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US 9,409,384 B2Granted
Printers, methods and apparatus to form an image on a print substrate
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsOmer Gila, Daihua Zhang, Yossi Rosen, Ilanit Mor
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Abstract
Printers, methods, and apparatus to form an image on a substrate are disclosed. An example apparatus to form an image on a print substrate includes an applicator to apply a first material, an ink developer to apply a plurality of ink particles, and a transfer cylinder to transfer the ink particles and the first material to the print substrate to form an image and a coating.
Claims15
An apparatus to form an image on a print substrate, comprising:
- a transfer cylinder;
- a photo imaging surface;
- an applicator to apply a first material directly to the transfer cylinder, bypassing the photo imaging surface;
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- an ink developers to apply ink particles for a plurality of colored inks to the photo imaging surface, wherein the photo imaging surface is to apply the ink particles to the first material on the transfer cylinder, and
- wherein the transfer cylinder is to transfer the ink particles and the first material to a print substrate to form an image and a coating.
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A method to form an image on a print substrate, comprising:
- applying a first material directly to a transfer member;
- applying a plurality of ink particles for a plurality of colored inks to a photo imaging surface, wherein the applying of the first material directly to the transfer member bypasses the photo imaging surface;
- transferring the plurality of ink particles from the photo imaging surface to the first material on the transfer member;
- and
- transferring the ink particles and the first material to a print substrate to form an image and a coating.
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A printer to form an image on a substrate, comprising:
- a photo imaging surface to receive ink particles for a plurality of colored inks;
- a transfer member;
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- an applicator to apply a coating material directly to the transfer member, bypassing the photo imaging surface,
- wherein the photo imaging surface is to transfer the ink particles to the coating material on the transfer member, and the transfer member is to transfer the ink particles and the coating material to a print substrate to form an image and a coating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.