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US 5,597,642 AGranted
Dual substrate, single-pass printing process and substrates printed thereby
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Schleinz, Daniel J. Conrad, Joseph S. Kucherovsky
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Abstract
A dual substrate, single-pass printing process prints a high basis weight substrate and a low basis weight substrate. Ink striking through the low basis weight substrate is collected and absorbed by the high basis weight substrate. The printed substrates are then separated and rewound for subsequent transport and handling.
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A printed substrate made by the process comprising:
- providing a continuously moving first substrate,
- moving the first substrate to an ink printing station comprising at least two ink printing cylinders,
- printing a pattern on the first substrate with one of the two ink printing cylinders,
- then introducing a continuously moving second substrate between the first substrate and the other of the ink printing cylinders,
- printing a pattern on the second substrate with the other of the ink printing cylinders, and
- collecting ink striking through the second substrate onto the first substrate.
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