Patent ID: 9421758
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B41J,C08K,C09D

Claim Text:
1. An indirect printing process, comprising: forming a liquid sacrificial coating composition layer by applying one or more components of a sacrificial coating composition onto an intermediate transfer member of a printing apparatus, wherein the one or more components are selected from the group consisting of: forming a sacrificial coating by at least partially drying the liquid sacrificial coating composition; forming a partially cured sacrificial coating by activating the chain extender of the liquid sacrificial coating composition to at least partially cure the sacrificial coating; ejecting droplets of an ink composition in an imagewise pattern onto the partially dried sacrificial coating or partially cured sacrificial coating, wherein the ink composition comprises: processing the ink to form an ink pattern on the intermediate transfer member, wherein processing comprises activating the chain extender to react with the reactive elastomeric latex and substantially drying the ink composition; and transferring both the ink pattern and the sacrificial coating from the intermediate transfer member to a final substrate.