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US 2016/0096379 A1Published application
Method for applying an image of a radiation curable phase change ink
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsPeter M.A. WETJENS, Gerardus C.P. VERCOULEN, Hendrik J.A. OGRINC
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for applying an image onto a receiving medium, wherein the gloss of the image is controlled by controlling the temperature of the receiving medium. The invention further relates to an ink jet apparatus. The invention further relates to a method for determining a job setting of a print job for obtaining an image having a desired gloss level.
Claims8
Method for applying an image onto a receiving medium, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. applying droplets of a radiation curable phase change ink composition onto a receiving medium using an ink jet apparatus, the radiation curable phase change ink composition comprising a radiation curable component and the radiation curable phase change ink composition being fluid above a third temperature T3;
- b. controlling the temperature of the receiving medium to be at a temperature T, wherein T<T3;
- c. curing the radiation curable phase change ink composition;
- wherein, if the temperature T is in between a first temperature T1 and a second temperature T2, a semi-gloss print is obtained;
- if T≦T1, a gloss print is obtained;
- if T≧T2, a matt print is obtained;
- and wherein T1<T2<T3.
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