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US 2003/0117471 A1Published application
Post-print treatment for ink jet printing apparatus
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorRavi Sharma
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Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing assembly adapted to create inkjet images on a medium. A durability station provided in series with the printing assembly is adapted to apply direct a durability material in solution with a supercritical carbondioxide solvent onto the medium to provide an overcoat for protecting inkjet prints.
Claims10
An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing assembly adapted to create inkjet images on a medium;
- and
- a durability station provided in series with said printing assembly and adapted to direct a durability material in solution with a supercritical carbondioxide solvent toward the medium.
A process for applying a durability coating to an inkjet print, said process comprising:
- printing an image on a medium by inkjet technology;
- and
- spraying a solution of a durability material in a supercritical carbondioxide solvent toward the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.