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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Guido Desie, Herent, BE;
Dirk Quintens, Westerlo, BE;
Bavo Muys, Eppegem, BE;
Patrick Mertens, Vrasene, BE;
Rene DE Keyzer, Waasmunster, BE;
Roland Claes, Dendermonde, BE;
Guido Desie, Herent, BE;
Dirk Quintens, Westerlo, BE;
Bavo Muys, Eppegem, BE;
Patrick Mertens, Vrasene, BE;
Rene De Keyzer, Waasmunster, BE;
Roland Claes, Dendermonde, BE;
Agfa Graphics NV, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
An ink-jet printing system including at least one ink-jet ink and a means for jetting an ink-jet ink onto a surface of a substantially non-absorbing ink-jet ink-receiver, characterized in that the ratio σ S/σ Lof the dispersive surface energy of said ink-receiver surface σ Sover the dispersive surface energy of said ink-jet ink σ Lis greater than 0.9. A process for ink-jet printing is also claimed. High areal throughput ink-jet printing (e.g. >100 m/hour) with curable inks can be performed on different kinds of ink-receiver surfaces with a good image quality and colour density due to a controlled spreading of the ink-drops which can be directly cured.