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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Heath, Alexandria, NH (US);
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Individually controllable ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are used to cure ink and generate different effects. The UV LEDs only expose specified areas to generate the different effect and can create multiple effects on the same substrate by exposing different areas to varying amounts of time or by performing a curing stage and post-dosage curing stages. The different effects include generating a glossy surface, a matte surface, and sharper images.