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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2006
Applicants:

Thomas Nathaniel Tombs, Rochester, NY (US);

Donald Saul Rimai, Webster, NY (US);

Robert Edward Zeman, Webster, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Nathaniel Tombs, Rochester, NY (US);

Donald Saul Rimai, Webster, NY (US);

Robert Edward Zeman, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An ink jet device selectively ejects droplets of non-marking liquid ink into cells of a printing member in a desired latent negative image pattern. Certain cells of the printing member are filled with pigmented ink to create a desired image. An electrical bias is applied for fractionating pigment in the pigmented ink from liquid and transferring an image-wise pigmented ink pattern from the printing member to a receiving member, leaving behind a substantial portion of liquid. The receiver can be an intermediate member whereby the image-wise ink pattern is transferred from the intermediate member to a final receiver, while such receiver is in operative association with said intermediate member.


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