Described herein is a printed product and a process for preparing a printed product. The process may comprise providing a printed substrate comprising an electrostatic ink layer on a surface of a substrate, the electrostatic ink layer comprising a first thermoplastic resin and a pigment; and electrostatically printing an electrostatic overcoat composition onto the printed substrate, the electrostatic overcoat composition comprising a second thermoplastic resin and a wax. Also described herein is an electrostatic overcoat composition, as well as an ink set comprising an electrostatic ink composition and an electrostatic overcoat composition.

Herein is described a liquid electrophotographic adhesive composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, a moisture activatable adhesive, and a liquid carrier.

A binder resin of toner particles in a liquid developer contains a resin having a monomer unit derived from at least one polymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylates with an alkyl group having 18 to 36 carbon atoms, and the binder resin has an SP value higher by 1.5 (J/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5 or more than the SP value of a carrier liquid.

Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.

The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic active ink composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer comprising a copolymer of an olefin and acrylic acid and/or metacrylic acid; active photovoltaic material comprising electron donor material and electron acceptor material; a charge adjuvant, and a liquid carrier.

An image forming system includes an image forming unit including a first photosensitive member, a first developing unit, a second photosensitive member, a second developing unit, a third photosensitive member, a third developing unit, a fourth photosensitive member, and a fourth developing unit, a varnish applying unit; an irradiation unit; and a controller configured to control image formation by the image forming unit to form a black image, on which the varnish is superimposed, with the yellow toner, the magenta toner, and the cyan toner.

Described herein is a process for preparing a flexible packaging material comprising contacting a first flexible material of a layered substrate with an intermediate transfer member; wherein the layered substrate comprises the first flexible material and a thermally activatable laminating material disposed on the first flexible material; transferring an electrophotographic ink composition from a photoimaging plate onto the thermally activatable laminating material of the layered substrate on the intermediate transfer member to form an image layer on the thermally activatable laminating material; and contacting, under conditions of heat and/or pressure, the image layer with a second flexible material thereby forming the flexible packaging material. Also described herein is an electrophotographic printer for use in the process for preparing a flexible packaging material.

Described herein is a process for preparing a flexible packaging material comprising contacting a first flexible material of a layered substrate with an intermediate transfer member; wherein the layered substrate comprises the first flexible material and a thermally activatable laminating material disposed on the first flexible material; transferring an electrophotographic ink composition from a photoimaging plate onto the thermally activatable laminating material of the layered substrate on the intermediate transfer member to form an image layer on the thermally activatable laminating material; and contacting, under conditions of heat and/or pressure, the image layer with a second flexible material thereby forming the flexible packaging material. Also described herein is an electrophotographic printer for use in the process for preparing a flexible packaging material.

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed by a liquid developer containing a toner particle and a carrier liquid, an intermediate transfer belt onto which the toner image is transferred, and a transfer member configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the intermediate transfer belt. The transfer member is made of a metal, and the transfer member abuts against the image bearing member with the intermediate transfer belt nipped therebetween.

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to control a display to display a setting screen for a background pattern that allows a user to designate a special consumable material as a color to be used for information specified as the background pattern; generate print data using the designated special consumable material; and transmit the print data to an image forming apparatus.