Substrate printed by a single substrate, repeat-pass printing process
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Schleinz, Daniel J. Conrad, Joseph S. Kucherovsky
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Abstract
A low basis weight, continuously moving substrate is printed by a single substrate, repeat-pass printing process. The continuously moving substrate is passed a first time through the printing station without receiving any pattern directly printed thereon, and is then repeat-passed through the printing station and over a single-passing portion of the substrate. The repeat-pass portion then has an ink pattern directly printed thereon. Ink striking through the directly printed repeat-pass portion of the substrate is collected or absorbed by the underlying single-pass portion of the substrate, thereby preventing ink buildup on the printing apparatus.
Claims6
A printed substrate made by the process comprising:
- providing a continuously moving substrate,
- single-passing a portion of the continuously moving substrate through a printing station without directly printing thereon,
- repeat-passing the portion of the continuously moving substrate back through the printing station and over another portion of the continuously moving substrate that is single-passing through the printing station, and
- printing ink on the portion of the continuously moving substrate that is repeat-passing through the printing stage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.