Patent ID: 7517622

Claim:
A printing method for a one-shot printing system, the method comprising: determining a dwell condition of a first liquid toner and of an additional liquid toner on a intermediate transfer member, wherein the first liquid toner and the additional liquid toner are adjusted according to the dwell conditions; forming a first image utilizing the first liquid toner comprising at least one carrier liquid and pigmented polymer particles having a first color; transferring the first image to the intermediate transfer member; forming at least one additional image utilizing the additional liquid toner comprising the at least one carrier liquid and pigmented polymer particles having a second color, different from the first color, a polymer in said pigmented particles having been solvated and swelled by a liquid at an elevated temperature; transferring the at least one additional image to the immediate transfer member, wherein said polymer particles in said first liquid toner and in at least one of said additional liquid toners have different compositions, aside from colorants, the differences in composition including at least one of different polymers or blends of polymers, different amounts or types of plasticizers, different amounts of solvated liquid and different compositions of solvated liquid; and transferring the first image and the at least one additional image as a complete image from the intermediate transfer member to a substrate.