Patent ID: 7326443
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method for heating and fixing an applied ink on a plate-shaped support ( 1 ), wherein the ink applied to a coated surface of the support ( 1 ) is fixed on the support ( 1 ) by applying heat, wherein the coated surface ( 1 . 1 ) and a non-coated underside ( 1 . 2 ) of the plate-shaped support ( 1 ) are acted upon by at least one of an infrared radiation, a hot air flow and a microwave radiation, and the support ( 1 ) has a weight per surface unit of greater than 500 g/m 2 allowing a portion of the at least one of the infrared radiation, the hot air flow and the microwave radiation directed to the non-coated underside ( 1 . 2 ) of the support ( 1 ) through and absorbing another portion thereof, and the applied ink is formed from a ceramic or thermosetting toner.