Embossed receptor media
US6386699B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/504
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A receptor medium with a sheet having an embossed imaging surface as one major surface thereof The receptor medium can receive jettable materials, which include inks, adhesives, biological fluids, chemical assay reagents, particulate dispersions, waxes, and combinations thereof. The embossed medium unexpectedly solves such common inkjet printing problems as feathering, banding, and mudcracking in inkjet printing systems by controlling how an inkjet drop contacts and dries on an inkjet receptor medium. Clear lines of demarcation between adjoining colors of a pigmented inkjet image graphic can be obtained, Methods of making and using the inkjet receptor medium are also disclosed.
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