Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090263163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INK DRYING LEVEL DURING A PRINTING PROCESS - A system for adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, comprises at least one air supply unit, at least one air knife unit configured for directing air toward at least a separation of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color of a plurality of colors used to form the full colored image, and controller configured for adjusting at least one air supply parameter between separations. | 10-22-2009 |
20100288146 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTER DRUM SPACING - A method is presented for automatically controlling the spacing between printer drums. The printer includes at least two print drums ( | 11-18-2010 |
20120058426 | MARKING AGENT CONCENTRATION METHODS, MARKING AGENTS, AND HARD IMAGING METHODS - A marking agent concentration method includes concentrating the marking agent by removing at least some liquid carrier between particles without substantially removing retained liquid carrier within the particles and without substantially modifying the particle structure, which is supported by the retained liquid carrier. The concentrated marking agent is supplied to distributors or end users of liquid marking agent. A concentrated marking agent includes solid clumps of agglomerated particles and a liquid carrier retained within the particles' individual structure. The clumps exhibit a median size greater than 90 μm. The concentrated marking agent exhibiting a solids content of from 40 wt % to less than 90 wt %. A hard imaging method includes combining a concentrated marking agent with additional liquid carrier, applying a shear force, dispersing particles from clumps, forming a liquid marking agent, and forming a hard image using the liquid marking agent. | 03-08-2012 |
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20130163033 | Order of Print Queue - An image forming system and a method to order at least two print jobs in a print queue of an image forming system are provided herein. The method ranks the at least two print jobs set in the print queue based on at least one print characteristic. The method resets an order of the at least two print jobs in the print queue based on the rank, such that a first page of a second print job is ordered prior to a last page of a first print job. | 06-27-2013 |
20130308984 | PRINTING SYSTEMS UTILIZING INKS WITH HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT - A printing system utilizing inks with high solids content includes a mixing unit for receiving a high solids content ink and producing a concentrated ink and an interim tank for receiving the concentrated ink from the mixing unit. An ink tank receives the concentrated ink from the interim tank and produces printing ink. An liquid electro-photographic print engine receives the printing ink from the ink tank. A fluid return line is connected between the mixing unit and at least one of the interim tank and the ink tank, the mixing unit receiving fluid from at least one of the interim tank and the ink tank and mixing the fluid with the high solids content ink. A method for liquid electro photographic printing using high solid content ink is also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
20140083315 | EMBOSSING WITH PRINTED RELIEF PATTERN - An embossing apparatus includes an embossing die that includes a printed relief pattern made up of multiple layers of a deposited material. A resilient surface presses media against the embossing die such that embossed features corresponding to the embossing die are formed in the media. A method for embossing media includes forming an embossing die by depositing multiple layers of ink on a impression layer to form a relief pattern and pressing media against the embossing die to transfer the relief image to the media. | 03-27-2014 |
20140308055 | TRANSFER OF INK LAYERS - An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive member to move in a rotational direction, a charging unit to charge the photoconductive member, a discharging unit to discharge a portion of the photoconductive member to form a latent image thereon, and a plurality of ink applicator units to sequentially apply a plurality of ink layers, respectively, toward the latent image to form an ink image. The image forming apparatus may also include an image transfer blanket to receive the ink image including the plurality of ink layers from the photoconductive member. | 10-16-2014 |