摘要:
An electrostatic image transferring system for producing a copy of an electrostatic image on a sheet (27) is disclosed which incorporates gravure printing techniques. A toner roller (20) disposed adjacent to an electrostatic image-bearing dielectric drum (5) is uniformly coated with a toner solution. The toner roller (20) is arranged to retain a toner image that is the reverse of the electrostatic image on the drum (5) when the electrostatic image is passed over a coated portion of the toner roller (20). The toner image may then be printed. In the preferred embodiment, the toner roller (20) takes the form of a gravure printing cylinder having a multiplicity of pits for receiving the toner solution. The described system is particularly well suited for using an aqueous toner carrier. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a negative image is electrostatically formed on a gravure roller (20) and hardened to provide engraved gravure printing cylinders for conventional gravure printing operations.
摘要:
An electrostatic printer for producing an image on a surface comprises a carriage (10) carrying a toner applicator (88), a fixing roller (12), and upstream of the toner applicator an electrostatic printing head (94) adapted to lay down an electrostatic charge image on the fixing roller or on the surface as the head moves across the surface, the toner applicator serving to discharge toner medium onto the electrostatic charge image to which the toner medium adheres and the fixing roller serving to fix the toner medium in position due to pressure as the latter rolls across the surface.
摘要:
A method of forming fixed images comprises charging a photoconductor (1); exposing the photoconductor (1) to light; developing an electrostatic latent image, whereby a toner (10) is applied to the electrostatic latent image formed on a transfer film (17) moving in partially close contact with the photoconductor (1) to form a visible image; transferring the formed visible image onto a recording medium (6) such as a recording paper; and fixing the transferred visible image onto the recording medium (6), wherein the toner (10) is an encapsulated toner, the photoconductor (1) is a heat-resistant photoconductor, and the transfer process and the fixing process are simultaneously carried out on the surface of the heat-resistant photoconductor (1) covered with the transfer film (17) onto the preheated recording medium (6).
摘要:
An electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system (e.g., 10; 100; 200; 300; 350; 500; 700) having at least one electrophotography (EP) or electrostatographic engine (e.g., 12; 12p; 12s; 612p; 612p; 712-1; 712-2) and being configured such that a plurality of independently movable parts is built in parallel at a plurality of decoupled processing stations.
摘要:
A method for forming on a substrate (108; 214) a pattern of a material, the method comprising: providing (S100) a material layer (104); providing (S104, S106) an adhesive layer (106), wherein at least one of the material layer (104) or the adhesive layer (106) comprises a pattern corresponding to the pattern to be formed on the substrate (108; 214); and transferring (S108) the material to the substrate (108; 214) with the adhesive fixing the material to a surface (110; 216) of the substrate (108; 214). This solves the problem of forming on a substrate a pattern of a material that, in general, cannot be applied to the substrate directly due to the fact that the material cannot be printed and/or has no or reduced adherence properties with respect to the substrate.
摘要:
An electrostatic -based layer-wise manufacturing system (e.g., 200; 200-1; 250; 282; 300) decouples a layer imaging process from a layer transfusion process. The layer imaging process is performed in a first batch process that is independent from the layer transfusion process that is performed in a second batch process
摘要:
A removable top blanket usable with a main blanket body of an intermediate transfer member of an image forming apparatus including a continuous soft layer, a release layer disposed on an upper surface of the continuous soft layer, a removable top liner removably disposed on the release layer, the removable top liner having a support state in which the removable top liner is configured to support the release layer and an exposure state in which the removable top liner is configured to expose the release layer, an adhesion layer disposed on a lower surface of the continuous soft layer, the adhesion layer configured to at least adhere to the lower surface of the continuous soft layer, and a removable bottom liner removably disposed on the adhesion layer.
摘要:
A method of forming fixed images comprising charging a photoconductor; exposing the photoconductor to light; developing an electrostatic latent image, whereby a toner is applied to the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductor to form a visible image; transferring the formed visible image onto a recording medium such as a recording paper; and fixing the transferred visible image onto the recording medium, wherein said toner is a thermally dissociating encapsulated toner, and the transfer process and the fixing process are simultaneously carried out on the surface of the photoconductor onto the preheated recording medium.
摘要:
A method of forming fixed images comprising forming an electrostatic latent image; developing the electrostatic latent image, whereby a toner is applied to the electrostatic latent image to form a visible image; and simultaneously transferring and fixing the formed visible image onto a preheated recording medium.