Method and apparatus for printing using a tandem electrostatographic printer
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsYee S. Ng, Robert C. Logel
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Abstract
A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome color image. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused pentachrome toner image and enhanced glossing of the image is provided by a belt glosser to improve color gamut.
Claims6
A method of printing to form colored images with improved color gamut and enhanced gloss, the method comprising:
- forming a color print using five or more different color pigments which in combination form at least a pentachrome color image;
- depositing a clear toner overcoat to the at least pentachrome color image, wherein the clear toner overcoat is formed as a receiver and image dependent inverse mask;
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- subjecting the clear toner overcoat and the at least pentachrome color image to a gloss enhancing process.
A method of printing to form colored images with improved color gamut and enhanced gloss, the method comprising:
- forming a color print using five or more different color pigments which in combination form at least a pentachrome color image, wherein the at least pentachrome color image is formed in a single pass through a printer apparatus;
- depositing a clear toner overcoat to the at least pentachrome color image, wherein the clear toner overcoat is formed as a receiver and image dependent inverse mask;
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- subjecting the clear toner overcoat and the at least pentachrome color image to a uniform gloss enhancing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.