Digital system for creating a flexographic printmaster
US8960121B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J19/16
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A relief print master is created by a printhead that moves in a slow scan direction. The nozzles of the printhead jet droplets of a polymerisable liquid on a rotating drum. The different nozzles jet droplets simultaneously on different layers that have different diameters. As a result, the droplets jetted by different nozzles travel over different distances before landing. The effect of this is that the droplets undergo different position lag as they land on the different layers. By rotating the printhead in a plane that is orthogonal to the jetting direction this effect can be compensated for.
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