Method of fabricating low-cost transfix drums for solid ink transfer
US8836739B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49865
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate.
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