Wetting enhancement coating on intermediate transfer member (ITM) for aqueous inkjet intermediate transfer architecture

An ink jet printer comprising:

• a transfer member;
• a wetting enhancement station adjacent said transfer member that provides a wetting enhancement coating on the transfer member wherein the wetting enhancement coating comprises;
• water;
• non-water soluble binders selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers, styrene acrylic polymers, vinyl-acrylic polymers, vinyl acetate ethylene;
• and a surfactant;
• a print head adjacent said transfer member that ejects aqueous ink droplets onto a film formed from wetting enhancement coating on the transfer member to form ink images on the wetting enhancement coating;
• a transfixing station located adjacent said transfer member and downstream from said print head, the transfixing station having a transfixing roll forming a transfixing nip therewith at said transfixing station;
• a transporting device for delivering a recording medium to the transfixing nip wherein the ink image and film are transferred to the recording medium.

An ink jet printer comprising:

• a transfer member;
• a wetting enhancement station adjacent said transfer member that provides a wetting enhancement coating on the transfer member wherein the wetting enhancement coating comprises;
• water;
• non-water soluble binders selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers, styrene acrylic polymers, vinyl-acrylic polymers, vinyl acetate ethylene at a loading of from about 10 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of the wetting enhancement coating;
• and a surfactant;
• a print head adjacent said transfer member that ejects ink droplets onto a film formed from the wetting enhancement coating on the transfer member to form ink images on the wetting enhancement coating;
• a transfixing station located adjacent said transfer member and downstream from said print head, the transfixing station having a transfixing roll forming a transfixing nip therewith at said transfixing station;
• a transporting device for delivering a recording medium to the transfixing nip wherein the ink image and wetting enhancement coating are transferred to the recording medium.