# US 10,500,885 B2 · Method for printing to a recording medium with a fluid-based colorant transport or pigment transport and a surface protection in fluid-based printing to increase the presentable color space > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,885 B2 - Document ID: US10500885B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/946,253 - Filed: 2018-04-05 - Published: 2018-10-11 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-05 - Assignees: Océ Holding B.V. - Applicants: Océ Holding B.V. - Inventors: Jens Maas; Johann Schwarzmueller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500885B2 ## CPC - B41M 7/0054: {using protective coatings or film forming compositions cured by thermal means, e.g. infrared radiation, heat} - B41M 7/0045: {using protective coatings or film forming compositions cured by mechanical wave energy, e.g. ultrasonics, cured by electromagnetic radiation or waves, e.g. ultraviolet radiation, electron beams, or cured by magnetic or electric fields, e.g. electric discharge, plasma} - B41M 7/009: {using thermal means, e.g. infrared radiation, heat} - C09D 5/00: Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced {(electrically insulating plastics, resins or waxes H01B3/30)}; Filling pastes - C09D 5/02: Emulsion paints {including aerosols} - C09D 5/022: {Emulsions, e.g. oil in water} - C09D 7/65: macromolecular (C09D7/41-C09D7/48 take precedence) - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) - C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) ## Abstract In a method for printing to a recording medium using a fluid-based colorant transport or pigment transport (e.g. via ink or liquid toner), fluid-based printing to the recording medium is performed and a surface protection is applied to increase the robustness (e.g. abrasion resistance) in at least a printed region of the recording medium. The applied quantity per area is configured to provide an increased color space. Further, in a surface protection given fluid-based printing to a recording medium, the presentable color space is increased. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for printing to a recording medium using a fluid-based colorant transport or pigment transport, comprising: fluid-based printing to the recording medium with an applied quantity per area to provide an increased color space; and applying a porous surface protection to the recording medium, the porous surface protection being configured to: increase abrasion resistance in at least a printed region of the recording medium, and allow fluid components of the fluid-based colorant transport or fluid components of the pigment transport to migrate through the porous surface protection and/or allow humidity to penetrate through the porous surface protection into the fluid-based colorant transport or pigment transport. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a drying operation after the printing and before the application of the porous surface protection, the drying operation including at least a pre-drying of printed fluid components. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the printed applied quantity per area is increased in relation to parameters of the drying operation such that the printed fluid components are incompletely dried upon application of the porous surface protection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the porous surface protection is applied continuously over the printed region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the porous surface protection is applied fully over the entire area of the recording medium or partially in only a printed region of the recording medium. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the porous surface protection is applied discontinuously. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the porous surface protection is applied discontinuously is a form of individual droplets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising curing the porous surface protection directly after the application of the porous surface protection. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the porous surface protection is a varnish including a UV-curable varnish, dispersion varnish, latex-based varnish and/or IR-curable varnish. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the varnish comprises an ultraviolet (UV)-curable varnish, a dispersion varnish, a latex-based varnish or an infrared (IR)-curable varnish. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the porous surface protection is applied as a low-friction layer to reduce a surface coefficient of friction of the printed recording medium. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the low-friction layer is an emulsion containing silicone, wax or latex. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the porous surface protection is configured to increase an abrasion resistance given an applied quantity per area to increase the presentable color space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, when executed, causes a processor to perform the method of claim 1.