Patent ID: 9346287
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A hard imaging device, comprising: a transfer member configured to receive and transfer an adhesion promoter and a liquid marking agent to a substrate; a coating unit configured to heat the adhesion promoter above a respective melting point thereof and coat the transfer member with a non-porous layer of the adhesion promoter in a liquid state and to change the adhesion promoter on the transfer member from the liquid state to at least one of a solid state and a gel state; a printing unit configured to deposit the liquid marking agent directly on the solidified adhesion promoter; a control unit configured to control the printing unit to deposit the liquid marking agent directly on the solidified adhesion promoter corresponding to an image to be formed; a developer unit configured to develop the liquid marking agent deposited directly on the solidified adhesion promoter; a heating unit configured to heat the solidified adhesion promoter with the liquid marking agent deposited directly thereon above a respective softening point thereof and to change the solidified adhesion promoter to the liquid state; and a transferring unit configured to transfer the liquid marking agent corresponding to the image and the adhesion promoter in the liquid state from the transfer member to the substrate.