Abstract: A method for producing printed images includes the steps of exposing a printing device to radiation, developing a photosensitive ink that is contained in the printing device, and transferring the ink to a substrate. The printing device comprises a printing element and the photosensitive ink. The printing element comprises pores having openings at a printing surface of the element, and the ink is disposed within the pores and is restricted from lateral movement within the element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 1983
Date of Patent:
December 13, 1983
Assignee:
Richard M. Peck
Inventors:
Richard M. Peck, Robert B. Reif, Loren R. Albrechtson
Abstract: A color facsimile printing device includes a porous printing element with capillary or cup-shaped pores which are filled with a photosensitive ink and prevent lateral migration of the ink in the printing element. The film is preferably flexible and compressible so that, once the ink is exposed and developed, a full color print can be transferred to a substrate when the device is pressed into contact with the substrate. Development of the ink can also take place after the exposed ink has been transferred to the substrate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 1981
Date of Patent:
June 28, 1983
Assignee:
Richard M. Peck
Inventors:
Richard M. Peck, Robert B. Reif, Loren R. Albrechtson