Patent ID: 6428159
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An acoustic ink printer in which liquid ink is deposited, in response to image data, on a recording medium within a print zone, comprising:an acoustic ink printhead arrangement comprising at least two printheads capable of depositing at least two different liquid inks on the recording medium; at least two high surface tension inks being used as the liquid inks deposited on the recording medium; and a drying arrangement, positioned in relationship to the at least two printheads, such that following the depositing of a first one of the high surface tension inks onto the recording medium, the drying arrangement substantially drys the first high surface tension ink by application of heat directly to the first high surface tension ink substantially immediately after printing, and before the second printhead deposits a second high surface tension ink onto the recording medium, wherein the first and second high surface tension inks deposited onto the recording medium are dried before the first and second high surface tension inks substantially penetrate into fibers of the recording medium.