Phase change ink imaging component with polymer blend layer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid H. Pan, Santokh S. Badesha, Xiaoying (Elizabeth) Yuan, Donald S. Stanton, Anthony Yeznach, Trevor J. Snyder
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Abstract
An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a polymer blend of a first polymer and a second polymer different from the first polymer, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
Claims22
An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image and;
- b) an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, the imaging member comprising:
- i) an imaging substrate, and thereover
- ii) an outer coating comprising a polymer blend comprising a first polymer and a second polymer different from the first polymer.
An offset printing apparatus for printing a phase change ink onto a print medium comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image;
- b) an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferrng the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium and for fixing the phase change ink image to the print medium, the imaging member comprising in order:
- i) an imaging substrate,
- ii) an intermediate layer, and
- iii) an outer coating comprising a polymer blend comprising a first polymer and a second polymer different from the first polymer;
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- c) a heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
An offset printing apparatus comprising:
- a) a phase change ink component containing a phase change ink;
- b) a Imaging member comprising:
- i) a substrate, and thereover
- ii) an outer coating comprising polymer blend comprising a first polymer and a second polymer different from said first polymer;
- and
- c) a heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus, wherein the phase change ink component dispenses the phase change ink onto the imaging member, and wherein the phase change ink is solid at about 25° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.