Digital printing apparatus and digital printing process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9785079
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14392265

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A digital printing apparatus using liquid toner comprising carrier liquid, a dispersing agent and imaging particles, the apparatus comprising: an imaging member adapted to sustain a pattern of electric charge forming a latent image on its surface; a development member arranged to receive a quantity of liquid toner; and to develop said latent image by transferring a portion of said quantity of liquid toner onto said imaging member in accordance with said pattern; a melting unit arranged downstream of the imaging member and configured to melt imaging particles of a transferred part of the portion of liquid toner, said part being transferred from the imaging member, wherein there is provided a dispersing capacity modification unit downstream of the imaging member, said dispersing capacity modification unit being configured for reducing the dispersing capacity of the dispersing agent in the transferred part of the portion of liquid toner.

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XEIKON MANUFACTURING N V2500 LIER

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Deprez, Lode Erik Dries Wachtebeke, BE 31 36
Deroover, Geert Gaston Paul Lier, BE 9 12
Op, De Beeck Werner Jozef Johan Putte, BE 22 26

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