Curable strip-out development processes
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsP. Keith Watson, Ian D. Morrison
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for forming images which comprises applying a curable liquid to a first substrate in an image pattern, optionally transferring the curable liquid image to a second substrate, subsequently contacting the curable liquid image with a solid developer so that the developer adheres to the curable liquid image, optionally transferring the curable liquid and the solid developer in image pattern to a third substrate, and curing the curable liquid in the image pattern to a solid.
Claims33
A process for forming images which comprises, in the order stated:
- (a) applying a curable liquid to a first substrate in an image pattern,
- (b) optionally transferring the curable liquid image to a second substrate,
- (c) subsequently contacting the curable liquid image with a solid developer so that the developer adheres to the curable liquid image,
- (d) optionally transferring the curable liquid and the solid developer in image pattern to a third substrate, and
- (e) curing the curable liquid in the image pattern to a solid.
A process according to claim 35 2 wherein the curable liquid has a viscosity of from about 30 to about 300 centipoise.
A process for forming images which comprises, in the order stated:
- (a) applying a curable liquid to a first substrate in an image pattern,
- (b) optionally transferring the curable liquid image to a second substrate,
- (c) subsequently contacting the curable liquid image with a solid developer so that the developer adheres to the curable liquid image,
- (d) optionally transferring the curable liquid and the solid developer in image pattern to a third substrate, and
- (e) subsequently curing the curable liquid in the image pattern to a solid, wherein the curable liquid is partially polymerized prior to contacting the liquid image with the developer, thereby enhancing the tack of the liquid image, and wherein the developer is applied to the liquid by preparing a donor element comprising a support and a releasable layer of the developer on the support, contacting the layer of developer on the donor element with the liquid image, and subsequently separating the donor element and the substrate, thereby causing the developer to separate from the support in an image pattern corresponding to the liquid image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.