Printed matter and method of producing printed matter
AssigneeToppan Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorReiko Ueda
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Abstract
Printed matter having a continuous color pattern, such as a high-definition fine printed design pattern. The printed matter has a printed portion on a surface of a printing substrate. The printed portion is formed of an ink and visually recognized as a continuous color pattern. Further, the printed portion is constituted of a combination of a plurality of lines each being formed of an ink and having a line width of 100 μm or less. Of the plurality of lines, two adjacent lines have a spacing there between which is 50 times or less the line width of the line that is the narrower one of the two lines defining the spacing.
Claims17
A printed matter, comprising:
- a printed portion directly on a flat surface of a printing substrate;
- wherein the printed portion consisting of a combination of a plurality of lines each consisting of one or more inks and having a line width of 100 μm or less;
- and
- two adjacent lines of the plurality of lines have a spacing there between that is 50 times or less the line width of a narrower one of the two adjacent lines defining the spacing, wherein each line of the plurality of lines has a convex structure, and a part of the plurality of lines having a convex cross-section and wherein each line of said plurality of lines has a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the flat surface of 5 microns or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.