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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Brian G. Russell, Portland, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Brian G. Russell, Portland, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device includes heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink is then extruded through an extrusion orifice to form at least one extruded ink filament having at least one cross-sectional dimension transverse to the extrusion direction that is less than approximately 12 mm. The at least one ink filament is then accumulated.