Printing machine and fixed patterned plate
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsCornelis Jan Delst, Vladimir P. Raksha, Alberto Argoitia, Paul Thomas Kohlmann
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Abstract
A printing machine including a printing plate on a surface of a rotating cylinder, in which the printing plate has a fixed pattern for receiving a toner; a vessel containing the toner, which includes a pigment and a thermoplastic binder, in which the fixed pattern is a permanent pattern in a form of selected portions of an image is disclosed. A plate for use in the printing machine is also disclosed. A printing system is also disclosed.
Claims20
A printing machine comprising:
- a printing plate on a surface of a rotatable cylinder, wherein the printing plate has a fixed pattern for receiving a toner;
- a vessel for containing the toner,
- wherein the fixed pattern is a permanent, machined pattern in a form of selected portions of an image,
- wherein the printing plate includes an insulative surface configured to have an electric charge that attracts toner.
A printing plate for use in an electrostatic printing machine comprising:
- a permanent, machined pattern including two or more areas that are configured to have a different electric charge;
- wherein at least one area is configured to have an electric charge that repels toner;
- and
- wherein at least one area is an insulative surface configured to have an electric charge that attracts toner.
A printing system, comprising:
- two or more printing machines, arranged serially, wherein each printing machine includes a printing plate having a fixed, machined pattern in a form of a select portion of an image, wherein the printing plate includes an insulative surface configured to have an electric charge that attracts toner;
- and
- two or more fusing units, arranged after each printing machine;
- wherein each printing machine is configured to print a select portion of the image, and each fusing unit is configured to fuse the printed selected portion of the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.