Factors affecting drop spread in hot-melt ink-jet printing

Charles W. Spehrley Jr.; David D. Wright

doi:10.1117/12.175293

9 May 1994 Factors affecting drop spread in hot-melt ink-jet printing

Charles W. Spehrley Jr., David D. Wright

Proceedings Volume 2171, Color Hard Copy and Graphic Arts III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175293
Event: IS&T/SPIE 1994 International Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1994, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

'Solid' or 'hot melt' ink jet printing has become known as a true plain paper imaging process. This is because the image quality is not only excellent, but it is excellent on virtually any substrate. This results because the spot size is well-controlled on all substrates. This paper identifies and discusses those critical parameters affecting the final spot size. The bottom line is that the limiting phenomenon is freezing of the ink, which is dominated by thermal characteristics of the ink and substrate.

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Charles W. Spehrley Jr. and David D. Wright "Factors affecting drop spread in hot-melt ink-jet printing", Proc. SPIE 2171, Color Hard Copy and Graphic Arts III, (9 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175293

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