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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2009
Michael D Thompson, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven E Ready, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory J Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Michael D Thompson, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven E Ready, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory J Kovacs, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus prints and/or fixes ink on a substrate, such as in ink-jet printing with UV-curable inks. A conformable member is positioned to contact an ink-bearing side of the substrate at a nip. The conformable member substantially comprises a silicone-based elastomer having a conformability from about 20 shore A to about 10 shore A. A radiation source directs radiation to the ink-bearing side of the substrate at the nip, the radiation suitable for curing the ink on the substrate. The apparatus is particularly useful for printing onto corrugated cardboard or otherwise non-planar surfaces, since the resulting ink image is impressed uniformly onto the substrate by the conformable member without voids in the ink layer in the recesses of the non-planar surface.