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AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorsAntonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, David K. Biegelsen, David Mathew Johnson
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Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.
A digital image forming device useful for ink printing with an ink-based digital printing system having an imaging member with an electrostatic chargeable surface and a transfer member downstream the imaging member, comprising:
A method of forming an image useful for ink printing with an ink-based digital printing system, comprising:
A digital image forming device useful for ink printing with an ink-based digital printing system having an imaging member with an electrostatic chargeable surface, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.