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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1993
William R Buchan, Pocasset, MA (US);
Robert A Moore, Waquoit, MA (US);
Sotos M Theodoulou, Bramalea, CA;
Jeffrey J Carrish, Milford, MA (US);
Delphax Systems, Canton, MA (US);
Abstract
An imaging system, or unit of an imaging system, and a method of imaging employing a single imaging member to form a liquid-toned image, to condition the image, and to transfuse it to a print-receiving medium. The member moves through three sections, with the image formed in the first section, then changing state in each successive section. In a preferred embodiment, a heat exchanger uses heat from the third section to extract the liquid carrier from the toned image while it is in the second section. Condensed carrier replenishes toner, cooling the first section. Multicolor printing is effected by employing several such units, one for each color, to transfuse colored images in succession onto a receiving member.