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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dana G. Marsh, Newark, NY (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberg Digital L.L.C., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing rub-off from a substrate having a front side and a back side with the front side, back side, or both sides bearing toner images, by depositing a substantially clear phase change composition on the front side, back side, or both sides of the substrate as a plurality of dots using a ribbon printer or a diffusion process printer, with the plurality of dots cumulatively covering an area of the front side, back side, or both sides sufficient to reduce rub-off from the toner image bearing sides. The dots may also be applied only to the images rather than both the image-bearing and non-image-bearing surfaces of the substrate.