公开(公告)号：US09844963B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US14732447

申请日：2015-06-05

Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Andrew Edwards

IPC: B41M5/035 ,  B41M7/00 ,  B41M5/025

CPC classification number: B41M5/0358 ,  B41M5/025 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/0353 ,  B41M7/00 ,  B41M7/0081

Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments concern printing systems configured to deposit flexible dye sublimation inks onto flexible transfer materials. Together, the flexible ink and transfer material allow images to be transferred onto complex-shaped, i.e. non-planar, surfaces of a substrate. The flexible ink may be, for example, a thermoformable UV dye sublimation ink or a superflexible UV dye sublimation ink. In order to transfer an image onto the substrate, the transfer material is pressed onto the surface of the substrate. The substrate, transfer material, or both are heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the ink to sublimate. During the sublimation process, dye is able to permeate the substrate and form a transferred image. The flexible ink formulation may also include a soluble or solvent-sensitive component. In such embodiments, a solvent can be jetted onto the substrate and/or transfer material to remove residual ink.

公开(公告)号：US09764564B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US14641192

申请日：2015-03-06

Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.

Inventor： Dan-Cristian Grigore ,  Paul Andrew Edwards ,  Steven Billow

IPC: B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J11/002

Abstract: A system and methods for printing and curing ink deposited on a substrate using a first light source and a second light source. In various embodiments, the first light source emits one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation subtype C (UVC), and the second light source emits one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation subtype A (UVA), subtype B (UVB), subtype V (UVV), or a combination thereof. The substrate is configured such that any ink deposited on the substrate by a printer head is predominantly exposed to the first light source prior to the second light source.