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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
David Paul Trauernicht, Rochester, NY (US);
John Andrew Lebens, Rush, NY (US);
Yongcai Wang, Rochester, NY (US);
David Paul Trauernicht, Rochester, NY (US);
John Andrew Lebens, Rush, NY (US);
Yongcai Wang, Rochester, NY (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of making a micro-channel structure and applying a curable ink to the micro-channel structure includes providing a substrate and depositing a single layer of a curable polymer on the substrate, the single curable layer having a layer thickness. One or more micro-channels adapted to receive curable ink are embossed into the single curable layer, the micro-channels having a micro-channel thickness that is in a range of two microns to ten microns less than the layer thickness. The single curable layer is cured to form a single cured layer so that deformations of the micro-channels or the surface of the single cured layer are reduced. Curable ink is coated over the surface and micro-channels of the single cured layer. The curable ink is removed from the surface of the single cured layer and the curable ink is cured.