Method to improve solid ink output resolution
US5966150A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 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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