Meltable ink for an inkjet printer and a method of selecting such an ink
US6923853B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09D11/34
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A meltable ink which is solid at room temperature, which ink is suitable for use in an indirect printing process, in which printing process the ink is transferred, by the use of an inkjet printhead, to a transfer element, whereafter the ink is transferred to a receiving material under pressure from the transfer element, the ink having a composition such that it is pressure-transferable at a temperature between a bottom temperature limit and a top temperature limit, wherein the ink has a deformation energy of less than 20×105 Pa.s at a temperature equal to said top temperature limit.
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