Claims
- 1. A re-inking process comprising the steps of:
- (A) forming a first toner layer of toner particles on a toner holding means;
- (B) bringing the first toner layer into toner particle transferring proximity of an ink release layer of an ink transfer medium, said ink transfer medium comprising in sequence:
- a heat-generating resistive layer that is ohmically heated by input of an electrical current to fuse toner particles,
- a conductive layer,
- an ink release layer having an adhesion from 0.2 g/mm to 40 g/mm for toner particles as measured by the 90.degree. peel off method, the ink release layer including a viscoelastomer, said ink release layer having a critical surface tension of 35 dynes/cm or less, and
- a second toner layer not removed by a previous ink transfer operation on the ink release layer, wherein the second toner layer comprises toner particles that are irregularly distributed so that said second toner layer requires re-inking with additional toner particles to conduct an ink transfer process; and
- (C) applying a bias voltage to the toner holding means to re-ink said second toner layer of the ink transfer medium by causing toner particles to transfer from said toner holding means to said ink release layer.
- 2. The re-inking process of claim 1, wherein the viscoelastomer is selected from the group consisting of silicone rubber, liquid silicone, modified silicone, fluorosilicone rubber, silicone resin and a silicone coating agent.
- 3. The re-inking process of claim 1, wherein said bias voltage is applied to cause toner particles to transfer to said ink release layer to form a layer substantially the thickness of a single layer of toner particles.
- 4. The re-inking process of claim 1, wherein said heat-generating resistive layer is formed on an anisotropic conductive layer.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/314,458, filed Sep. 28, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,954, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/907,536, filed Jul. 2, 1992, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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314458 |
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Continuations (1)
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