US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 9 for "Ink jet printing method, ink jet printing apparatus, method of producing porous body, and apparatus for producing porous body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,666, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Ink jet printing method, ink jet printing apparatus, method of producing porous body, and apparatus for producing porous body" was invented by Tatsuaki Orihara (Tokyo) and Kenji Shinjo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ink jet printing method including: a first step of ejecting an ink containing a water-soluble polymerizable component A and water from a printing head of an ink jet system to apply the ink to a medium M, to thereby form a first image; and a second step of applying an active energy ray to the first image to form a second image. Th...