Transfer member
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsClayton Holstun, Vincent Heesen, Marc Aronhime, Amiran Lavon, Stanley Kozmiski
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Abstract
A printer includes a surface configured to carry an electrostatic charge and a printing material forming an image, a transfer member configured to carry printing material from the surface to media and a heater external to the transfer member. The heater is configured to heat printing material being carried by the transfer member.
Claims63
A printer comprising:
- a surface configured to carry an electrostatic charge and a printing material forming an image;
- a transfer member configured to carry printing material from the surface to media;
- and
- a heater external to the transfer member and configured to heat printing material being carried by the transfer member.
A transfer member comprising:
- one or more adjacent cellular layers, the layers having a total thickness of at least 500 micrometers, wherein at least a portion of the transfer member is electrically conductive.
A transfer member including:
- an outermost surface;
- a cellular layer;
- and
- a non-cellular electrically conductive resilient layer between the outermost surface and the cellular layer, wherein the non-cellular electrically conductive resilient layer is no greater than 200 micrometers from the outermost surface.
A transfer member comprising:
- a drum;
- and
- a blanket having an outer surface encircling the drum, the blanket including:
- a cellular resilient layer;
- and
- a non-cellular resilient layer adjacent the cellular layer, between the surface and the cellular layer and less than 200 micrometers from the surface, wherein at least one of the cellular layer and the non-cellular layer is electrically conductive.
A printer comprising:
- a surface configured to carry an electrostatic charge and a printing material forming an image;
- a transfer member configured to receive, carry and apply printing material from the surface to media;
- and
- means external to the transfer member for heating printing material carried by the transfer member.
A method for forming a transfer member, the method comprising:
- coupling at least one cellular resilient layer having a thickness of at least 500 micrometers to a fabric layer;
- and
- coupling a non-cellular resilient layer to the at least one cellular layer.
A method for forming an image on a medium, the method comprising:
- forming an electrostatic charge on a surface;
- applying printing material to the surface based upon the charge on the surface;
- electrostatically charging a surface of a transfer member;
- transferring the printing material to the transfer member;
- externally heating the printing material on the transfer member;
- and
- transferring the printing material to a print medium.
A transfer member comprising:
- a drum;
- and
- a blanket encircling the drum and in direct contact with the drum without an intervening thermal coupling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.