Method and device for adaptation of a coating substance in a printing system
AssigneeOce Printing Systems GmbH
InventorsSabine Gerlach, Thomas Montag
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Abstract
Printing systems and methods for conditioning a recording medium are described. For example, to condition the recording medium, a property of a coating substance to be applied to the recording medium, such as the composition of the coating substance can be adjusted. Further, the quantity of the coating substance to be applied to the recording medium can be adjusted. The quality of a printed image created by the printing system can be improved by adjusting the property and/or the quantity of the coating substance.
Claims15
A printing system comprising:
- a conditioning group that is configured to apply a coating substance onto a recording medium to provide a pre-treated recording medium;
- a print group that is configured to print a first print image onto the pre-treated recording medium;
- a print image sensor that is configured to detect print image data indicative of information associated with the first print image;
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- a controller that is configured to:
- determine, based on the print image data, at least one of:
- a property of the coating substance to be applied by the conditioning group, and a quantity of the coating substance to be applied by the conditioning group;
- and
- induce the conditioning group, based on the determination, to adapt at least one of:
- the property of the coating substance that is to be applied for the printing of a second print image onto the recording medium, and the quantity of the coating substance that is to be applied for the printing of the second print image onto the recording medium, wherein the second print image is to be printed after a printing of the first print image.
A method to regulate at least one of a property and a quantity of a coating substance during operation of a printing system, the method comprising:
- applying a coating substance onto a recording medium to provide a pre-treated recording medium;
- printing a first print image onto the pre-treated recording medium by the printing system;
- detecting print image data that is indicative of information associated with the first print image;
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- adapting, based on the print image data, at least one of a property and a quantity of the coating substance to be applied onto the recording medium for the printing of a second print image to be printed on the pre-treated recording medium, the second print image being printed after the first print image has been printing.
A printing system comprising:
- a conditioning group that is configured to apply a coating substance onto a recording medium to provide a first pre-treated region on the recording medium;
- a print group that is configured to print a first print image onto the first pre-treated region of the recording medium;
- a print image sensor that is configured to detect print image data associated with the first print image having been printed on the first pre-treated region;
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- a controller that is configured to:
- determine, based on the print image data, a quantity of the coating substance and a composition of the coating substance having been applied in the first pre-treated region of the recording medium;
- adjust, based on the determination, at least one of:
- the quantity of the coating substance to be applied to the recording medium to provide a second pre-treated region on the recording medium, and the composition of the coating substance to be applied to the recording medium;
- control the conditioning group to apply the coating substance to recording medium to generate the second pre-treated region, the second pre-treated region being generated with at least one of the adjusted quantity of the coating substance and the adjusted composition of the coating substance;
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- control the print group to print a second print image onto the second pre-treated region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.