Xerox Corporation

Richard Marc Watson

Anthony John Peters

Brennan Grantley John Miles

Joseph Benjamin Gault

Richard Guy Chambers

Michael Cameron Gordon

Brian G Russell

David J Pearce

Lee James O'Brien

Kevin Swain

A method of manufacturing an ink stick provides the ink stick with a coded mark. The method includes forming an ink stick body of a phase change ink composition, and applying a marking composition to a surface of the ink stick body to form a coded mark on the surface of the ink stick body at the marking station, the marking composition being composed of the same phase change ink composition used to form the ink stick body.

Method of forming solid ink stick with coded mark

Cleaner apparatus for a phase change ink printer

A method of manufacturing an ink stick is provided. The method comprises forming an ink stick body of a phase change ink composition. Once formed, the ink stick body is then transported to a marking station. At the marking station, a marking composition is applied to a surface of the ink stick body to form a coded mark on the surface of the ink stick body. The marking composition is composed of the same phase change ink composition used to form the ink stick body.

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Harpenden, United Kingdom

Richard Marc Watson