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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Richard P. Ficarra, Williamson, NY (US);
Christine A. Steurrys, Williamson, NY (US);
Robert E. Rosdahl, Jr., Ontario, NY (US);
Robert R. Reed, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An object printing system facilitates the printing of articles of manufacture. The system includes at least one printhead, a transfer device, an ultraviolet (UV) radiator, a pressurized gas source operatively connected to the transfer device, a plurality of actuators, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the at least one printhead to form an image on a substrate, move the substrate bearing the image past the UV radiator as the controller operates the UV radiator to cure the ejected marking material partially to prevent ink movement, and operates the pressurized gas source to conform the substrate and partially cured ejected material to a shape corresponding to a surface of an object placed on the substrate to transfer the partially cured marking material onto the surface of the object. The transfer device can be an inflatable bladder or a molded vacuum chamber.