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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178282 | Heat-sensitive imaging element A heat-sensitive imaging element includes an IR dye, and more particularly a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor includes the IR dye. A method for making the lithographic printing plate produces a print-out image of high contrast upon exposure to IR... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157365 | Ink degassing for circulating ink supply systems in ink jet printers An ink circulation system includes a supply subtank for supplying ink to an ink jet print head and a return subtank returning the ink not ejected by the ink jet print head. A print circulation path links the supply subtank with the ink jet print head and the return ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148042 | Heat-sensitive imaging element A heat-sensitive imaging element includes an IR dye having a structure according to Formula I, wherein at least one of the Rd groups is a group which is transformed by a chemical reaction, induced by exposure to ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142860 | 3D-inkjet printing methods A 3D-inkjet printing method includes the steps of a) providing two or more fluids having a different composition to an inkjet printer; b) mixing the two or more fluids in a controlled amount; c) jetting the mixture of the two o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138238 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 150 and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization terminating group; | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133657 | Method for making a lithographic printing plate A method for making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of (i) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a coating, the coating including an image-recording layer which includes hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, a binder, an... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133551 | Radiation curable inkjet printing methods An inkjet printing method includes the steps of a) providing a first radiation curable composition curable by free radical polymerization or cationic polymerization; b) applying a layer of the first radiation curable composition on a substrate; c) curing the layer; ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8119330 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118385 | Method and apparatus for automatically aligning arrays of printing elements A method and apparatus for aligning the printing of dots generated by at least one array of printing elements in an printing apparatus, wherein the method includes the steps of printing a calibration test pattern, scanning the printed calibration test pattern, deter... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110338 | Heat-sensitive positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor A heat-sensitive positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat-sensitive coating including an IR absorbing agent, a phenolic resin, and a first polymer, wh... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097663 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment includes C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093312 | Non-aqueous pigmented inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes a benzimidazolone pigment and a polymeric dispersant according to Formula (I): wherein, T represents hydrogen or a polymerization terminating group... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092983 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088562 | Method for making a lithographic printing plate A method for making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of providing a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor including on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat-sensitive coating; imag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088561 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088560 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: (a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a coating on the support, the coating in... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088559 | Method of making a photopolymer printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088558 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087768 | Ink-jet authentication mark for a product or product packaging A method of ink-jet printing an authentication mark on an article including, in order, the steps of: a) providing an article including an ink-receiving layer; b) applying a curable fluid on an ink-receiving layer according to a first image; c) at least partially cur... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084091 | Non-aqueous quinacridone dispersions using dispersion synergists A non-aqueous pigment dispersion includes a quinacridone pigment, a polymeric dispersant, and a dispersion synergist in a non-aqueous dispersion medium wherein the dispersion synergist is a quinacridone derivative substituted on one of the two nitrogen atoms of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070281 | Ink-jet authentication mark for a product or product packaging A method of ink-jet printing including, in order, the steps of: a) providing a coated ink-receiving layer containing a polymeric binder and a curable compound; b) at least partially curing the coated ink-receiving ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063115 | Radiation curable compositions A radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator, wherein said co-initiator has a structure according to Formula I A-L-B Formula I wherein A represents a s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054504 | Multicolorant separation system and method A method separates a color vector into a colorant vector for a printing system that uses more than four colorants, for example cyan, magenta, yellow, black, orange and green colorants. According to the method, the separation process is split up into partial four col... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042933 | Forceless support frame for printhead shuttle in digital printers In a digital printer the elements involved directly in the print process, which are located on a shuttle assembly are mounted upon a metrological frame which is isolated from the base frame by vibration dampers. Because the elements of the shuttle drive systems, suc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033745 | Printing system with printing table releasably clamped to printing unit A digital printer includes a digital printing unit for digital printing an image onto a printing substrate during relative movement between a print head and the printing substrate, and a printing table for holding the printing substrate during the digital printing. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026043 | Method of making a lithographic printing plate A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022117 | Non-aqueous pigment dispersions containing specific dispersion synergists A non-aqueous pigment dispersion includes a color pigment, a polymeric dispersant, and a dispersion synergist wherein the molecular weight of the anionic part of the dispersion synergist containing at least one carboxylate anion is smaller than 98% of the molecular ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018634 | Image printing method and system for improving image quality in dot matrix printer Ink coalescence in inkjet printing is reduced by printing mutually interstitial images using an arrangement of multiple curing stations in combination with multiple printing heads. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7939134 | Method for gumming a lithographic printing plate A method for gumming a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate including a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas, and b) jetting a gum solution with an inkjet printer to produce a ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936479 | Image processing method for reducing imaging artifacts An image processing method includes a step of converting halftoned pixels of an image to be printed represented at a first lower tonal resolution into pixels represented at a second higher tonal resolution. Image processing is used on the pixels having a higher tona... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7923193 | Photopolymerizable composition A composition that is photopolymerizable upon absorption of light and/or heat, the composition including a binder, a polymerizable compound, a sensitizer, and a photoinitiator, characterized in that the composition includes, with respect to its non-volatile compound... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901063 | Ink rejuvenation system for inkjet printing An ink circulation system for use in an inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet printhead, an ink supply path for supplying an ink to the inkjet printhead and an ink return path for returning ink not used for printing from the inkjet printhead. The ink return p... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901024 | Method of inkjet printing A method of inkjet printing includes using a grayscale inkjet print head. The inkjet print head is driven driving to eject a number of successive ink droplets from the ink chamber in accordance with print tone data provided to the grayscale print head, the number of... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7846992 | Pigment dispersions with polymeric dispersants having pending chromophore groups A pigment dispersion includes a color pigment and a polymeric dispersant having at least one pending chromophore group covalently bound to the polymeric backbone of the polymeric dispersant through a linking group. The at least one pending chromophore group has a mo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878625 | Double shuttle configuration for digital printers A printhead positioning system is provided wherein the shuttle assembly is split up in a printing shuttle, having a high accuracy positioning capability and a utility shuttle needing only a low accuracy positioning system. Due to this split-up the mass of components... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875698 | Polymeric initiators A novel polymeric initiator is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. The polymeric initiators are useful in radiation curable c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875321 | Preparation of flexographic printing plates using ink jet recording Upon a substrate subsequent layers of elastic ink are jetted using an ink jet printing system. Each layer is immobilised by a immobilisation step before jetting the following layer. A printing relief is gradually formed to obtain a flexographic printing plate... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7854799 | Stable non-aqueous inkjet inks A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes a diketopyrrolo-pyrrole pigment and at least one polyalkyleneglycol dialkylether having a molecular weight of at least 250. Also, a method for manufacturing decorative laminates using the non-aqueous inkjet ink is provided. ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7837298 | Print head mounting assembly and method for mounting a print head onto a carriage framework A print head mounting assembly and a method of mounting and positioning a print head on a print head carriage framework suitable for mounting in a printing system includes a print head positioning device for receiving a print head, and a print head mounting tile hav... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837287 | Segmented receiver table and throw distance calibration for a digital printer A receiver table (1) is provided for holding a receiver in a digital printer using a shuttle (2) carrying the printheads (3), e.g. an ink-jet printer, which is divided in small table segments (5) of which height and orientation can be adj... | 11/23/2010 |
