Patent ID: 9701120
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B41F,B41J,B41M,C08K,C09D

Claim:
1. A device for use in a high speed variable printing comprising: a housing having at least one surface; a series of ejection nozzles mounted on the one surface, each ejection nozzle capable of ejecting a drop on demand; and a source of a gating agent communicating with the nozzles, the gating agent comprising from about 5% to about 20% by weight of a nanoparticle; wherein a printing agent is applied to a further surface, wherein the gating agent is ejected in a pattern on at least one of a final print medium, the printing agent applied to the further surface; wherein the printing agent is transferred from the further surface to the final print medium; and wherein the nanoparticle is functionalized using a compound comprising an amine moiety and one of an ethoxylate, a propoxylate, or an ethoxylate/propoxylate moeity.