Smudge-resistant ink jet printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey D. Rutland, David E. DeBellis, Brooke E. Smith
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Abstract
The following described arrangements and procedures generate a smudge resistant image with an ink jet imaging device. Specifically, in an image printing zone on the ink jet imaging device, a first carriage generates an image on a print medium. Then, in an image protecting zone on the ink jet imaging device, a second carriage deposits an overcoat solution and a fixer solution onto the image to form a substantially smudge resistant image.
Claims20
A method for generating a smudge resistant image with an ink jet imaging device, the method comprising:
- generating, using a first carriage in an image printing zone, an image on a print medium;
- and
- depositing, using a second carriage in an image protecting zone, an overcoat solution and a fixer solution onto the image to form a substantially smudge resistant image.
An imaging device to generate a smudge resistant image, the device comprising:
- a processor processing coupled to a memory comprising computer-executable instructions for executing computer-executable for:
- generating, by a first carriage in a printing zone, an image on a print medium;
- and
- depositing, by a second carriage in an image protecting zone, an overcoat solution and a fixer solution onto the image to form a substantially smudge resistant image.
An ink jet imaging device to generate a smudge resistant image, the ink-jet imaging device comprising processing means for:
- forming, by a first carriage in a printing zone, an image on a print medium;
- and
- depositing, by a second carriage in an image protecting zone, an overcoat solution and a fixer solution onto the image such that the image is substantially smudge resistant.
An ink jet imaging device as recited in claim 19, further comprising processing means for at least partially drying the image before depositing the overcoat and the fixer solutions.
An ink jet imaging device to generate a smudge resistant image, the ink-jet imaging device comprising:
- a first and second carriage for depositing solution onto a print medium;
- processing circuitry coupled to a memory and to the first and second carriage, the memory comprising computer-executable instructions for:
- (a) generating, by the first carriage in a printing zone, an image, the image being formed on the print medium;
- and
- (b) depositing, by the second carriage in an image protecting zone, an overcoat solution and a fixer solution onto the image to form the smudge resistant image;
- and
- wherein generating the image and depositing the overcoat solution, the processor operates the first carriage independent with respect to synchronization from the second carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.