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Method to improve solid ink output resolution

US5966150A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateNov 10, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/5218
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of printing with phase change ink on an ink jet printer that contains multiple levels of black gray scale ink and a clear or slightly tinted wax ink base and which is applied to the roughened surface of an adhesion promoting coating applied to a transparent substrate is disclosed. The adhesion promoting coating has a surface roughness of greater than about 0.5 micrometers and contains a binder and an inorganic particulate material.

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