Patent ID: 6209990
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
An image recording device for recording an image onto an information carrier, the image recording device including a pigment particle source, a voltage source, a printhead structure, and an intermediate image receiving member, the pigment particles source providing pigment particles, the intermediate image receiving member and the printhead structure are moving relative to each other during recording, the intermediate image receiving member having a first face and a second face, the printhead structure being placed inbetween the pigment particle source and the first face of the intermediate image receiving member, the voltage source being connected to the pigment particle source and the back electrode thereby creating an electrical field for transport of pigment particles from the pigment particle source toward the first face of the intermediate image receiving member, the printhead structure including control electrodes to thereby be able to selectively open or close apertures through the printhead structure to permit or restrict the transport of pigment particles to thereby enable the formation of a pigment image on the first face of the intermediate image receiving member, which pigment image is subsequently transferred to an information carrier, wherein the first face of the intermediate image receiving member is substantially evenly coated with a layer of bouncing reduction agent thus providing a surface on the first face of the intermediate image receiving member that the pigment particles transported through the print head structure substantially adhere to substantially without bouncing.