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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Srinivas Mettu, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a method and apparatus for ink jet printing. The method includes providing a wetting enhancement coating on a transfer member. The wetting enhancement coating includes water; non-water soluble binders selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers, styrene acrylic polymers, vinyl-acrylic polymers, vinyl acetate ethylene; and a surfactant. The wetting enhancement coating is dried to form a film having a surface energy greater than 25 mJ/m. Ink droplets are ejected onto the film to form an ink image on the film. The ink image is dried and the ink image and film are transferred to a recording medium.