# US 10,870,300 B2 · Method for printing images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,300 B2 - Document ID: US10870300B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/314,962 - Filed: 2017-08-02 - Published: 2019-08-15 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-02 - Assignees: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Lyle Briggs; Lori MacCumber; Gregory Chup - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870300B2 ## CPC - B41M 3/00: Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns ({printing apparatus or machines of special type or for particular purposes B41F17/00;} special designs or pictures per se B44F; manufacturing printed circuits using printing techniques H05K3/12 {; manufacturing organic semiconductor devices using printing techniques H10K71/13}) - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - B41M 3/008: {Sequential or multiple printing, e.g. on previously printed background; Mirror printing; Recto-verso printing; using a combination of different printing techniques; Printing of patterns visible in reflection and by transparency; by superposing printed artifacts} - B41M 3/06: Veined printings; Fluorescent printings; Stereoscopic images; Imitated patterns, e.g. tissues, textiles - B44F 7/00: Designs imitating three-dimensional [3D] effects - B41M 1/04: Flexographic printing - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES ## Abstract A method for creating a greater pattern (12) comprising creating a first repeating line pattern (14a) comprising printing a first line (16a) onto a substrate, the first line having a weight of from about 0.2 point to about 0.6 point, printing a second line (16b) onto the substrate at least about 0.3 point and less than about 0.8 point from the first line (16a), the second line (16b) having a weight of from about 0.2 point to about 0.6 point, and printing a third line (16c) onto the substrate at least about 0.3 point and less than about 0.8 point from the second line (16b), the third line (16c) having a weight of from about 0.2 point to about 0.6 point, wherein the first, second and third lines (16a, 16b, 16c) are all printed at a first angle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for creating a greater pattern comprising: (a) creating a first repeating line pattern comprising: (i) printing a first line onto a substrate, the first line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; (ii) printing a second line onto the substrate at least 0.3 point and less than 0.8 point from the first line, the second line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; and (iii) printing a third line onto the substrate at least 0.3 point and less than 8 point from the second line, the third line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; wherein the first, second and third lines are all printed at a first angle; (b) creating a second repeating line pattern adjacent the first repeating line pattern; (c) creating a third repeating line pattern adjacent the second repeating line pattern but not adjacent the first repeating line pattern; wherein the third repeating line pattern is printed at the first angle and the second repeating line pattern is printed at a second angle that differs from the first angle; and (d) printing the first, second, and third repeating line patterns with a first curable coating and coating the first, second, and third repeating line patterns with a second curable coating, wherein the first curable coating is printed to form the greatest pattern and the second curable coating is applied under the greater pattern and self-registers into a second pattern that does not overlap with the greater pattern. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, including coating the substrate using an anilox coater having a cell volume of less than 19.5 cm3/m2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, including coating the substrate using an anilox coater having a cell volume of greater than 15.5 cm3/m2. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first angle is about 90° relative to a bottom edge of the greater pattern. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the anilox coater has a cell shape selected from hexagonal and diamond. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first line has a weight of from 0.3 point to 0.5 point. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second line has a weight of from 0.3 point to 0.5 point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the distance between the first line and second line is from 0.4 point to 0.7 point. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the distance between the second line and third line is from 0.4 point to 0.7 point. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each repeating line pattern within the greater pattern includes lines of the same weight. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein one or more repeating line patterns includes lines of a different weight as compared to an adjacent repeating line pattern. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, including creating the third repeating line pattern adjacent the second repeating line pattern so that the second repeating line pattern lies in between the first repeating line pattern and third repeating line pattern. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein no two adjacent repeating line patterns are drawn at the same angle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the shape of the first repeating line pattern is the same as the shape of a second repeating line pattern. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the shape of the first repeating line pattern is different than the shape of the second repeating line pattern. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second angle is less than 45° from the first angle. ### Claim 17 A method for creating a greater pattern comprising: (a) creating a first repeating line pattern comprising: (i) printing a first line onto a substrate, the first line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; (ii) printing a second line onto the substrate at least 0.3 point and less than 0.8 point from the first line, the second line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; and (iii) printing a third line onto the substrate at least 0.3 point and less than 0.8 point from the second line, the third line having a weight of from 0.2 point to 0.6 point; wherein the first, second and third lines are all printed at a first angle; (b) creating a second repeating line pattern adjacent the first repeating line pattern and a third repeating line pattern adjacent the second repeating line pattern but not adjacent the first repeating line pattern; wherein the third repeating line pattern is printed at the first angle and the second repeating line pattern is printed at a second angle that differs from the first angle; and wherein the first, second, and third repeating line patterns each have the same size and shape to form the greater pattern; and (c) coating the substrate using an anilox coater having a cell volume of greater than 15.5 cm3/m2. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, including printing the second repeating line pattern in between the first and third repeating line pattern. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first curable coating is a varnish and comprises: (i) at least one acrylate monomer; (ii) an acrylate oligomer with a backbone that comprises one or more groups selected from epoxy, polyester, urethan, acrylic, and silicone; (iii) a photoinitiator; and (iv) a surface tension lowering additive. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second curable coating comprises: (i) at least one acrylate monomer; (ii) an acrylate oligomer with a backbone that comprises one or more groups selected from epoxy, polyester, urethane, acrylic, and silicone; (iii) a photoinitiator; and (iv) a self-assembling additive that prevents flow and promotes self-retracting.