Patent ID: 6479205
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
Imaging apparatus comprising:an imaging surface having a liquid toner image formed thereon, said image comprising fibrous toner particles and carrier liquid, said fibrous toner particles comprising a polymer portion and pigment dispersed in said polymer portion, said polymer portion comprising a surface of said fibrous toner particles and being insoluble in said carrier liquid at temperatures below 40Â° C. so that the polymer portion will not dissolve or solvate in storage, and solvatable by said carrier liquid only at temperatures above 50Â° C., and said carrier liquid comprising, as a major component, first liquid hydrocarbon having a first rate of evaporation, and, as a minor component, second liquid hydrocarbon having a second rate of evaporation which, at room temperature, is at least an order of magnitude less than the first rate of evaporation; and an intermediate transfer member having a release outer layer that is capable of receiving toner images from the imaging surface and subsequently transferring the images to a further surface.