Computer-controlled master reproducer for depositing a master reproduction on a substrate, method for depositing the same, and master reproduction

A method of depositing a master reproduction on a substrate in a form that allows for removal of the master reproduction in one piece, comprising:

• selecting from a master source a master having a shape characteristic and a color characteristic, and being in a machine-readable format;
• choosing from a curable-material source a curable material in a preselected color for forming the master reproduction;
• shooting the curable material toward such substrate in microdroplet form so that discrete dots of curable material are deposited on the substrate;
• utilizing a set of control instructions for reading the selected master and, based upon that reading, initiating the shooting of chosen curable material at the substrate to deposit the master reproduction on such substrate;
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• utilizing another set of control instructions for curing the curable-material after the master reproduction is deposited on such substrate.

A computer-controlled two-dimensional master reproducer for depositing a master reproduction on a substrate, comprising:

• a two-dimensional master source containing plural masters in a machine-readable format, and having a shape characteristic and a color characteristic;
• two-dimensional master-obtaining structure in communication with the master source;
• a curable-material source;
• gun structure interconnected with the curable-material source for shooting the curable material toward such substrate to deposit the two-dimensional master reproduction on such substrate, the gun structure being constructed to shoot the curable material in microdroplet form to deposit curable material on the substrate;
• orientation structure for orienting the gun structure with respect to such substrate;
• a curing device for curing the curable-material after the two-dimensional master reproduction is deposited on such substrate;
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• a computer controller in communication with the master source, the curable-material source, the gun structure, and the orientation structure, the computer controller including a set of control instructions for selecting the two-dimensional master, reading the selected two-dimensional master and, based upon that reading, for transferring the curable material from the curable-material source to the gun structure, and for causing the gun structure to shoot the curable material at the substrate to deposit the two-dimensional master reproduction on such substrate.