Patent ID: 8326182
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing machine having a colorant support, a transfer device, a delivery apparatus, and a colorant stripper; said transfer device being arranged to transfer colorant from a reservoir onto the colorant support, wherein the transfer device and the colorant support are arranged with respect to each other in such a manner that a first transfer zone is formed in which, during operation of the printing machine, a colorant is transferred from the transfer device onto the colorant support, and the delivery apparatus being provided to deliver at least part of the colorant from the colorant support onto a printing medium or a transfer means, wherein the delivery device is provided with a device for the production of a beam of energy for localized application of energy to the colorant on the colorant support so that during operation of the machine, at least a portion of the colorant is delivered to a printing medium or a transfer means from the colorant support, wherein the colorant support and the colorant stripper are arranged so that a second transfer zone is formed in which, during operation of the printing machine, non-consumed colorant is transferred from the colorant support onto the colorant stripper.