Back to results
US 2001/0055047 A1Published application
Ink jet printing process and printing apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsSadao Ohsawa, Yusuke Nakazawa, Eiichi Kato
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A printing process for preparing a printed matter comprising: forming an image on the surface of an image carrier by an ink jet method comprising ejecting an oil-based ink using electrostatic field based on signals of image data; and contact-transferring the image formed on the image carrier onto a printing medium to prepare a printed matter. Also disclosed is a printing apparatus suitable for the process.
Claims24
A printing process for preparing a printed matter comprising:
- forming an image on the surface of an image carrier by an ink jet method comprising ejecting an oil-based ink using electrostatic field based on signals of image data;
- and
- contact-transferring the image formed on said image carrier onto a printing medium to prepare a printed matter.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- ink jet drawing unit which ejects an oil-based ink from an ejection head using an electrostatic field based on signals of image data to form an image on an image carrier;
- and
- image transfer member which contact-transfers the image formed on said image carrier onto a printing medium to obtain a printed matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.