LIQUID ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING

摘要

In one example, a printing process includes: forming a first latent image on a photoconductor (24); applying a first LEP ink (30) to the photoconductor to develop the first latent image into a first ink image; forming a second latent image having a first part on the first ink image and a second part on the photoconductor; and applying a second LEP ink (32, 34, 36) to the first ink image and to the photoconductor to develop the second latent image into a second ink image and form a composite on the photoconductor in which some of the second ink image overlaps some of the first ink image.

主权项

1. A printer, comprising:
a photoconductor; a charging device; a photoimaging device; multiple developers each to apply an LEP ink to the photoconductor; a discharging device; and a controller including a memory and a processor operatively connected to the memory to execute programming thereon that includes instructions for: the charging device charging the photoconductor; the photoimaging device discharging select areas of the photoconductor to form a first latent image in a pattern corresponding to a first ink image; a first developer applying a first ink to the photoconductor to form the first ink image; the discharging device discharging the photoconductor and the first ink image; the charging device charging the photoconductor and the first ink image; the photoimaging device discharging select areas of the photoconductor and the first ink image to form a second latent image in a pattern corresponding to a second ink image; and a second developer applying a second ink to the photoconductor to form the second ink image overlapping at least part of the first ink image.