Method of applying high-fidelity color printed indicia to a golf ball

Abstract

A method of printing indicia on a golf ball having a dimpled surface including the steps of providing a color image having a plurality of colors; saving the color image into computer memory as a digital image; creating at least six digital copies of the digital image and assigning at least one digital copy to each of at least six color channels; filtering the plurality of colors into the at least six color channels by removing all but an assigned color of that color channel from each corresponding digital copy resulting in at least six color separations; creating a film positive for each of the at least six color separations; placing the film positive on a pad-printing cliché; etching the film positive into the pad-printing cliché creating a transfer image; distributing a layer of ink over the pad-printing cliché; and printing the transfer image from the surface of the pad-printing cliché to the dimpled surface of the golf ball.

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