Method and printing apparatus for enhancing color space of reactive ink by using heat

摘要

The present invention includes a method of enhancing color space of dye-based ink. The print zone is heated between about 45 DEG C and about 85 DEG C while depositing fixer fluid and dye-based ink. The fixer fluid may be underprinted and/or overprinted. Printing may be effected using any desired print mode, including one-pass, two-pass or four-pass. <IMAGE>