EP0938975A3 - Apparat und Verfahren zum Schmelzfixieren von Bildern - Google Patents

Apparat und Verfahren zum Schmelzfixieren von Bildern Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0938975A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: receiving substrate; nip; final receiving; final; preliminary
Prior art date: 1998-02-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP99301400A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

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EP0938975A2 (de

EP0938975B1 (de

Inventor

Ronald F. Burr

Donald R. Titterington

Michael F. Deily

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Xerox Corp

Original Assignee

Tektronix Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1998-02-25

Filing date

1999-02-25

Publication date

2000-02-23

1998-02-25 Priority claimed from US09/030,672 external-priority patent/US6213580B1/en

1998-03-19 Priority claimed from US09/045,216 external-priority patent/US6113231A/en

1998-04-17 Priority claimed from US09/062,521 external-priority patent/US6196675B1/en

1999-02-25 Application filed by Tektronix Inc filed Critical Tektronix Inc

1999-09-01 Publication of EP0938975A2 publication Critical patent/EP0938975A2/de

2000-02-23 Publication of EP0938975A3 publication Critical patent/EP0938975A3/de

2007-12-19 Application granted granted Critical

2007-12-19 Publication of EP0938975B1 publication Critical patent/EP0938975B1/de

2019-02-25 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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238000007645 offset printing Methods 0.000 abstract 1

Classifications

- 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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Ink Jet (AREA)

EP99301400A 1998-02-25 1999-02-25 Apparat und Verfahren zum Schmelzfixieren von Bildern Expired - Lifetime EP0938975B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US62521		1979-08-02
US30672		1998-02-25
US09/030,672 US6213580B1 (en)	1998-02-25	1998-02-25	Apparatus and method for automatically aligning print heads
US45216		1998-03-19
US09/045,216 US6113231A (en)	1998-02-25	1998-03-19	Phase change ink printing architecture suitable for high speed imaging
US09/062,521 US6196675B1 (en)	1998-02-25	1998-04-17	Apparatus and method for image fusing

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0938975A2 EP0938975A2 (de)	1999-09-01
EP0938975A3 true EP0938975A3 (de)	2000-02-23
EP0938975B1 EP0938975B1 (de)	2007-12-19

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP99301400A Expired - Lifetime EP0938975B1 (de)	1998-02-25	1999-02-25	Apparat und Verfahren zum Schmelzfixieren von Bildern

Country Status (2)

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EP (1)	EP0938975B1 (de)
DE (1)	DE69937767T2 (de)

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TW200403598A (en)	2002-03-29	2004-03-01	Olympus Optical Co	Test figure, geometric feature analyzing system, geometric feature analyzing-method, printer, and inkjet printer
NL1021010C2 (nl)	2002-07-05	2004-01-06	Oce Tech Bv	Werkwijze voor het bedrukken van een ontvangstmateriaal met hot melt inkt en een inkjet printer geschikt om deze werkwijze toe te passen.
DE102005060786A1 (de) *	2005-12-16	2007-06-28	Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag	Inkjet-Druckeinrichtung

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EP0496337A1 (de) *	1991-01-24	1992-07-29	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.	Thermisches Übertragungsdruckverfahren und Druckvorrichtung, die das Verfahren verwendet
EP0606490A1 (de) *	1992-07-02	1994-07-20	Seiko Epson Corporation	Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsverfahren durch zwischenübertragung
EP0635369A2 (de) *	1993-07-23	1995-01-25	Tektronix, Inc.	Drucksystem mit einer Oberfläche zur zwischenzeitlichen Übertragung
US5471233A (en) *	1992-01-29	1995-11-28	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	Ink jet recording apparatus

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US4889560A (en)	1988-08-03	1989-12-26	Tektronix, Inc.	Phase change ink composition and phase change ink produced therefrom
US5389958A (en)	1992-11-25	1995-02-14	Tektronix, Inc.	Imaging process
US5372852A (en)	1992-11-25	1994-12-13	Tektronix, Inc.	Indirect printing process for applying selective phase change ink compositions to substrates
US5777650A (en)	1996-11-06	1998-07-07	Tektronix, Inc.	Pressure roller

1999
- 1999-02-25 EP EP99301400A patent/EP0938975B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-02-25 DE DE69937767T patent/DE69937767T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0496337A1 (de) *	1991-01-24	1992-07-29	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.	Thermisches Übertragungsdruckverfahren und Druckvorrichtung, die das Verfahren verwendet
US5471233A (en) *	1992-01-29	1995-11-28	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	Ink jet recording apparatus
EP0606490A1 (de) *	1992-07-02	1994-07-20	Seiko Epson Corporation	Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsverfahren durch zwischenübertragung
EP0635369A2 (de) *	1993-07-23	1995-01-25	Tektronix, Inc.	Drucksystem mit einer Oberfläche zur zwischenzeitlichen Übertragung

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EP0938975A2 (de)	1999-09-01
EP0938975B1 (de)	2007-12-19
DE69937767D1 (de)	2008-01-31

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