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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Michael F. Leo, Penfield, NY (US);
Wayne A. Buchar, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Brendan C. Casey, Webster, NY (US);
Daniel J. McVeigh, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01); B41J 2/135 (2006.01); B41F 17/28 (2006.01); B41F 17/00 (2006.01); B41F 23/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/18 (2006.01); B41M 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41F 17/002 (2013.01); B41F 17/18 (2013.01); B41F 17/28 (2013.01); B41F 23/005 (2013.01); B41F 23/007 (2013.01); B41J 2/135 (2013.01); B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 3/543 (2013.01); B41M 1/40 (2013.01); B41P 2217/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a spindle that rotates a fibrous object opposite a plurality of printheads while a forced air heater directs heated air toward the surface of the fibrous object. The plurality of printheads eject drops of solid ink onto the surface of the fibrous object to form a solid ink image on the fibrous object and the heated air affixes the solid ink image to the surface of the fibrous object without requiring pressure to affix the solid ink image to the fibrous object.