DIGITAL ADVANCED LITHOGRAPHIC IMAGING INKS WITH IMPROVED CURABLE PERFORMANCE, IMAGE ROBUSTNESS AND PROCESSES THEREOF

An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications includes a colorant and a high viscosity thickening agent. A process for variable data lithographic printing includes applying a dampening fluid to an imaging member surface; forming a latent image by evaporating the dampening fluid...

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Hauptverfasser: MOORLAG Carolyn, BRETON Marcel P, MAYO James D, LEE Jonathan Siu-Chung, MAGDALINIS Aurelian Valeriu, ABRAHAM Biby E, ALLEN C. Geoffrey
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications includes a colorant and a high viscosity thickening agent. A process for variable data lithographic printing includes applying a dampening fluid to an imaging member surface; forming a latent image by evaporating the dampening fluid from selective locations on the imaging member surface to form hydrophobic non-image areas and hydrophilic image areas; developing the latent image by applying an ink composition comprising an ink component to the hydrophilic image areas, the ink composition comprising a high viscosity thickening agent to raise the viscosity of the composition from about 1.05 to about 2 times higher while maintaining excellent transfer to a substrate at low temperatures.