Patent ID: 6923533

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; and b) an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, the imaging member comprising: i) an imaging substrate, and thereover ii) an outer coating comprising a fluoroelastomer selected from the group consisting of 1) copolymers of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and tetrafluoroethylene, 2) terpolymers of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene and tetrafluoroethylene, and 3) tetrapolymers of vinylidenefluoride, hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, and a cure site monomer, and a nano-size filler having an average particle size of from about 1 to about 250 nanometers.