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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Chu-Heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
David J. Gervasi, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jeffrey Folkins, Rochester, NY (US);
Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Mandakini Kanungo, Penfield, NY (US);
Palghat Ramesh, Pittsford, NY (US);
Paul McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Phillip Wantuck, Rochester, NY (US);
Lifeng Chen, Findlay, OH (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to an indirect printing apparatus. The indirect printing apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member comprising a substrate and a surface layer disposed over the substrate. The surface layer comprises a fluoroelastomer-aminosilane grafted polymer and infrared absorptive filler materials. The indirect printing apparatus also comprises a coating mechanism for forming a sacrificial coating onto the intermediate transfer member and a drying station for drying the sacrificial coating. At least one ink jet nozzle is positioned proximate the intermediate transfer member and configured for jetting ink droplets onto the sacrificial coating formed on the intermediate transfer member. An ink processing station comprises a radiation source for at least partially drying the ink on the sacrificial coating formed on the intermediate transfer member. The indirect printing apparatus also comprises a substrate transfer mechanism for moving a substrate into contact with the intermediate transfer member.