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Image printing apparatus

US5835114A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
5References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 6, 1996
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/061
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image printing apparatus for forming an image on a printing medium includes: a printing head including two ink chambers and a shutter; a heater provided under the two ink chambers; a charging electrode provided between the printing medium and the two ink chambers; a back electrode provided on a side of the printing medium which is opposite a side on which the image is formed; a controller associated with the shutter, the heater and the charging electrode.

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