Method of regenerating an ink image recording medium
US5198835A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/398
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a method of regenerating an ink image recording medium of a multilayered structure, after an ink image on the ink image recording medium is recorded, the surface of the heat-fusible ink layer of the ink image recording medium is uniformly charged. Then, a liquid ink for generating the ink layer, being placed under an electric field applied thereto, is supplied to the ink image recording medium. The liquid ink is prepared by dispersing heat-fusible ink powder into a liquid dispersion medium. As a result, the heat-fusible ink powder selectively sticks onto the portion on the ink release layer where the heat-fusible ink layer is absent because the ink was transferred. Finally, the ink image recording medium thus processsed is dried to remove the liquid dispersing medium.
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