Digital printing apparatus and method for irregular shaped items
AssigneeKornit Digital Ltd.
InventorsNuriel Amir, Ervin Fox
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Abstract
A printing apparatus for printing onto a surface of a previously made three-dimensional article consists of a printing head which is stationary in at least two dimensions, and a controllably movable holder that grips the article and moves the article around the printing head to present parts of the three dimensional possibly contoured surface in a printing order to a preset printing position under the printing head as the printing head prints onto said surface.
Claims22
A printing apparatus for printing onto a surface of a previously made three-dimensional article, the apparatus comprising:
- a printing head which is stationary in at least two dimensions;
- a controllably movable holder configured to cause said article to be gripped and to move said article around said printing head to present parts of said surface in an order to said printing head while said printing head prints onto said surface.
A method of printing onto a surface of a previously made three-dimensional article, the surface having a three-dimensional shape, the method comprising:
- causing said previously made three-dimensional article to be gripped;
- moving said article around said printing head to present parts of said surface having said three dimensional shape in an order to a printing head;
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- operating said printing head to print over said surface during said moving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.