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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Applicants:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. Moore, Pittsford, NY (US);
Palghat S. Ramesh, Pittsford, NY (US);
Alex S. Brougham, Webster, NY (US);
Assignees:
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 7/24 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41F 19/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/345 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41F 7/24 (2013.01); B41F 19/007 (2013.01); B41J 2/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal printhead (TPH) is positioned to selectively preheat a blanket surface such as an arbitrarily reimageable surface of a variable lithography system. The blanket then immediately passes through a chamber containing dampening solution vapor. The vapor condenses only where the blanket has not been heated, thus developing an image ready for inking.