Methods for printing a print medium, on a web, or a printed sheet output
AssigneeMoore Wallace North America, Inc.
InventorsTHEODORE F. CYMAN, JR., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Hank Haan, Anthony V. Moscato
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Abstract
A method for printing a print medium applies ink to a surface and ejects drops of an aqueous solution onto the print medium to define image and non-image areas. The ejection of each drop is individually controlled. Ink from the surface is transferred to the image areas of the print medium. Methods of printing on a web and for printing a printed sheet output of a press are also disclosed.
Claims64
A method for printing a print medium, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying ink to a surface;
- ejecting individual drops of aqueous solution on the print medium in a drop pattern to define image and non-image areas;
- and
- transferring ink from the surface to image areas of the print medium.
A method of printing on a web, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying ink to a surface;
- placing individual drops of aqueous solution on the web to form a non-image area thereon;
- and
- transferring ink from the surface to the web to form an image area thereon.
A method for printing a printed sheet output of a press, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying ink to a surface;
- placing individual drops of aqueous solution on a sheet to form a non-image area thereon;
- and
- transferring ink from the surface to the sheet to form an image area thereon to produce the printed sheet output of the press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.