Inkjet printing system
US8398226B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/0023
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An inkjet printing system comprising a plurality of static inkjet printing units each comprising at least one inkjet printing head; an ink-receiving element comprising a poorly-absorbing or impermeable substrate; an aqueous inkjet composition which comprises a polymeric compound comprising discrete particles responsive to an external stimulus, and a functional material, which may be incorporated as part of the polymeric particles, the composition having a first rheological state and a different second rheological state in response to a stimulated change in conditions, the first state being associated with a first lower viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a first lower volume, and the second state being associated with a second higher viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a second higher volume, and of drying the aqueous ink composition only positioned downstream of the plurality of the printing units.
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