Apparatus and method for applying release fluid to a leveler in a printing apparatus
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAnthony S. Condello, Bryan J. Roof
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Abstract
An apparatus and method apply release fluid to a leveler in a printing apparatus. The apparatus can include a substrate path, at least one release fluid spray nozzle, and a marking material leveling system having a marking material leveler. The method can include transporting a substrate with marking material along the substrate path. The method can include pulse spraying release fluid to the marking material leveling system using the at least one release fluid spray nozzle to apply the release fluid to the marking material leveler. The method can include leveling marking material on the substrate using the marking material leveler with release fluid.
Claims15
A method in an apparatus including a substrate path, at least one release fluid spray nozzle, and a marking material leveling system having a marking material leveler, the method comprising:
- transporting a substrate with marking material along the substrate path;
- pulse spraying release fluid to the marking material leveling system using the at least one release fluid spray nozzle to apply the release fluid to the marking material leveler;
- leveling marking material on the substrate using the marking material leveler with release fluid;
- wherein pulse spraying comprises pulse spraying release fluid directly onto the marking material leveler using the at least one release fluid spray nozzle;
- wherein the apparatus further comprises a metering roll coupled to the marking material leveler, and
- wherein the method further comprises metering release fluid on the marking material leveler using the metering roll.
An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate path that transports a substrate with marking material on the substrate;
- a marking material leveling system having a marking material leveler that levels marking material on the substrate;
- and
- at least one release fluid spray nozzle that sprays release fluid to the marking material leveling system to apply the release fluid to the marking material leveler,
- wherein the marking material leveling system levels marking material on the substrate using the marking material leveler with release fluid and the spray nozzle is configured to spray release fluid with a viscosity of less than 10 centipoise.
A method in an apparatus including a substrate path, at least one release fluid spray nozzle, and an ultraviolet curable ink leveling system having a radiation curable ink leveler, the method comprising:
- transporting a substrate with ultraviolet curable ink along the substrate path;
- periodically spraying release fluid to the radiation curable ink leveling system using the at least one release fluid spray nozzle to uniformly distribute the release fluid on the radiation curable ink leveler;
- and
- leveling radiation curable ink on the substrate using the radiation curable ink leveler with release fluid,
- wherein the spray nozzle is configured to spray release fluid with a viscosity of less than 10 centipoise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.