Patent ID: 7234806

Claim:
An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium comprising: a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; b) an imaging drum for accepting said phase change ink image from said phase change ink component, developing said phase change ink image, and transferring the developed phase change ink image from said imaging drum to said print medium, the imaging member comprising: i) an imaging drum substrate comprising a metal, and thereover ii) an intermediate layer comprising a filler selected from the group consisting of carbon blacks, metal oxides, metals, polymers, and mixtures thereof, and thereover iii) an outer coating comprising a fluorosilicone material, wherein said fluorosilicone material has the following formula wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, vinyl, hydroxy, and alkoxy, and wherein m, n and p are integers having a total value of from about 350 to about 3,500, wherein said outer coating has a hardness of from about 10 to about 70 Shore A, and c) a heating member associated with said offset printing apparatus, wherein said phase change ink component dispenses said phase change ink onto said imaging member, and wherein said phase change ink is solid at about 25° C.