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US 6,644,763 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for raised and special effects printing using inkjet technology
AssigneeObject Geometries Ltd.
InventorHanan Gothait
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Abstract
A method for creating raised and special printing effects using inkjet technology is provided. The method includes the steps of depositing a light curable photo-polymer material (18) on the area selected for the printing effects and curing the area. The amount of material to be deposited corresponds to the area selected for the printing effects and the height of the raised area relative to the medium (22) on which the photo-polymer material (18) is deposited.
Claims8
A method for creating raised printing effects on an image printed on a medium, the method comprising:
- accepting a user indication of a section of the image on which to create printing effects;
- specifying per the user indication a set of areas of the image to be printed with printing effects;
- specifying a height, relative to the medium, of the printing to be printed on the set of areas;
- depositing a light curable photopolymer material on the set of areas;
- and
- curing said areas.
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