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Method of printing a substrate and a printing system containing a printing device suitable for use of the method

US6341840B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 2000
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J19/147
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for printing a substrate with an inkjet printing device provided with at least one printhead comprising at least one row of nozzles having a first end and a second end, such that an orientation of the row with respect to the substrate is defined by an imaginary line extending from the first end to the second end, wherein a strip of the substrate is provided with ink drops in a first printing stage and the strip is provided with, supplementary ink drops in a second printing stage, whereby the orientation of the row used in the first printing stage is substantially the opposite to the orientation of the row used in the second printing stage.

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