Patent · US Expired

Quality printing method, printing machine, and corresponding printing substance

US7154522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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49Claims

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Assignee

Aurentum Innovationstechnologien GmbH · DE

Inventors

Udo Lehmann · Wesel, DE
Dirk Meyer · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2003
Grant date	Dec 26, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41M2205/30
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing process for the transfer of printing substance (2) from an ink carrier (1) to an imprinting material (6), in which, with the help of an energy-emitting apparatus, which, during a process period, emits energy in the form of electromagnetic waves (3), and the printing substance (2) undergoes a change in volume and/or position, wherein, with the help of absorption bodies (4), energy is transferred from the electromagnetic waves (3) into the printing substance (2). The invention also includes an apparatus for practicing the process of the invention and a printing substance containing absorption bodies.

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