Imaging member
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJin Wu, Jing Zhou
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Abstract
An imaging member is disclosed having a surface layer comprising a heat-sensitive material whose surface compatibility to printing agents, such as toners and inks, can be substantially reversed in response to small changes in temperature. The imaging member is suitable for use in lithographic and printing applications, permitting reversible switching between compatibility states of printing agents, such as between hydrophilic and hydrophobic states or oleophilic and oleophobic states, and enabling rapid production of images on a recording medium. The heat-sensitive material comprises an acrylamide polymer and a silicon material.
Claims17
An imaging member comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a surface layer comprising a heat sensitive material, wherein the heat sensitive material is a block copolymer comprising acrylamide blocks and polysilsequioxane blocks.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a heat source;
- an ink source;
- and
- an imaging member comprising (i) a substrate and (ii) a surface layer comprising a heat sensitive material, wherein the heat sensitive material is a block copolymer comprising acrylamide blocks and polysilsequioxane blocks.
An imaging member, comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a surface layer comprising a heat sensitive material, wherein the heat sensitive material is a block copolymer comprising acrylamide blocks and blocks of poly(methyl silsequioxane).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.