Method and apparatus for creating an image on an article and printed article
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsWilliam R. S. Baxter, Richard W. Eve, Karine A. Luetgert, Scott Fellin
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Abstract
A method of printing an image on an object includes the steps of: providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion; applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface; drying the first ground coat; and spraying droplets of ink on the dried ground coat to form an image, wherein the droplets are sprayed from an ink jet printhead that is maintained at a constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object.
Claims75
A method of printing an image on an object, comprising the steps of:
- providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion;
- applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface;
- drying the first ground coat;
- and
- applying droplets of ink on the dried ground coat to form an image, wherein the droplets are ejected from an ink jet printhead that is maintained a substantially constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object.
A method of printing an image on an object, comprising the steps of:
- providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion;
- applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface;
- drying the first ground coat;
- and
- applying droplets of ink on the dried ground coat to form an image,
- wherein the droplets are ejected from an ink jet printhead that is maintained a substantially constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object throughout the ink application step.
A method of printing an image on an object, comprising the steps of:
- providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion;
- applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface;
- drying the first ground coat;
- and
- applying droplets of ink having a diameter in excess of 20 μm on the dried ground coat to form an image, wherein the droplets are ejected from an ink jet printhead that is maintained a substantially constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object throughout the ink application step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.