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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing LTD, Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink-jet printing system () includes a generator () for in situ generation of a component of an inert atmosphere (an atmosphere that is depleted of oxygen). The system also includes a curing zone () in which the generated component (for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide) is distributable over ink that had been deposited on a substrate (), and in which the ink is exposable to a curing agent (for example UV radiation).