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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Trevor J. Snyder, Newberg, OR (US);
BO Wu, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Patricia A. Wang, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Donald R. Titterington, Newberg, OR (US);
Jule W. Thomas, Jr., West Linn, OR (US);
Randall R. Bridgeman, Tualatin, OR (US);
Mark H. Tennant, West Linn, OR (US);
Trevor J. Snyder, Newberg, OR (US);
Bo Wu, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Patricia A. Wang, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Donald R. Titterington, Newberg, OR (US);
Jule W. Thomas, Jr., West Linn, OR (US);
Randall R. Bridgeman, Tualatin, OR (US);
Mark H. Tennant, West Linn, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a phase change ink composition including an ink carrier and a colorant, said ink being suitable for use in an indirect printing process wherein the ink is jetted from a printhead onto a heated intermediate transfer member and subsequently transferred from the intermediate transfer member to a final recording substrate, wherein: (a) the ink exhibits the characteristic of being jetted from the printhead onto the intermediate transfer member when the ink at a temperature of about 125° C. or lower; (b) the ink exhibits the characteristic of being jetted without purging from a printer maintained at a standby temperature of about 100° C. or lower; and (c) the ink has a cohesive failure temperature of at least about 56° C.