ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION FOR TONER IMAGE

ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION FOR TONER IMAGE

A method of forming a clear toner overcoat or a colored toner image on a substrate is disclosed. The overcoat or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The method includes providing a source of toner having a mixture of polymer agent and a silver salt biocide including a sil...

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Hauptverfasser: BLANTON THOMAS NELSON, VANDENBOSCH ROBERT J, MURRAY JEFFREY R, MCHUGH TOMAS GERARD PATRICK, ROLLINSON PETER DAVID, SCHEIBLE JOHN JOSEPH, MUNRO GREG
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A method of forming a clear toner overcoat or a colored toner image on a substrate is disclosed. The overcoat or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The method includes providing a source of toner having a mixture of polymer agent and a silver salt biocide including a silver sulfate biocide having a concentration range of 0.0005 to 10 weight %, applying the clear toner or colored toner in an image wise fashion to a substrate, and fixing the clear or colored toner to the substrate whereby an effective coating or image is formed that provides antibacterial and antifungal protection.