Imaging using a coagulable ink on an intermediate member
US6932469B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/012
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method of making an ink-jet-ink-derived material image on a receiver. An ink jet device is used to form a coagulable ink image on a member, the ink image including a coagulable marking ink and a non-marking ink. Each smallest resolved imaging area of the ink image includes a predetermined mixed volume of the coagulable marking ink and the non-marking ink, the predetermined mixed volume being coagulable. Coagulates are formed within the coagulable ink image, and excess liquid is removed from the coagulates to form an ink-jet-ink-derived material image. The ink-jet-ink-derived image is transferred from the operational surface of the intermediate member to another member, which another member may be a receiver member, a drum or a web.
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