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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jack T. Lestrange, Macedon, NY (US);
Gregory B. Anderson, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);
Joanne L. Lee, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In a digital inking system having an anilox member that carries a patterned metered layer of ink to a digital imaging member, and a doctor blade that removes excess ink from the surface of the anilox member resulting in the patterned metered layer, an overfill form roller in rolling contact with the anilox member adds an overcoat layer of ink on the patterned metered layer for transfer of both layers of ink to the digital imaging member. The overcoat layer of ink uniformly covers all regions of the anilox member and the mattered metered layer of ink, including lands of the anilox cell walls to make the combined layers of ink pattern-free.