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Method for Forming Same Image Bearing Substrate Having Increased Density
Overview
Xerographic printers cannot print on thin paper, and as a result bound books are nearly twice as thick as those printed using offset. Retired Xerox innovator William A. Sullivan has solved this problem by a solution he calls variable caliper paper. Paper with the same I-beam strength and thickness as 20 pound bond goes through the machine for imaging, and then is squashed by post process calendar rollers, either in line or off-line. The result is a bound book half the thickness, with paper that lies flat vs. sticking up in the air. A patent for the process has been allowed by the US PTO, and is pending in Europe. Additional patents are pending. This technology was featured at a recent graphics arts conference. Copies of the slide presentations describing the technology and its benefits are also available for your perusal.

IP Status
Patent No. 6,480,298 Issued: November 12, 2002
Application No.  2007-0071701 A1 Published: June 13, 2002

Contact
For more information please contact:
Michael Weiner
Technology Innovations, LLC
Phone: 239-603-6446

View Patent No. 6,480,298 (US) - (html / pdf) for Image Bearing Substrate Density Method
View Patent Application No. 2007-0071701 A1 (US) - (html / pdf) for Printable substrate having controllable thickness and method of making and using the same

 

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