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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gabriel Iftime, Mississauga, CA;
Yiliang Wu, Oakville, CA;
Naveen Chopra, Oakville, CA;
Cuong Vong, Hamilton, CA;
Michael D'Amato, Thornhill, CA;
Sandra J. Gardner, Oakville, CA;
Kurt I. Halfyard, Mississauga, CA;
Adrien P. Côté, Clarkson, CA;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a printed pattern on a substrate includes printing a pattern onto the substrate with a conductive ink including a conductive material, a thermoplastic binder and a solvent, curing the printed pattern, and fusing the printed pattern by feeding the printed pattern through a fusing system operated at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 130° C. above the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic binder and at least 120° C. at a minimum, a pressure of from about 50 psi to about 1500 psi, and a feed rate through the fusing system of about 1 m/min to about 100 m/min. The method may be done continuously. The method improves the sheet resistivity of the printed ink.