Imaging system for a printing press
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorsKevin W. Orth, Walter J. Pelczarski, Garry F. Tupek
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Abstract
An imaging system (12) for a printing press (10) having an imaging cylinder (44) having a magnetically addressable outer surface (46), a magnetically permeable film (48), a device (50) for passing the film (48) over at least a portion of the outer surface (46) of the imaging cylinder (44), a device (52) for writing magnetic information through the film (48) onto the outer surface (46) of the imaging cylinder (44), a device (56) for passing a magnetic particulate material (58) onto the film (48) over the magnetic information on the cylinder (44) to form an image (80) of the particulate material (58) on the film (48), and a device (62) for bonding the particulate material (58) onto the film (48).
Claims16
An imaging system for a printing press, comprising:
- an imaging cylinder having a magnetically addressable outer surface;
- means for writing magnetic information on the outer surface of the imaging cylinder;
- means for passing a magnetic particulate material onto the outer surface of the imaging cylinder to form an image on the outer surface of the imaging cylinder;
- means for transferring the image from the imaging cylinder onto a surface of a film;
- means for bonding the image of particulate material onto the surface of the film;
- a print cylinder;
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- means for placing the film on an outer surface of the print cylinder.
The system of claim 11 wherein the writing means includes means for supplying information to the writing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.