Patent ID: 9604448
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B41J,D06M,Y10T

Claim:
1. An ink jet printer comprising: a transfer member comprising: a polymer dispersed throughout a non-woven polymer fiber matrix, the non-woven polymer fiber matrix comprising polymer fibers having a diameter of from 5 nm to 50 μm, wherein the polymer fiber matrix has a first surface energy and the polymer has a second surface energy, wherein the difference between the first surface energy and the second surface energy is from 30 mJ/m a print head adjacent said transfer member for ejecting aqueous ink droplets onto a surface of the transfer member to form an ink image; a transfixing station located adjacent said transfer member and downstream from said print head, the transfixing station forming a transfixing nip with the transfer member at said transfixing station; and a transporting device for delivering a recording medium to the transfixing nip, wherein the ink image is transferred and fixed to the recording medium.