Patent ID: 6350071
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An on demand printer and ultraviolet curing apparatus, comprising:a printable target item, a print head arranged and constructed to deposit ink onto the target item, an ultraviolet curable ink, the ink being depositable from a storage point onto the target item, an ultraviolet curing station having a light source arranged and constructed to emit ultraviolet radiation, the curing station being disposed downstream from the print head, and means for transporting the target item from an initial position to a position adjacent the print head, and then to a position adjacent to the curing station, whereby the ultraviolet curable ink is deposited onto the target item by the print head, and is subsequently cured by ultraviolet radiation emitted by the curing station; a housing which surrounds the printer components; a lamp/power source unit, a light discharge element, and a fiber optic cable connecting the lamp/power source with the light discharge unit, wherein the lamp/power source unit generates ultraviolet light which travels through the fiber optic cable to discharge at the light discharge unit.