Method and apparatus for ink jet printing
US7073902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M7/0072
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet printing is provided on large area such as wide textile webs, having such pores or other opening therethrough such that, when ink is jetted from a print head onto the web, some of the ink jets through the opening to a side of the web opposite the print head. At the printing station, maintaining a space between the web and the surface such that the web is out of contact with the surface at the printing station so that when ink jetted through the web and onto the surface it does not contaminate the web.
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