Abstract: A process for removing ink from a printed media substrate. Such process includes the step of providing a media substrate including an ink printed image wherein the ink composition or the media substrate contains photolabile entities. Then the process includes the step of applying UV light on the printed substrate wherein the emitted UV light has a wavelength value which is below the threshold wavelength of the photolabile entities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Inventors:
Krzysztof Nauka, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Manoj K. Bhattacharyya