Sublimating a sublimating printing substance
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsXavier Oliva Ventayol, Francisco Lopez Moral, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus to generate heated air to sublimate a sublimating printing substance. The apparatus comprises: a self-regulating heating element; an air retaining device to retain air in the apparatus for heating by the self regulating heating element; and an airflow generating device arranged selectively to urge heated air to leave the retaining device. Also disclosed is a method to sublimate a sublimating printing substance deposited on a printing medium and a system to produce printing content on a printing substrate using a sublimating printing substance.
Claims15
An apparatus to generate heated air to sublimate a sublimating printing substance, the apparatus comprising:
- a self-regulating heating element;
- an air retaining device to retain air in the apparatus for heating by the self-regulating heating element;
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- an airflow generating device arranged selectively to urge heated air to leave the retaining device.
A method to sublimate a sublimating printing substance deposited on a printing medium, the method comprising:
- hold heated air in an air holding device;
- positioning the printing medium at a sublimation position;
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- activating an airflow compelling device, after positioning the printing medium at the sublimation position, to compel heated air from the air holding device to the sublimation position.
A system to produce printing content on a printing substrate using a sublimating printing substance, the system comprising:
- a printhead to deposit the sublimating printing substance onto the printing substrate;
- a self-regulating heating element;
- an air retaining device to retain air in the apparatus for heating by the self-regulating heating element;
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- an airflow generating device arranged selectively to urge heated air to leave the retaining device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.