imprint a plurality of colors, wherein the elements of either of said first array and said second array imprint pixels of both the non-textual material and the textual material, and wherein the printing step includes a step of designating individual ones of said passes for specific ones of said colors to be imprinted by the elements of said second array.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the common type of mark is a black mark, and in said printing step, the elements of the first array print black marks at the sites of the pixels to be printed.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the printing step includes a randomizing of the black marks for pixels of the non-textual material imprinted during individual ones of said plurality of passes.
6. A method according to claim 3, wherein color is imprinted via the elements of the second array during all of the plurality of passes, and non-textual material imprinted by elements of the first array is imprinted only during alternate ones of the plurality of passes.
7. A method according to claim 3, wherein color is imprinted via the elements of the second array during all of the plurality of passes, and textual material imprinted by elements of the second array is imprinted only during alternate ones of the plurality of passes.
8. A method according to claim 3, wherein the elements of said second array are arranged in sub-arrays of marking elements of differing color, the length of a sub-array being less than a length of the second array; and
wherein, in said printing step, an offset between successive ones of the passes does not exceed a dimension of one of the sub-arrays of marking elements in the longitudinal direction.
9. A method according to claim 1, wherein said non-textual material includes a plurality of colors and black, each of said colors and said black being printable in said printing step in response to electronic pixel signals applied to said marking elements for commanding the printing of respective ones of said colors and black, wherein a first logic state of a pixel signal represents a positive command to print and a second logic state of the pixel signal represents a negative command not to print, the method further comprising steps of:
examining the pixel signals to determine the presence of the logic state representing a print command, said examining being performed by processing groups of multiple ones of the pixel signals concurrently by use of an OR function among groups of the pixel signals for each of respective ones of the colors and black;
detecting a print command signal in an output of the OR function; and
altering a protocol of printing in said printing step based on a presence or absence of detection of the print command in the detecting step.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein said printing step is accomplished in cyclic fashion in which a plurality of passes of the printhead across the medium is accomplished in a printing cycle and, wherein, in said altering step, the number of passes of the printhead per cycle is retained upon the detection of the positive command, the number of passes per cycle being reduced in the absence of the positive command.
11. A method for identifying the presence of a logic state in a region of binary digital signals, suitable for characterizing an image in terms of coloration, comprising steps of:
selecting groups of the signals by address;
examining the addressed signals to determine the presence of a first of two logic states, said examining being performed by processing groups of multiple ones of the signals concurrently by use of an OR function among groups of the signals for each of respective ones of characteristics of coloration;
detecting, in an output of the OR function, a signal having the first logic state, a location of the signal in the region being known by the address of the signal.
12. A method according to claim 11, further comprising steps of:
changing a size of the region to a second region of smaller size; and
repeating the steps of selecting, examining, and detecting for such ones of the signals as are found within the second region.

1. A method of conducting an electronic poker game on an electronic gaming device wherein said electronic gaming device includes at least a display and player interface, comprising computer implemented steps of:
allowing a player to place a first wager;
providing the player with a plurality of random face-up cards forming a dealt hand;
if the dealt hand forms one or more pre-established poker hands, triggering a second draw opportunity;
allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the provided random cards forming the dealt hand;
replacing each discard with first new random card forming a first draw hand;
if the second draw opportunity has been triggered, offering the player, for a second wager, a second opportunity to hold or discard one or more of the provided random cards forming said dealt hand; and
if the player elects the second draw opportunity triggered by the dealt hand, allowing for a second time the player to hold or discard one or more of the provided random cards forming the dealt hand and replacing each discard with a second random card forming a second draw hand and providing a payout from a two draw pay table to the player based on a rank of the second draw hand.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the player a payout from a one draw pay table after allowing for the first time the player to hold or discard each of the random cards forming the dealt hand.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising requiring the player to forfeit any payout, from a one draw pay table after allowing for the first time the player to hold or discard each of the random cards forming the dealt hand, in order to participate in the second draw opportunity.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising requiring the second wager to be equivalent to the first wager.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing five random cards to form the dealt hand and establishing four cards to a royal or straight flush, or three cards to a four of a kind, as the one or more pre-established poker hands.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising requiring the first wager to meet or exceed a threshold value in order to activate the second draw opportunity.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising decreasing certain payouts in the two draw pay table from corresponding payouts set forth in a one draw pay table.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising triggering the second draw opportunity only if the random face-up cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands and the player holds trigger cards.
9. A method of conducting an electronic poker game on an electronic gaming device wherein said electronic gaming device includes at least a display and player interface, comprising computer implemented steps of:
allowing a player to place a first wager;
providing the player with five random face-up cards forming a dealt hand;
if the five cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands, activating a second draw opportunity;
allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the five cards;
replacing each discard with a first new random card forming a first draw hand;
if the second draw opportunity has been activated, offering the player, for a second wager, a second opportunity to hold or discard one or more of the five cards forming the dealt hand; and
if the player elects the second draw opportunity, allowing for a second time the player to hold or discard one or more of the five cards forming the dealt hand and replacing each discard with a second random card forming a second draw hand and providing a payout from a two draw pay table to the player based on a rank of the second draw hand.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing the player a payout from a one draw pay table after allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the five cards forming the dealt hand.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising requiring the player to forfeit any payout, from a one draw pay table after allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the five cards forming the dealt hand, in order to participate in the second draw opportunity.
12. The method of claim 9 further comprising requiring the second wager to be equivalent to the first wager.
13. The method of claim 9 further comprising requiring the first wager to meet or exceed a threshold value in order to activate the second draw opportunity.
14. The method of claim 9 further comprising decreasing certain payouts in the second draw pay table from corresponding payouts set forth in a one draw pay table.
15. The method of claim 9 further comprising triggering the second draw opportunity only if the random face-up cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands and the player holds trigger cards.
16. A method of conducting an electronic poker game on an electronic gaming device wherein said electronic gaming device includes at least a display and player interface, comprising computer implemented steps of:
allowing a player to place a first wager;
providing the player with five random face-up cards forming a dealt hand;
if the five cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands, triggering a second draw opportunity;
allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the five cards forming the dealt hand;
replacing each discard with a new random card forming a first draw hand;
offering a payout from a one draw pay table;
if the second draw opportunity has been triggered, offering the player, for a second wager equaling the first wager, a second opportunity to hold or discard one or more of the five cards forming the dealt hand; and
if the player elects the second draw opportunity, allowing for a second time the player to hold or discard one or more of the five cards forming the dealt hand and replacing each discard with a random card forming a second draw hand and providing a payout from a two draw pay table to the player based on a rank of the second draw hand.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising allowing the player to collect the payout from the one draw pay table and participate in the second draw opportunity.
18. The method of claim 16 further comprising requiring the player to forfeit any payout, from the one draw pay table in order to participate in the second draw opportunity.
19. The method of claim 16 further comprising establishing four cards to a royal flush or straight flush, or three cards to a four of a kind, as the one or more pre-established poker hands.
20. The method of claim 16 further comprising decreasing certain payouts in the two draw pay table from corresponding payouts set forth in the one draw pay table.
21. The method of claim 16 further comprising triggering the second draw opportunity only if the random face-up cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands and the player holds trigger cards.
22. A method of conducting an electronic poker game on an electronic gaming device wherein said electronic gaming device includes at least a display and player interface, comprising computer implemented steps of:
allowing a player to place a first wager;
providing the player with a plurality of random face-up cards forming a dealt an initial hand;
allowing for a first time the player to hold or discard each of the provided random cards;
if the random face-up cards forming the dealt hand comprise one or more pre-established poker hands and the player holds trigger cards forming the one or more pre-established poker hands, triggering a second draw opportunity;
replacing each discard with a first new random card forming a first draw hand;
if the second draw opportunity has been triggered, offering the player, for a second wager, a second opportunity to hold the trigger cards; and
if the player elects the second draw opportunity, allowing for a second time the player to hold the trigger cards and replace each first new random card with a second random card forming a second draw hand and providing a payout from a two draw pay table to the player based on a rank of the second draw hand.
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. A chicane blanker assembly for a charged particle beam system, comprising:
an entrance and an exit, wherein the entrance is configured to accept a beam of charged particles propagating along an axis;
a neutrals blocking structure intersecting the axis;
a plurality of chicane deflectors comprising a first chicane deflector, a second chicane deflector, a third chicane deflector, and a fourth chicane deflector sequentially arranged in series between the entrance and the exit and configured to deflect the beam along a path that bypasses the neutrals blocking structure and exits the chicane blanker assembly through the exit; and
a beam blocking structure arranged between the third chicane deflector and the fourth chicane deflector.
2. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 1, further comprising a beam blanking deflector configured to prevent the beam from passing through the exit by deflecting the beam into the beam blocking structure.
3. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 2, wherein the beam blanking deflector is disposed between the first chicane deflector and the second chicane deflector.
4. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 2, further comprising a quadrupole deflector, wherein the first chicane deflector comprises two oppositely opposed electrodes of the quadrupole deflector and the beam blanking deflector comprises another two oppositely opposed electrodes of the quadrupole deflector.
5. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 2, wherein the first chicane deflector and the beam blanking deflector are a same deflector and further comprising a voltage source configured to:
apply a first voltage to the same deflector sufficient to deflect the beam along a path bypassing the neutrals blocking structure, and
apply a second voltage to the same deflector sufficient to deflect the beam along a path that terminates in the beam blocking structure.
6. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 2, wherein:
the first chicane deflector is configured to apply a first deflective force to the beam in a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the axis; and
the beam blanking deflector is configured to apply a second deflective force to the beam in the first direction,
wherein the first deflective force and the second deflective force are electrostatic forces.
7. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 2, wherein:
the first chicane deflector is configured to apply a first deflective force to the beam in a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the axis; and
the beam blanking deflector is configured to apply a second deflective force to the beam in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the axis and to the first direction,
wherein the first deflective force and the second deflective force are electrostatic forces.
8. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 1, wherein the neutrals blocking structure is disposed upstream of the fourth chicane deflector.
9. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 8, wherein the neutrals blocking structure is a first neutrals blocking structure,
further comprising a second neutrals blocking structure disposed upstream of the fourth chicane deflector,
wherein the path that bypasses the first neutrals blocking structure bypasses the second neutrals blocking structure, and
wherein the second neutrals blocking structure is configured to block charged particles neutralized along the path that bypasses the first neutrals blocking structure and the second neutrals blocking structure that are not blocked by the first neutrals blocking structure.
10. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 1, wherein the beam blocking structure comprises a Faraday cup.
11. The chicane blanker assembly of claim 1, wherein the charged particle beam system comprises a plasma-focused ion beam column and the beam of charged particles comprises a plasma-focused ion beam.
12. A method for preventing neutrals from impacting a sample while processing the sample with a charged particle system, wherein:
the charged particle system comprises:
a charged particle source; and
a chicane blanker assembly comprising first, second, third, and fourth chicane deflectors arranged in series, a first neutrals blocking structure, a second neutrals blocking structure, and a beam blocking structure disposed between the third and fourth chicane deflectors, and

the method comprises:
irradiating a sample with a charged particle apparatus by:
emitting charged particles from a charged particle source,
focusing the charged particles into a charged particle beam propagating towards the sample along a first axis,
using the chicane deflectors to deflect the charged particle beam around the first neutrals blocking structure and the second neutrals blocking structure and then onto a second axis, the second axis being parallel to or the same as the first axis, and
propagating the charged particle beam along the second axis such that the charged particle beam irradiates a surface of the sample; and

preventing neutrals from impacting the sample using the chicane blanker assembly.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second neutrals blocking structure comprises a plate overlapping a portion of a cross-section of the chicane blanker assembly normal to the first axis and blocking a portion of the chicane blanker assembly between the first axis and the second axis.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein preventing neutrals from impacting the sample comprises blocking neutrals with at least one of the first neutrals blocking structure and the second neutrals blocking structure while the charged particle beam irradiates the sample such that the neutrals are prevented from staining the sample.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein:
the charged particle apparatus comprises a focused ion beam column, the charged particle source comprises an ion source, and the charged particle beam comprises a focused ion beam;
the chicane blanker assembly further comprises a beam blanking deflector disposed at or downstream of a point where the focused ion beam enters the first chicane deflector and upstream of the beam blocking structure; and
the charged particle system further comprises a scanning electron microscope; and further comprising simultaneously:
blanking the focused ion beam, wherein blanking the focused ion beam comprises applying a first deflective force to the focused ion beam with the first chicane deflector and applying a second deflective force to the focused ion beam with the beam blanking deflector;
blocking neutrals with at least one of the first neutrals blocking structure and the second neutrals blocking structure during the blanking of the focused ion beam such that the neutrals are prevented from generating secondary electrons at the surface of the sample; and
imaging the sample with the scanning electron microscope.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein blanking the focused ion beam comprises deflecting the focused ion beam with electrostatic fields generated by the first chicane deflector, the second chicane deflector, the third chicane deflector, and the beam blanking deflector.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein a direction of the first deflective force is perpendicular to the first axis and a direction of the second deflective force is the same as the direction of the first deflective force.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein a direction of the first deflective force is perpendicular to the first axis and a direction of the second deflective force is perpendicular to the first axis and to the direction of the first deflective force.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein the charged particle apparatus comprises a plasma focused ion beam column, the charged particle source comprises a plasma ion source, and the charged particle beam comprises a focused ion beam.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein a current of the focused ion beam is less than or equal to about 1.3 \u03bcA.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the neutrals comprise gas molecules emitted from the plasma source, ions of the focused ion beam neutralized in the plasma focused ion beam column, or a combination thereof.
22. A charged particle beam system for processing a workpiece, comprising a focused ion beam column configured to generate, focus, and direct an ion beam, wherein the focused ion beam column includes:
an ion source;
an optical axis for propagating the ion beam from the ion source towards a workpiece; and
a chicane blanker assembly comprising four chicane deflectors arranged in series, a blanking deflector, a first neutrals blocking structure, a second neutrals blocking structure, and a beam blocking structure, wherein:
the first neutrals blocking structure is configured to block neutrals propagating towards a workpiece along the optical axis;
the four chicane deflectors are configured to direct the beam onto the workpiece by deflecting the ion beam from the optical axis, onto a path bypassing the first neutrals blocking structure and the second neutrals blocking structure, and back onto the optical axis or an axis parallel to the optical axis;
the four chicane deflectors and the blanking deflector are configured to blank the ion beam by deflecting the ion beam into the beam blocking structure; and
the second neutrals blocking structure is configured to block ions neutralized after being deflected from the optical axis.
23. The charged particle beam system of claim 22, wherein:
the chicane deflector closest to the ion source is configured to apply a first electrostatic field to the ion beam in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and
the blanking deflector is configured to apply a second electrostatic field to the ion beam in a second direction while the chicane deflector closest to the ion source applies the first electrostatic field.
24. The charged particle beam system of claim 23, wherein the second direction is parallel to or perpendicular to the first direction.
25. The charged particle beam system of claim 22, wherein the beam blocking structure comprises a faraday cup, and the ion source comprises a plasma source having:
a plasma chamber for containing a plasma;
a source electrode for electrically biasing the plasma; and
an extractor electrode for extracting ions from the plasma chamber.
26. The charged particle beam system of claim 25, further comprising a scanning electron microscope configured to image the workpiece while the chicane blanker assembly blanks the ion beam.
27. The charged particle beam system of claim 22, wherein there is no crossover of the beam in the chicane blanker assembly.
28. The charged particle beam system of claim 22, wherein the chicane blanker assembly does not comprise an aperture for shaping the beam.
29. The charged particle beam system of claim 22, wherein there are no focusing elements exerting any shaping of the beam into a round or line focus.