Method for correcting print repeat length variability in printed extensible materials and product
AssigneeClopay Plastic Products Company, Inc.
InventorJerry W. Ford
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Abstract
A method of printing a repeating pattern on a web of an extensible material by providing a web of an extensible material, determining an adjusted print repeat length profile for a repeating pattern to be printed on the web of material; and printing a repeating pattern on a surface of the extensible material, the repeating pattern comprising printed indicia which is repeated along the length of the web, such that the print repeat length of the printed indicia varies along the length of the web in accordance with the adjusted print repeat length profile.
Claims11
A method of printing a repeating pattern on a web of an extensible material, comprising:
- a. providing a web of an extensible material;
- b. determining an adjusted print repeat length profile for a repeating pattern to be printed on said web of extensible material, wherein said adjusted print repeat length profile is utilized to correct anticipated snapback or tension that will occur at locations along a length of said web of extensible material when wound in a roll;
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- c. printing said repeating pattern on a surface of said web of extensible material, said repeating pattern comprising printed indicia which is repeated along the length of said web, such that a print repeat length of said printed indicia varies along the length of said web in accordance with said adjusted print repeat length profile.
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