Patent ID: 9688079
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: an indirect image receiving member having an image receiving surface configured to move in a process direction in the inkjet printer; a surface maintenance unit having a reservoir containing a hydrophilic composition comprising a liquid carrier, a humectant, and an absorption agent to the image receiving surface, the surface maintenance unit being configured to apply the hydrophilic composition to the indirect receiving member at a predetermined thickness; a dryer positioned and configured to direct air having a temperature that is below a boiling point of the humectant by at least 50 degrees Celsius towards the image receiving surface to remove at least a portion of the liquid carrier from the layer of hydrophilic composition after the surface maintenance unit has applied the hydrophilic composition to the image receiving surface to form a dried layer of the absorption agent; a plurality of inkjets configured to eject aqueous ink onto the dried layer of the absorption agent to form an aqueous ink image on the image receiving surface of the image receiving member; and a transfix member that engages the image receiving member to form a transfix nip, the transfix member being configured to apply pressure to a print medium moving through the transfix nip as the aqueous ink image on the dried layer of absorption agent moves through the transfix nip to transfix the aqueous ink image, the dried layer of absorption agent that receives the aqueous ink, and the dried layer of absorption agent with the humectant to a surface of the print medium.