Patent · US Expired

Combined printing method and hybrid printing machine

US6443058B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

7References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Stadler · Heidelberg, DE
Erich Zahn · Eppelheim, DE
Karl-Heinz Filsinger · Wiesloch, DE
Klaus Sauer · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2000
Grant date	Sep 3, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41P2200/12
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Product is printed in a combined printing process with two ink systems. The printing material is first printed with a solvent-based or radiation-curing ink and then with at least one offset-typical ink. The printing machine for the inline implementation of the novel process is a hybrid press, having a flexo printing unit and a downstream offset printing unit. A UV, electron-beam or air-stream dryer is integrated into the flexo printing unit, or a UV, electron-beam or air-stream drying unit is arranged between the flexo printing unit and the offset printing unit.

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