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US 2014/0227494 A1Published application
Uv ink fixed structure and uv ink printing method
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomotaka Furuhata, Masakatsu Okawa, Wataru Hioki
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Abstract
A fixed structure and a printing method are provided with which cracking and detachment of a UV ink coating do not occur even when a UV ink of high surface hardness is used. As a solution, an adhesive primer layer 12 is provided between a substrate 11, and a UV ink coating 16 having a surface hardness higher than a pencil hardness H.
Claims6
A UV ink fixed structure, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a UV ink coating, having a surface hardness higher than a pencil hardness H;
- and
- an adhesive primer layer, provided between the substrate and the UV ink coating.
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A printing method, comprising:
- printing an adhesive primer with an inkjet recording apparatus to form a primer layer on a substrate;
- and
- printing a UV ink with the inkjet recording apparatus to form a UV ink coating on the adhesive primer layer, the UV ink exhibiting a surface hardness higher than a pencil hardness H upon being cured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.