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US 2012/0237272 A1Published application
Imaging system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark Sandler, Shai Lior
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Abstract
An intermediate transfer member (34) (ITM) transfers a toner image from an image bearing surface to a substrate. The ITM has an outermost surface having a roughness of less than or equal to about 300 Angstroms root-mean-square (RMS). An imaging liquid developer system (22) sequentially deposits differently colored layers of pigment containing material onto the outermost surface, wherein at least one of the layers has a final film thickness of less than or equal to 1 μm at 100 percent coverage.
Claims15
An imaging system (20, 120) comprising:
- an intermediate transfer member (34) (ITM) operative for transfer of a toner image from an image bearing surface for a subsequent transfer to a substrate;
- the ITM having an outermost surface having a roughness of less than or equal to about 300 Angstroms root-mean-square (RMS);
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- an imaging liquid developer system (22) operative to sequentially deposit differently colored layers of pigment containing material onto the outermost surface, wherein at least one of the layers has a final film thickness of less than or equal to 1 μm at 100% coverage.
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A method comprising:
- developing multiple layers of imaging liquid on an intermediate transfer member (34) (ITM) having an outermost surface having a roughness of less than or equal to having an outermost surface having a roughness of less than or equal to about 300 Angstroms root-mean-square (RMS), wherein at least one of the layers has a final film thickness of less than or equal to 1 μm at 100% coverage;
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- transferring the layers from the ITM onto a print medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.