Method and apparatus for imaging using an intermediate transfer member
AssigneeIndigo N.V.
InventorBenzion Landa
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for transfer of a liquid toner image, containing carrier liquid and toner particles which solvate the carrier liquid at a solvation temperature above room temperature, from an image bearing surface to a substrate, the apparatus including an intermediate transfer member positioned in operative association with the image bearing surface, transferring the image from the image bearing surface onto the intermediate transfer member, and heating the image on the intermediate transfer member to a temperature above the solvation temperature, below the melting point of the toner particles and below the boiling point of the carrier liquid prior to transfer of the image to the substrate so as to cause the image to adhere to the substrate.
Claims20
Apparatus for transfer of a liquid toner image, containing carrier liquid and toner particles which solvate said carrier liquid at a solvation temperature above room temperature, from an image bearing surface to a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer member arranged in operative association with said image bearing surface;
- a transfer station operative for transferring said image from said image bearing surface onto said intermediate transfer member;
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- heating means operative for heating said image on said intermediate transfer member to a temperature above said solvation temperature, below the melting point of the toner particles and below the boiling point of said carrier liquid prior to transfer of the image to said substrate so as to cause the image to adhere to said substrate.
A method for transfer of a liquid toner image, containing carrier liquid and toner particles which solvate said carrier liquid at a solvation temperature above room temperature, from an image bearing surface to a substrate, comprising the steps of:
- transferring said image from said image bearing surface onto an intermediate transfer member;
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- heating said image on said intermediate transfer member to a temperature above said solvation temperature, below the melting point of the toner particles and below the boiling point of said carrier liquid prior to transfer of said image to said substrate so as to cause said image to adhere to said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.