Ink-jet printer using phase-change ink printing on a continuous web

US7828423B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• James R. Larson · Fairport, US
• Jeffrey J. Folkins · Rochester, US
• Roger A. Newell · Pittsford, US
• Donald M. Bott · Rochester, US
• Roger G. Leighton · Hilton, US
• Edward B. Caruthers, Jr. · Rochester, US
• David J. Gervasi · Rochester, US
• David A. Mantell · Rochester, US
• Vincent M. Williams · Palmyra, US
• Michael J. Levy · Webster, US
• James M. Casella · Webster, US
• Jeremy C Dejong · Orchard Park, US
• Paul J. McConville · Webster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/02
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a printing station, including at least one printhead for applying phase-change ink to the substrate, and a backing member disposed on an opposite side of the substrate substantially opposite the printhead, the backing member causing the substrate to reach a predetermined ink-receiving temperature.