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US 2021/0354493 A1Published application
Heating System for Sublimation Printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsXavier Oliva Ventayol, Francisco Lopez Moral, Jose Luis Valero Navazo
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of sublimation printing, a heating system for sublimation printing and a printing device. The method of sublimation printing comprises generating an air flow through a print medium on which a printing substance is deposited and heating the air flow to a temperature at or above a sublimation temperature of the printing substance.
Claims15
A method of sublimation printing, the method comprising:
- generating an air flow through a print medium on which a sublimation printing substance is deposited;
- and
- heating the air flow to a temperature at or above a sublimation temperature of the printing substance.
A heating system for sublimation printing, the heating system comprising:
- a flow generator o generate an air flow;
- a heater to heat the air flow;
- and
- a frame to place an air-permeable print medium such that the heated air flow passes through the print medium.
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A printing device comprising:
- a print head to deposit a sublimation printing substance on an air-permeable print medium;
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- a heating subsystem to heat the print medium, wherein the heating subsystem comprises a flow generator to generate an air flow through the print medium and a heater to heat the air flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.