Gravure-printed devices and method of producing such devices
AssigneeCCL Secure Pty Ltd
InventorKarlo Ivan Jolic
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Abstract
A method of printing a discontinuous image on a device using a gravure printing process which is susceptible to feathering, the device including: a substrate, and an image layer superposed with at least a portion of the substrate, the image layer including the discontinuous image, the discontinuous image having at least one leading edge during printing, the method including: printing a plurality of anti-feathering elements in an extended edge region of the image layer adjacent the leading edge, the anti-feathering elements being printed before the leading edge of the discontinuous image, the anti-feathering elements and discontinuous image being printed in the same rotary action, wherein the plurality of anti-feathering elements are indiscernible to the naked eye.
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A method of printing a discontinuous image on a device using a gravure printing process which is susceptible to feathering, the device including
- a substrate, and
- an image layer superposed with at least a portion of the substrate, the image layer including the discontinuous image, the discontinuous image having at least one leading edge during printing,
- the method including:
- printing a plurality of anti-feathering elements in an extended edge region of the image layer adjacent the leading edge, the anti-feathering elements being printed before the leading edge of the discontinuous image, the anti-feathering elements and discontinuous image being printed in the same rotary action,
- wherein the plurality of anti-feathering elements are indiscernible to the naked eye.
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A device including a discontinuous image printed using a gravure printing process which is susceptible to feathering, the device including
- a substrate, and
- an image layer superposed with at least a portion of the substrate, the image layer including a discontinuous image, the discontinuous image having at least one leading edge during printing,
- the method including:
- printing a plurality of anti-feathering elements in an extended edge region of the image layer adjacent the leading edge, the anti-feathering elements being printed before the leading edge of the discontinuous image, the anti-feathering elements and discontinuous image being printed in the same rotary action,
- wherein the plurality of anti-feathering elements are indiscernible to the naked eye.
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