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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Michael Karp, Petah Tikva, IL;
Aida Porat, Kibbutz Hanita, IL;
Sergei Bonder, Haifa, IL;
Boris Brant, Shlomi, IL;
Michael Karp, Petah Tikva, IL;
Aida Porat, Kibbutz Hanita, IL;
Sergei Bonder, Haifa, IL;
Zeev Savion, Tel Aviv, IL;
Boris Brant, Shlomi, IL;
VIM-TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Kibbutz Hanita, IL;
Abstract
Wet lithographic printing members for imaging by an inkjet printer using pigment-based aqueous ink and method for calibrating the amount of the inkjet ink to be injected in solid areas of an image are disclosed. An exemplary printing member can comprises a base substrate and a top hydrophilic coating layer having a thickness in the range of 2 to 10 microns above the base substrate. A volume of less than 10 nl/mm2 of inkjet ink is used in order to image areas in which the image is solid. Areas of the top hydrophilic coating layer, which are imagewise covered by aqueous pigmented inkjet ink, become hydrophobic. In some embodiments after imaging, the surface of the imaged printing member can be treated with acidic colloidal silica solution. Exemplary treatment can comprise wiping the surface of the imaged printing member with the acidic colloidal silica solution.