Indirect printing system and related apparatus

A kit for forming an intermediate transfer member for a printing system in the form of an endless belt, for transporting an ink image from an image forming station, at which an ink image is deposited on the intermediate transfer member, to an impression station, where the ink image is transferred onto a printing substrate, the kit comprising:

• (a) an elongate strip of predetermined length corresponding to the circumferential length of the intermediate transfer member, the elongate strip having two ends, each of the two ends including a rebate;
• (b) a tape, adapted, when the two ends of the elongate strip are abutted against one another, to be received and recessed within the rebates;
• and
• (c) an adhesive, adapted to be applied to at least one of the rebates and the tape, wherein the elongate strip, the tape and the adhesive are adapted such that when:
• (i) the two ends of the elongated strip are abutted against one another;
• (ii) adhesive has been applied to at least one of the rebates and the tape;
• (iii) the tape is recessed within the rebates,
• both of a first condition and a second condition are true, wherein the first and second conditions are defined as follows:
• A according to the first condition, a presence of the adhesive serves to secure the recessed tape within the rebates, so as to form a seam whose thickness is both uniform and is substantially equal to a thickness of the elongate strip at non-rebated portions thereof;
• and
• B. according to the second condition, a presence of the tape secures the two abutted ends of the elongate strip to each other.