EP0097832B1 - Verfahren zur Steuerung des pH-Wertes der Druckreaktionszone eines elektrolytischen Druckers - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Steuerung des pH-Wertes der Druckreaktionszone eines elektrolytischen Druckers Download PDF

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EP0097832B1
EP0097832B1 EP83105437A EP83105437A EP0097832B1 EP 0097832 B1 EP0097832 B1 EP 0097832B1 EP 83105437 A EP83105437 A EP 83105437A EP 83105437 A EP83105437 A EP 83105437A EP 0097832 B1 EP0097832 B1 EP 0097832B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
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  • the invention relates to a method for controlling the pH of the pressure reaction zone of an electrolytic printer having at least one anode and one cathode, with pressure control means, with a recording medium which has a treated surface layer which contains a leuco dye and with a supply of liquid for Moisten the record carrier.
  • the problem of printing electrode wear is associated with the effects of electrolytic or chemical reactions that occur both at the anode and at the cathode of the printer.
  • electrolytic printing either the anode is exposed to excessive acid and the resulting chemical wear, or the cathode is subject to excessive base wear.
  • the approaches mentioned can mitigate this aspect of electrode wear, but they cannot prevent electrode consumption.
  • the printing electrodes can be plated or covered with a resistant protective layer.
  • the number of protective materials that meet all the requirements for coating the printing electrodes in this work environment is small, and coating by ordinary methods is difficult. Such measures are also complex and reduce the throughput rates and the print quality of electrolytic printers.
  • the invention achieves the object of specifying a method for reducing or avoiding electrochemically caused wear on the printing electrodes of an electrolytic matrix printer, in which careful pH buffering of the surface of the recording medium for the purpose of limiting the effects of electrolytic Reactions to the printing electrodes is used and whereby their electrode wear can be dynamically adjusted without having to change the printing process or the throughput rate of the printer and without affecting the print quality or stability.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that the correct pH range can be achieved by forming it in the printing surface of the recording medium and that the wetting agent used to support the electrolytic printing process can be pH-adjusted to the correct one To achieve pH of the surface of the recording medium and that such a buffering compensates for excessive acid or base material generated on the electrodes, thereby reducing or even completely eliminating their harmful influences.
  • electrolytic printing can be achieved by controlling the voltage or the pulse width of a signal which is fed to a suitable recording medium 10 via printing electrodes.
  • the record carrier 10 consists of a surface layer 12, a conductive layer 14 and a support layer 16 (FIG. 1).
  • the surface layer 12 is approximately 5 to 50 ⁇ m thick. It contains five main components, one of which is a pigment of a suitable color, generally clay. The clay component is selected to increase or decrease the gloss, whiteness or absorption of the surface layer in accordance with the end use.
  • the surface layer 12 also contains as components a leuco dye, a color stabilizer, a binder and an electrolyte. It is created by coating the surface of the conductive layer 14 with a predetermined value of these components.
  • a leuco dye is a dye whose chromophores are not visible under normal room conditions. However, they can be permanently shifted into the visible spectrum if a pulse of sufficient energy is applied for a suitable period of time.
  • the conductive layer 14 is formed from a thin metal foil, such as aluminum, of a thickness of approximately 100 nm or from a coating from sodium chloride (NaCI) or a suitable other salt.
  • the base layer 16 serves only, as its name suggests, to support the surface layer 12 and the conductive layer 14. It is approximately 15 to 50 ⁇ m thick and is made from ordinary paper.
  • a possible electrolytic printing device which is a recording medium which is produced in accordance with the preceding description, is illustrated schematically in FIG. 2.
  • the record carrier 10 is in the vicinity of an electrode 18, the anode brought by a suitable transport mechanism.
  • the printing electrode 18 can be made of a tungsten alloy or of a member coated with a ruthenium oxide which is very durable and shows little or no tendency for chemical penetration into the printing process.
  • the base electrode 20 or cathode is made of a similar, if not identical, material. Although only one anode and cathode are shown in FIG. 2 for simplicity, a typical printhead has at least 250 print electrodes, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • a control circuit 22 of conventional type is connected between the voltage source V and the printing electrode 18.
  • the control circuit 22 serves to apply a voltage pulse of suitable amplitude or width to the printing electrode 18.
  • the pulses are supplied to the desired printing electrodes by the control circuit 22 in accordance with commands received from a text or graphics source connected via the input line 24.
  • a liquid reservoir 26 is provided to facilitate printing.
  • the details of a typical liquid measurement system in which the reservoir 26 can be used are described in US-A-4,335,967.
  • the use of liquid on the surface layer 12 serves a dual purpose. Since the printing electrode 18 is placed in loose contact with the surface layer 12, the presence of a liquid on the latter reduces the frictional forces and thereby increases the printing speed. In addition, the presence of the liquid significantly supports the electrolytic pressure reaction by increasing the conductivity of the recording medium 10, in particular its surface layer 12. Water is a preferred liquid for economic and safety reasons, but other liquids which are compatible with the components of the surface layer can also be used successfully.
  • pressure reaction zone means the area in which the printing takes place, that is the surface layer 12 of the recording medium 10, which lies directly next to the printing electrodes 18 and 20.
  • Printing is done by supplying the pulses obtained to the moistened surface of the recording medium 10.
  • free bromine ions which are in the surface layer 12 as part of the electrolyte components are converted to form bromine on the printing electrode 18.
  • reaction (1) converts the leuco dye, i.e. causes its permanent shift into the visible spectrum, whereby a printed picture element is created next to the printing electrode 18.
  • reaction (2) causes excess acid at the anode due to the presence of extra hydrogen cations.
  • the printing electrode is etched or electrochemically eroded if an unbuffered surface layer 12 is used or if the pH of the surface in the reaction zone is 5 or less.
  • this electrochemically induced wear also affects the insulation material surrounding the anode, causing the printhead surface to be eroded and grooved.
  • the electrochemical reaction generates 20 processes on the cathode or base electrode accordingly
  • a pH sensor 30 is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the pressure electrode 18. It measures the pH of the reaction zone on the surface layer 12 and sends a signal, which is proportional to the measured pH, to a comparison circuit 32, in which it is compared with the desired pH.
  • the comparison circuit 32 generates an error signal proportional to the degree of deviation between the actual and the desired pH value, which is supplied to the stock 34 of the buffer agent.
  • An outlet valve (not shown) of conventional design is then opened by the error signal, to the extent that the correct amount of buffering agent flows via line 34 into the liquid storage container 26 and then brings the error signal to zero.
  • this arrangement would work slowly, it is a means of dynamically adjusting the pH, which is preferable to waiting for a batch of new dampening liquid to be combined with another record carrier to be inserted in the printer. Accordingly, the invention completely alleviates or avoids the harsh effects of excessive acids or base material by stably tuning them using buffers.

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US06/392,208 US4453171A (en) 1982-06-25 1982-06-25 Reduced electrode wear in electrolytic printing by pH control of the print reaction zone

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