Apparatus and method for printing
US6354701B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41P2227/70
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing method and system which includes at least one printing apparatus is provided. Each printing apparatus includes a printing member for selectively receiving ink into an ink receptive portion, the ink receptive portion includes a plurality of ink receptive dots forming a pattern in a desired resolution and an ink repelling portion, the ink repelling portion includes the entire area of the printing member except the ink receptive dots. Each printing apparatus includes at least one printing unit, preferably but not necessarily an ink-jet printing unit, the printing unit for applying ink onto the printing member in accordance with a pattern representing an image to be printed, thereby forming an ink image on a portion of the ink receptive dots, and a transfer system for transferring the ink image onto a printing substrate.
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