Apparatus for applying indicia having a large color gamut on web substrates

A contact printing system comprising:

• a gravure cylinder comprising a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof,
• wherein adjacent discrete cells of said plurality of discrete cells each have a portion of a fluid disposed therein, each portion of said fluid being provided from at least one channel,
• said at least one channel continuously extending from a position external to said gravure cylinder to each discrete cell of said adjacent cells and having a single entry point at said position external to said gravure cylinder and a discrete exit point at each of said adjacent cells,
• wherein each fluid is disposable from each of said cells to a web substrate to provide a resultant color disposed within a 2-D gamut boundary represented by the following CIELab equations:
• {a*=−54.1 to 72.7;b*=131.5 to 145.8}→b*=0.113a*+137.6
• {a*=−131.6 to −54.1;b*=89.1 to 131.5}→b*=0.547a*+161.1
• {a*=−165.6 to −131.6;b*=28.0 to 89.1}→b*=1.797a*+325.6
• {a*=3.6 to −165.6;b*=−82.6 to 28.0}→b*=−0.654a*−80.3
• {a*=127.1 to 3.6;b*=−95.1 to −82.6}→b*=−0.101a*−82.3
• {a*=72.7 to 127.1;b*=145.8 to −95.1}→b*=−4.428a*+467.7
• where L* ranges from 0 to 100, and
• wherein a first and second portion of said at least one channel supplies said respective portion of said fluid to each of said adjacent discrete cells.