EP0081887B1 - Method for the application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate - Google Patents

Method for the application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate Download PDF

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EP0081887B1
EP0081887B1 EP82201586A EP82201586A EP0081887B1 EP 0081887 B1 EP0081887 B1 EP 0081887B1 EP 82201586 A EP82201586 A EP 82201586A EP 82201586 A EP82201586 A EP 82201586A EP 0081887 B1 EP0081887 B1 EP 0081887B1
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Milan Percic
Edo Reitsma
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    • G03G13/0139—Electrographic processes using a charge pattern for multicoloured copies characterised by the developing step, e.g. the properties of the colour developers developing using a step for clear toner deposition, e.g. for regulating gloss or supplying protective coatings
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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  • the invention relates to a method for the application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate which is obtained by charging up a photoconductive substrate, image-wise discharging this by exposure and its development by means of pigmented toner and the subsequent transfer of the toner image obtained to a receptor substrate.
  • the present invention provides a solution for this problem.
  • a second toner image is formed with a protective light-transmitting toner, this second toner image being registered with the first image on the receptor substrate, and subsequently fixed.
  • protective toner is applied exclusively to the substrate where pigmented toner is present so that the surface portions of the substrate not provided with an image retain their original surface structure.
  • the invention can be used especially where, using known electrophotographic techniques a proof print is formed from a colour print, using a number of colour separations obtained from an original.
  • the operation of applying the protective toner can be undertaken precisely as many times as there are colour separations, using on each occasion another colour separation, but it is also possible to form the protective toner image starting with an exposure of the photoconductive coating via all the colour separations employed during image formation and brought into registration therewith.
  • Figure 1a a illustrates schematically a substrate 1 which is image-wise covered with toner of different colour; toner of the first colour is indicated by the toner sections 2 shown as solidly filled, and toner of the second colour is indicated by toner sections 3 which are shown thatched.
  • the toner images are obtained in the conventional manner starting from respectively the light-transmitting colour separations 4 and 5; toner image 2 is obtained after exposure via colour separation 4 and subsequent development with toner 2, and toner image 3 after exposure via colour separation 5 and development with toner 3. Naturally there are also locations where toner images of the two different colours are placed one on top of the other, and locations where there is no toner present at all.
  • the image obtained in this manner is covered with a transparent, non-pigmented protective toner only where pigmented toner is present.
  • a transparent, non-pigmented protective toner only where pigmented toner is present.
  • Figure 1f indicates that it is also possible to apply the protective toner in a single operation. Then a toner image 9 is formed using all the colour separations 4, 5 employed during the formation of the respective partial images, these being registered one above the other, and via which the photoconductive covering 10 to be employed is exposed. The toner image obtained after exposure and development with protective toner as shown in Figure 1f is then registered on the image 2, 3 which is to be protected. Figure 1g shows the result finally obtained.

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Abstract

Method for forming a protective transparent coating on a toner image formed electrophotographically by depositing a transparant protective toner electrophotographically and in registration on said toner image, using the same original.

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  • The invention relates to a method for the application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate which is obtained by charging up a photoconductive substrate, image-wise discharging this by exposure and its development by means of pigmented toner and the subsequent transfer of the toner image obtained to a receptor substrate.
  • The formation of images by means of electro-photographic techniques, utilizing one or more pigmented toners adhering to a substrate, e.g. a sheet of paper, forms part of state of the art. As compared with known printing techniques, where use is made of a black or coloured ink, this electrophotographic technique possesses many advantages, but also the disadvantage that different types of toner which have nevertheless to be employed for certain reasons adhere more poorly to the recipient surface than the conventional ink. For this reason a known method is that after the formation of an image with such toners, the entire substrate is covered with a thin layer consisting of a suitable protective substance which is for example polymerisable or dissolved in a volatile solvent.
  • This method, where the entire surface of the substrate, i.e. also the sections not carrying any toner, is covered suffers however from the disadvantage that the substrate obtains a surface structure other than that normally obtained during printing. The surface appears unnatural to the observer. Especially if electrophotographic techniques are employed for the formation of a proof print, this is a major disadvantage.
  • The present invention provides a solution for this problem. In accordance with the invention, from the same original on the photoconductive substrate a second toner image is formed with a protective light-transmitting toner, this second toner image being registered with the first image on the receptor substrate, and subsequently fixed.
  • Thus with the method in accordance with the invention protective toner is applied exclusively to the substrate where pigmented toner is present so that the surface portions of the substrate not provided with an image retain their original surface structure. The image ultimately obtained, protected by a layer of protective toner, as a result appears to be much more "natural".
  • The invention can be used especially where, using known electrophotographic techniques a proof print is formed from a colour print, using a number of colour separations obtained from an original. Here the operation of applying the protective toner can be undertaken precisely as many times as there are colour separations, using on each occasion another colour separation, but it is also possible to form the protective toner image starting with an exposure of the photoconductive coating via all the colour separations employed during image formation and brought into registration therewith.
  • The invention will now be explained with the aid of the drawing which illustrates the various stages which lead to the procurement of the ultimate protective coating.
  • Figure 1a a illustrates schematically a substrate 1 which is image-wise covered with toner of different colour; toner of the first colour is indicated by the toner sections 2 shown as solidly filled, and toner of the second colour is indicated by toner sections 3 which are shown thatched.
  • The toner images are obtained in the conventional manner starting from respectively the light-transmitting colour separations 4 and 5; toner image 2 is obtained after exposure via colour separation 4 and subsequent development with toner 2, and toner image 3 after exposure via colour separation 5 and development with toner 3. Naturally there are also locations where toner images of the two different colours are placed one on top of the other, and locations where there is no toner present at all.
  • In accordance with the present invention the image obtained in this manner is covered with a transparent, non-pigmented protective toner only where pigmented toner is present. To achieve this two different methods can be employed:
    • Figure 1b illustrates how, on a suitable photoconductive coating 6, a toner image is formed from the desired protective toner 7, utilising the first colour separation 4 and this toner image is registered precisely on the image to be protected. Figure 1 shows the result obtained.
  • At that point where solely toner 3 of the second colour is present no protective toner is applied. These locations are covered in the next stage: once again an image is formed from protective toner 8, on this occasion utilising the second colour separation 5 (see Figure 1d) and the image obtained in this way is once again registered precisely on the substrate already partially covered with protective toner. The situation which then prevails is shown schematically in Figure 1e. All pigmented toner is now covered by protective toner, the latter fusing as a result of heating on the surface of the substrate.
  • Figure 1f indicates that it is also possible to apply the protective toner in a single operation. Then a toner image 9 is formed using all the colour separations 4, 5 employed during the formation of the respective partial images, these being registered one above the other, and via which the photoconductive covering 10 to be employed is exposed. The toner image obtained after exposure and development with protective toner as shown in Figure 1f is then registered on the image 2, 3 which is to be protected. Figure 1g shows the result finally obtained.

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1. Method for application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate which is obtained by charging up a photoconductive substrate, discharging this image-wise by exposure, and developing it with the aid of pigmented toner and the subsequent transfer of the toner image obtained to a receptor substrate, characterised in that a second toner image is formed from the same original on the photoconductive substrate with a protective light-transmitting toner, this second toner image being brought into registration with the first image on the receptor substrate and subsequently fixed.
2. Method as in claim 1, as used in the case in which the image transferred to the substrate is obtained using a number of colour separations, by means of which a number of toner images of different colour and in precise registrations are formed consecutively, characterised in that the cycle of applying a protective light-transmitting coating is repeated as many times as there are colour separations, on each occasion with a different colour separation.
3. Method as in claim 1, as used in the case in which the image transferred to the substrate is obtained using a number of colour separations, by means of which a number of toner images of different colour and in precise registrations are formed consecutively, characterised in that the protective toner image is formed in a single operation by exposure of the photoconductive coating using all the colour separations employed in the preceding stages in registration with each other.
4. Method as in claims 1-3, characterised in that the protective toner layer is colourless.
EP82201586A 1981-12-16 1982-12-10 Method for the application of a protective light-transmitting coating on a toner image formed on a substrate Expired EP0081887B1 (en)

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