Apparatus for applying indicia on web substrates

A contact printing system comprising:

• a gravure cylinder having a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof;
• a first of said plurality of discrete cells being capable of receiving at least one fluid at a first pressure from a first channel having a single entry point and a single exit point and extending from a position external to said gravure cylinder;
• a second of said plurality of discrete cells being capable of receiving a first portion of a second fluid at a second pressure and a third fluid at a third pressure from a second and third channel each respectively extending from a second and third position external to said gravure cylinder;
• wherein said first, second, and third pressures are different;
• said first portion of said second fluid and said third fluid being mixed internally to said gravure cylinder prior to deposition into said second of said plurality of discrete cells;
• each of said fluids being fluidically displaced into said first and second cells from said channels at a position internal to said gravure cylinder and wherein a second portion of said second fluid is disposable into a third of said plurality of discrete cells.

A contact printing system comprising:

• a gravure cylinder having a first plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof;
• each cell of said first plurality of discrete cells being capable of receiving a fluid that is a first combination of at least two primary fluids;
• a first portion of a first of said at least two primary fluids being provided at a first pressure and being mixed with a second of said at least two primary fluids provided at a second pressure at a first position internal to said gravure cylinder and a second portion of said first primary fluid being mixed with a third primary fluid provided at a third pressure at a second position internal to said gravure cylinder, said first, second, and third pressures being different;
• said fluid being fluidically displaceable through a discrete channel having a single entry point at said first position and a single exit point into a first cell of said first plurality of discrete cells;
• wherein a discrete channel for each respective fluid of said at least two primary fluids provides fluid communication of said respective fluid from a position external to said gravure cylinder to said first position internal to said gravure cylinder;
• said discrete channel for each respective fluid having a single entry point at said position external to said gravure cylinder and a single exit point at said first position internal to said gravure cylinder.