Patent ID: 8434861
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A system for fixing of printed images, comprising: a transfer element having a carrier fluid with a color medium therein forming said images to be printed, said transfer element being arranged adjacent to a printing substrate at a transfer point; an electric field at said transfer point; an application unit in front of the transfer point viewed in a direction of transport of the printing substrate, said application unit applying a fixing fluid on a side of the printing substrate which receives the printed images after the application of the fixing fluid; said electric field at said transfer point being designed such that the color medium migrates from the carrier fluid into an upper region of the fixing fluid; at an upper region of said fixing fluid said color medium transferred from said transfer element being embedded in said upper region of said fixing fluid to form said printed images; said fixing fluid having a viscosity such that the color medium stays embedded and remains adhered thereto; and a drying unit after the transfer point which dries the fixing fluid including the embedded color medium such that the color medium does not melt.