An image-bearing article used in liquid contact electrostatic printing (CEP)
is
formed from polymers that meet the requisite conformance and heat stability for
the CEP process. Excessive absorption of toner carrier liquids by the image-bearing
article in liquid CEP leads to the deterioration of the image-bearing article and
reduces the useful life of the image-bearing article. The absorption of the toner
carrier fluid may be controlled by the addition of oxides, silicone elastomers
containing phenyl end groups, fluorosilicones or increasing the cross-linking density
of the methyl silicones.
