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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Varunesh Sharma, Atlanta, GA (US);
Alice Susan Gordon, Roswell, GA (US);
Lee Kirby Jameson, Roswell, GA (US);
Phillip Andrew Schorr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Allen James Dohnalik, Depere, WI (US);
Varunesh Sharma, Atlanta, GA (US);
Alice Susan Gordon, Roswell, GA (US);
Lee Kirby Jameson, Roswell, GA (US);
Phillip Andrew Schorr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Allen James Dohnalik, Depere, WI (US);
Kinberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of creating high-speed multi-color process images. The method includes providing at least two high operating frequency printheads which are capable of processing phase-change inks, providing at least two phase-change inks, providing a substrate, activating the printheads such that at least two inks pass therethrough, and passing the substrate under the printheads at a rate of at least about 1000 feet per minute so as at least one process image is formed on the substrate. The present invention also includes a process for achieving high-speed crockfast process printing on a material with phase-change ink. The process includes providing at least an array of printheads capable of processing phase-change inks at frequencies of at least about 20 kHz, providing a material, providing a material transport system capable of transporting the material under the printheads, providing a plurality of phase-change inks, transporting material under the array printheads at a speed of at least 1000 ft/min, and ejecting ink from at least two of the printheads onto the material so as to form an image.