EP0938975A3 - Apparatus and method for image fusing - Google Patents

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EP0938975A3
EP0938975A3 EP99301400A EP99301400A EP0938975A3 EP 0938975 A3 EP0938975 A3 EP 0938975A3 EP 99301400 A EP99301400 A EP 99301400A EP 99301400 A EP99301400 A EP 99301400A EP 0938975 A3 EP0938975 A3 EP 0938975A3
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Ronald F. Burr
Donald R. Titterington
Michael F. Deily
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14016—Structure of bubble jet print heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0024—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen
    • B41J11/00242—Controlling the temperature of the conduction means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/145—Arrangement thereof
    • B41J2/155—Arrangement thereof for line printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17593—Supplying ink in a solid state
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2002/012—Ink jet with intermediate transfer member
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J2025/008—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for comprising a plurality of print heads placed around a drum

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Abstract

A method of offset printing in an ink jet printer (10), the method comprising the steps of:
  • (a) forming an ink image on a preliminary receiving surface (9);
  • (b) passing a final receiving substrate (11) through a first nip (32) where it comes into contact with the preliminary receiving surface (9);
  • (c) exerting a first pressure on the final receiving substrate (11) in the first nip (32) to transfer the ink image from the preliminary receiving surface (9) to the final receiving substrate (11);
  • (d) passing the final receiving substrate (11) through a second nip (39); and
  • (e) exerting a second pressure on the final receiving substrate (11) in the second nip (39) to fuse the ink image into the final receiving substrate (11).
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    EP99301400A 1998-02-25 1999-02-25 Apparatus and method for image fusing Expired - Lifetime EP0938975B1 (en)

    Applications Claiming Priority (6)

    Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
    US30672 1998-02-25
    US09/030,672 US6213580B1 (en) 1998-02-25 1998-02-25 Apparatus and method for automatically aligning print heads
    US09/045,216 US6113231A (en) 1998-02-25 1998-03-19 Phase change ink printing architecture suitable for high speed imaging
    US45216 1998-03-19
    US62521 1998-04-17
    US09/062,521 US6196675B1 (en) 1998-02-25 1998-04-17 Apparatus and method for image fusing

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    EP0938975A2 EP0938975A2 (en) 1999-09-01
    EP0938975A3 true EP0938975A3 (en) 2000-02-23
    EP0938975B1 EP0938975B1 (en) 2007-12-19

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    EP0496337A1 (en) * 1991-01-24 1992-07-29 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal transfer printing method and printing apparatus employed therefor
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    EP0635369A2 (en) * 1993-07-23 1995-01-25 Tektronix, Inc. Intermediate transfer surface application system
    US5471233A (en) * 1992-01-29 1995-11-28 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Ink jet recording apparatus

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    EP0496337A1 (en) * 1991-01-24 1992-07-29 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal transfer printing method and printing apparatus employed therefor
    US5471233A (en) * 1992-01-29 1995-11-28 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Ink jet recording apparatus
    EP0606490A1 (en) * 1992-07-02 1994-07-20 Seiko Epson Corporation Intermediate transfer type ink jet recording method
    EP0635369A2 (en) * 1993-07-23 1995-01-25 Tektronix, Inc. Intermediate transfer surface application system

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