Method and controller for setting a property and/or a quantity of a coating substance for a recording medium
AssigneeOcé Holding B.V.
InventorThomas Montag
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Abstract
In a printing method, a coating substance is applied onto the recording medium depending on spatially resolved temperature data with regard to the temperature of the surface of a recording medium to be printed to in preparation for printing of a print image. The quality of the print image may thus be increased, in particular given the presence of an inhomogeneous curve of the temperature of the recording medium.
Claims15
A method for setting a property and/or quantity of a coating substance applied onto a recording medium during a printing process in preparation for the printing of a print image, the method comprising:
- determining spatially resolved temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the recording medium;
- and
- setting the property and/or the quantity of the coating substance applied onto the recording medium based on the temperature data.
A controller for a printing device having a coater configured to apply a coating substance onto a recording medium during a printing process in preparation for printing of a print image onto the recording medium, the controller comprising:
- an interface;
- and
- processor circuitry that is configured to:
- determine spatially resolved temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the recording medium, the temperature provided to the processor circuitry via the interface;
- determine a property and/or a quantity of the coating substance based on the temperature data;
- and
- induce the coater to apply coating substance onto the recording medium with the determined property and/or in the determined quantity.
A printer configured to print a print image onto a recording medium, comprising a coater configured to apply a coating substance onto the recording medium;
- a sensor configured to detect a temperature of the recording medium;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine spatially resolved temperature data corresponding to the temperature of the recording medium;
- determine a property and/or a quantity of the coating substance based on the temperature data;
- and
- control the coater to apply coating substance onto the recording medium with the determined property and/or in the determined quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.