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AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigehito Ando, Eiichi Akutsu, Hiroo Soga, Kenji Ogi, Kazuo Maruyama
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In a method of regenerating an ink image recording medium of a multilayered structure, after an ink image on the ink image recording medium is recorded, the surface of the heat-fusible ink layer of the ink image recording medium is uniformly charged. Then, a liquid ink for generating the ink layer, being placed under an electric field applied thereto, is supplied to the ink image recording medium. The liquid ink is prepared by dispersing heat-fusible ink powder into a liquid dispersion medium. As a result, the heat-fusible ink powder selectively sticks onto the portion on the ink release layer where the heat-fusible ink layer is absent because the ink was transferred. Finally, the ink image recording medium thus processsed is dried to remove the liquid dispersing medium.
A method of regenerating an ink image recording medium of a multilayered structure including an anisotropic conductive layer, a heating resistive layer for generating heat by an electric signal applied thereto, a conductive layer, an ink release layer, and a heat-fusible ink surface-layer, said method comprising the steps of:
The method according to clam 2, wherein said voltage for generating the electric field is a low voltage maintained at a same polarity as the heat-fusible ink surface-layer voltage.
An ink image recording system comprising:
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