Selectively absorbent mask printing process
US4600629A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24934
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present printing process provides a unique color tone print of muted contrast in two, sequentially operated, flexographic print stations. A suitable paper substrate base for the process is uncoated white paper of stationery or envelope grade. As the paper supply web is drawn through the first print station, the desired image or design is printed on the paper with a colorless solution of a polyol, such as glycerine, in a glycol ether solvent. The second print station simply lays a uniform color coating of compatible pigment or solvent dye based ink over the entire web surface. Shade or tone differences resulting from differences in ink absorption with respect to the glycerine solution image areas provide a distinctive printed product.
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