Transfer printing system
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorJeffrey M. Detrick
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Abstract
A transfer printing system includes an ink-jet printer, a transfer-surface, and a transfer-mechanism. The ink-jet printer dispenses jettable-material in a pattern. The transfer-surface accumulates the pattern which is subsequently transferred to a substrate. The substrate is characterized by a non-uniform surface. The transfer-mechanism moves the transfer-surface containing the pattern of jettable-material into contact with the substrate whereby the pattern of jettable-material is transferred from the transfer-surface to the substrate.
Claims14
A transfer printing system, said system comprising:
- an ink-jet printer that dispenses jettable-material in a pattern;
- and
- a transfer-surface that accumulates the pattern which is subsequently transferred to a substrate, wherein the jettable-material is a conductive-material, the conductive-material formulated for electric-circuits.
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A method of transfer printing, comprising:
- providing a transfer-surface that accumulates a pattern of jettable-material;
- dispensing, with an ink-jet printer, the pattern of jettable-material onto the transfer-surface;
- providing a substrate;
- and
- transferring, with a transfer-mechanism, the pattern of jettable-material from the transfer-surface to the substrate, wherein the jettable-material is a conductive-material, the conductive-material formulated for electric-circuits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.