Phase change ink imaging component with thermoset layer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid Pan, Santokh Badesha, Anthony Yeznach, Trevor Snyder, Barry Reeves
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Abstract
An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a thermoset, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
Claims17
An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image;
- b) an imaging member for accepting said phase change ink image from said phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from said imaging member to said print medium, the imaging member comprising:
- i) an imaging substrate, and thereover
- ii) an outer coating comprising a thermoset other than ceramics and silicones.
The offset printing apparatus of claim 9, wherein said filler is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal oxides, carbon blacks, polymers, and mixtures thereof.
An offset printing apparatus for printing a phase change ink onto a print medium comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image;
- b) an imaging member for accepting said phase change ink image from said phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from said imaging member to said print medium and for fixing the phase change ink image to said print medium, the imaging member comprising in order:
- i) an imaging substrate,
- ii) an intermediate layer, and
- iii) an outer coating comprising a thermoset other than ceramics and silicones;
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- c) a heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
An offset printing apparatus comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component containing a phase change ink;
- b) a imaging member comprising:
- i) a substrate, and thereover
- ii) an outer coating comprising a thermoset other than ceramics and silicones;
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- c) a heating member associated with said offset printing apparatus, wherein said phase change ink component dispenses said phase change ink onto said imaging member, and wherein said phase change ink is solid at about 25° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.