Apparatus and method for printing using a coating solid

US6935734B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Benjamin Alan Askren · Lexington, US
• Ronald Willard Baker · Versailles, US
• Ligia Aura Bejat · Lexington, US
• Charles Jerome Cheek · Versailles, US
• Gerald Lee Fish · Versailles, US
• Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate · Lexington, US
• Bhaskar Gopalanarayanan · Lexington, US
• Jason Edward Gordon · Nicholasville, US
• Philip Jerome Heink · Lexington, US
• John William Kietzman · Lexington, US
• Michael Craig Leemhuis · Nicholasville, US
• Claudia Alexandra Marin · Lexington, US
• Sean D. Smith · Lexington, US
• Donald Wayne Stafford · Georgetown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/0015
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for ink-jet printing including an ink-jet print head to jet ink, a coating solid, and a coating holder to support the coating solid, wherein the coating holder transfers a portion of the coating solid onto a medium to form a coating solid layer. The coating holder and coating solid may be combined in a removable cartridge. In addition, the medium may be an intermediate transfer medium, a media support medium, a transfer medium, or media, such as paper. A method for inkjet printing also includes applying a coating solid to a medium to form a layer of the coating solid, in a solid form, having predetermined thickness, and applying ink to the medium. The layer of coating solid may interact with the applied ink to destabilize colorant in the ink.