Coating and curing a protective layer on large format printed graphics

A liquid film coating machine comprising:

• a load reel set upon a core housing a webbing material, feeding the webbing material downwards towards and below a containment roller, said webbing material fed upwards into a coating station and over a coated roller;
• said coating station comprising a sprayer set between said containment roller and said coated roller said sprayer set above said webbing said sprayer adapted to spray downwards;
• and further comprising a metering bar set between said sprayer and said coated roller, whereby said metering bar presses downwards and forwards on the webbing within the coating station;
• a curing station receiving the webbing past the coating station, said curing station comprising a source of light and a plate, wherein a top of the coated roller is aligned with the plate such that the webbing may be fed horizontally from the top of the coated roller to the plate;
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• a finishing roller receiving webbing past the curing station into a finish reel, said finishing roller having a top aligned with the plate to receive the webbing horizontally thereover.