Methods and systems of generating a lenticular article using a printing blanket

A method for a production of a lenticular image, comprising:

• feeding a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side and a printing side into a digital printing press;
• feeding at least one nontransparent ink to set a substantially nontransparent layer on a printing blanket of said printing press;
• feeding a plurality of colored inks to set an interlaces color image layer on top of said substantially nontransparent layer on said printing blanket;
• printing with said printing blanket in a single impression operation onto said printing side;
• wherein said feeding a plurality of colored inks comprises mapping a plurality of distortions in a laser pattern projected on said printing blanket, calculating printing instructions for performing said feeding a plurality of colored inks so that said interlaced color image layer having a plurality of image strips with a variable location and width set according to said plurality of distortions.

A method for a production of a lenticular image, comprising:

• feeding a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side and a printing side into a digital printing press;
• feeding at least one nontransparent ink to set a substantially nontransparent layer on a printing blanket of said printing press;
• feeding a plurality of colored inks to set an interlaces color image layer on top of said substantially nontransparent layer on said printing blanket;
• calculating a plurality of halftone feeding patterns each to another of a plurality of colored inks, each said halftone feeding pattern is calculated by measuring in which tilt angle a reference lenticular printing substrate is mounted in relation to a correlation image of a respective color from said the colors of said plurality of colored inks to reduce an artifact;
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• printing with said printing blanket in a single impression operation onto said printing side.

A digital printing press for a production of a lenticular image, comprising:

• a printing blanket;
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• a printing substrate conveying unit which conveys a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side and a printing side in front of said printing blanket;
• an ink feeding unit which feeds:
• at least one nontransparent ink to set a substantially nontransparent layer on a printing blanket of said printing press and feeds a plurality of colored inks to set an interlaced color image layer on top of said substantially nontransparent layer on said printing blanket, and
• at least one colored ink to set a lenticular article back image layer on said printing blanket
• wherein said at least one colored ink is fed to set said substantially nontransparent layer on top of said lenticular article back image layer;
• wherein said printing blanket is used to print said interlaced color image layer and said substantially nontransparent layer onto said printing side in a single impression operation.

A method adapting an interlaced color image, comprising:

• mapping a plurality of distortions in a laser pattern projected on a printing blanket of a digital printing press;
• calculating printing instructions for printing an interlaced color image on a lenticular printing substrate having a plurality of lenses, said interlaced color image with a plurality of image strips adapted to said plurality of lenses and a variable width set according to said plurality of distortions;
• using said printing press for printing said interlaced color image according to said printing instructions;
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• attaching said interlaced color image to a lenticular array having a uniform pitch.

A lenticular article, comprising:

• a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side with a uniform pitch and a back side;
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• and interlaced color image having a plurality of image strips with different locations and widths selected according to a plurality of distortions in a laser pattern projected on a printing blanket of a printing press used for printing said interlaced color image;
• wherein said interlaced color image is attached to said back side.