Patent ID: 9606481
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A method for digital printing to a recording medium with liquid print ink that includes a flammable carrier fluid having pigment, a print image that is defined by print data being printed onto the recording medium using print groups via application of multiple different liquid print colors, and after the application of the liquid print colors onto the recording medium, said recording medium being heated to vaporize the carrier fluid, wherein upon heating, air is supplied which mixes with the vapor to form a combustible gas that is supplied to a combustion chamber and converted into waste gas, the method comprising: generating print control data from the print data, said print control data activating the print groups, wherein an areal coverage determined via the print control data is limited to a predetermined maximum average areal coverage within a predetermined averaging area, the areal coverage describing the quantity of color applied onto the recording medium by a respective one of the liquid print colors, and the predetermined maximum average areal coverage being less than a maximum theoretical areal coverage; and heating the recording medium in a heating chamber, wherein the predetermined averaging area is smaller than an area of the recording medium located within the heating chamber at a point in time.