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US 10,336,060 B2Granted
Coating for aqueous inkjet transfer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorChu-Heng Liu
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Abstract
An aqueous ink transfer process includes coating the surface of an image transfer member (ITM) with a coating composition to a first thickness, the coating composition including a hydrophilic composition and a surfactant, partially drying the coating composition to reduce its thickness and then applying aqueous ink onto the coating composition. The coating composition in the vicinity of the applied ink swells by absorbing water from the ink, and can further exhibit reduced adherence to the ITM. The ink is partially dried and then transferred onto a substrate.
Claims10
An aqueous ink transfer process comprising:
- coating the surface of an image transfer member (ITM) with a coating composition to a first thickness, the coating composition including a hydrophilic composition and a surfactant;
- partially drying the coating composition to a reduced second thickness;
- applying aqueous ink onto the coating composition;
- swelling the coating composition by absorbing water from the ink;
- partially drying the ink;
- and
- transferring the ink onto a substrate.
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