Method and device for avoiding contamination of a printing plate given surface-covering coating of a recording medium with a coating substance, and corresponding printing system

US11014387B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Oliver Greger · Munich, DE
• Walter Brenner · Teaneck, US
• Michael Pohlt · Munich, DE
• Anna Eriksson · Gately Drive, SE
• Rainer Jaeger · Waldbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2019
• Grant date: May 25, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/0015
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for avoiding contamination of a printing plate given surface-covering coating of a dust-forming recording medium (e.g. an uncoated paper) with a coating substance (e.g. a primer) in an inkjet printing operation. The method can include feeding the recording medium at a feed velocity that is greater than 20 meters per minute; continuously printing of the coating substance onto the recording medium by at least one print head including a plurality of print nozzles, the coating substance being printed at a constant, predetermined applied quantity per area. A nip between the print head and the recording medium is provided such that a fluid-dynamic eddy is created between the recording medium and the print head and/or the printing plate. The disclosure also related to a printing system that is configured to implement the method.