Printing inventions 06/06

20060137547 - Stamping device: The invention relates to a stamping device for stamping characteristic data, especially in the form of code numbers (22), into plastic products, such as containers which are preferably produced according to blowing, filling and gelling methods. According to the invention, at least one stamp (32), comprising a stamping unit (34)...

20060137548 - Device for machining the surface of parts: Device for Processing the Surface of Objects The invention relates to a device (1) for processing the surface of objects (3) and comprises a predetermined number of processing stations (B1-B8) performing processing processes and a conveying unit performing processing movements. The objects are transported into predetermined desired positions at the...

20060137549 - Device for making a printed ticket available: A device for making a printed ticket available, the device being comprising at least three rollers or lines of wheels rotatable about respective parallel axes extending substantially transversely across the path of the ticket and situated, in end view, at the vertices of a triangle and defining two ticket pinch...

20060137550 - Process and device for inking an engraved printing plate from an ink tank: The invention concerns a process for inking an engraved printing plate from an ink tank and for scraping off the ink in dab printing, characterised in that a doctor blade (8) is used, of which at least the bottom edge, which comes into contact with the printing plate (9), is...

20060137551 - Compensator sleeve for flexographic printing: e

20060137552 - Printing machine comprising a blow air unit for drying stock: The invention relates to a printing machine, preferably a rotation printing machine, with at least one guide roller (14), which is mounted between two side frames (7, 8). A printing substrate can be guided via the guide roller and at least one print roller can be placed on the guide...

20060137553 - Equipment for cleaning rubber cylinders of continuous printing machines: The equipment comprises means (17, 18) for causing a very small quantity of liquid for cleaning the said cylinders to be sprayed in a controlled and uniformly distributed way on to a sufficiently long portion of cloth, which, in the area directly acted on by the said sprayed liquids and...

20060137554 - Stamp for soft lithography, in particular micro contact printing and a method of preparing the same: The present invention relates to a stamp for soft lithography. It also relates to a method of preparing a stamp for soft lithography, in particular micro contact printing, and to uses of such stamp....

20060137555 - Imprint lithography: An imprinting method is disclosed that, in embodiment, includes contacting first and second spaced target regions of an imprintable medium on a substrate with first and second templates respectively to form respective first and second imprints in the medium and separating the first and second templates from the imprinted medium....

20060137556 - Process for making combustion enhancement device for internal combustion engines: There is a process to make a combustion enhancement device for internal combustion engines. A base material is provided. A substance, emitting alpha and/or beta particles, is printed in a pattern wherein the pattern restricts disposition of the substance from designated cutting areas. The base material is cut in the...

20060137557 - Electrophoretic stylus array printing with liquid ink: A process and apparatus prints images. The process provides an imaging surface; an array of styli opposed to the imaging surface; and a flow of liquid ink containing charged ink particles in the ink between the imaging surface and the array of styli. A voltage bias is established between at...

20060137558 - Method for transfer-printing patterns: A method for transfer-printing is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: (a) providing both a transfer-printing film and a substrate; (b) mask-spraying the surface of the substrate to form a plurality of first bands and plurality of second bands; and (c) transferring the pattern on the transfer-printing film onto...

20060130678 - Method and apparatus for imprint pattern replication: Provided is a method and system for imprinting a pattern formed on a surface of an imprint mask into a substrate. A method includes deforming at least one of the surface of the imprint mask and a surface of the substrate to produce a deformed surface having an arc therein....

20060130679 - Automated cutting system for customized field stencils: The Automated Cutting System for Customized Field Stencils (“ACSCFS”) is a device designed to implement an automated field stencil creation process. The ACSCFS is comprised of a computer system and an automated cutting table, wherein said automated cutting table is further comprised of a cutting surface, an automated means for...

20060130680 - Method for washing an anilox inking unit of a printing press: In a method of washing an anilox inking unit of a press, a washing agent is introduced into the anilox inking unit. The washing agent is introduced into the anilox inking unit via a dampening unit or a part of the dampening unit....

20060130681 - Method for driving a satellite offset press and satellite offset press: A method for driving a satellite offset press, and a satellite offset press which, with little expenditure, permits multicolor printing in one pass. A satellite offset press, in which form cylinders and associated transfer cylinders are driven synchronously, while in each case segments located in the circumferential direction of the...

20060130682 - Printing machine comprising at least one printing group, one folder and at least one turn-and-mix stage: A printing machine includes at least one printing group, one folder and at least one turn-and-mix stage that supplies the printed web output from the printing group to the folder. A web path from the printing group to the folder, when projected into a horizontal plane, is bent or deviates...

20060130683 - Turner bar unit for a web-fed rotary press: In a turner bar unit having turner bars arranged one above another in a plurality of planes, unscrewed webs of a web printing material can be inserted into the turner bar unit from the sides, in a plurality of planes arranged one above another on each side. The webs of...

20060130684 - Web-fed rotary press: In a web-fed rotary press having printing units arranged in two rows, a more universal use is achieved in that each row of printing units is assigned at least one transfer system, such as a transfer cylinder or a web contact pressure cylinder or a transfer and web guidance unit,...

20060130685 - Inking roller comprising a structured surface: An inking roller for an inking system has, distributed over the surface on a ink-transferring surface (S), circumferential flutes (3). The longitudinal flutes (4) intersect the circumferential flutes (3) and elevated surface areas as said webs (5) and between the circumferential and longitudinal flutes (3, 4)....

20060130686 - Printing press: A printing press includes a dampening device, inking device, and fan roller. The dampening device efficiently supplies dampening water to a plate mounted on a plate cylinder. The inking device supplies ink to the plate mounted on the plate cylinder through an ink roller group. The fan roller is arranged...

20060130687 - Method for controlling inking in an offset press: In a method for controlling the inking in at least one inking unit of an offset press, namely for controlling the zonal inking that can be adjusted by inking zone actuating elements of the respective inking unit, measurement regions are measured for this purpose and actual values determined in the...

20060130688 - Method and an apparatus for the drying of the printing plates for flexography: The present invention provides for an apparatus for the drying step of the printing plates for flexography, so as to let a solvent present inside the plates to evaporate, comprising a base element (9, 25) for carrying the printing plates (8, 26), and a lighting system (1, 23) above the...

20060130689 - Heat-sensitive positive working lithographic printing plate precursor with a high resistance to chemicals: Heat-sensitive element comprising (a) an optionally pre-treated substrate (b) a positive working heat-sensitive coating comprising (i) at least one novolak resin, (ii) at least one component which reduces the aqueous alkaline developer solubility of novolak, wherein said reduction in solubility is reversed upon the application of heat, and (iii) at...

20060130690 - Printing member having a transferred image and a method for fabricating it: A lithographic printing member (300) comprices a solid substrate (230) over the substrate, wherein the tip layer comprises a first area (320b) having an affinity for ink and a second area (320a) having an affinity for an ink repelling fluid. The two types of surface areas are fabricated by dipping...

20060130691 - Photosensitive printing plate automatic feeding apparatus and method: An apparatus automatically feeds photosensitive printing plates having the characteristic that transport and storage are possible in a state where the photosensitive printing plates have been stacked together such that back sides of the photosensitive printing plates are brought into direct contact with photosensitive surfaces on front sides of the...

20060130692 - Alignment tool for precise pattern transfer: Multi-point confocal microscopy, bright field microscope imaging, computer-controlled positioning stages, and an algorithm for automated leveling are the basis for a powerful but simple tool for aligning stamps used in precise pattern transfer to substrates. The system is relatively inexpensive and brings a capability similar to that of a photolithographic...

20060124003 - Screen printing machine and printing method thereof: A printing mechanism 6 of a screen printing machine 1 for printing paste P at a printing position to a work W through a screen S includes a packing nozzle 62 coming into contact, at the distal end thereof, with the screen, a packing head 62 to which the paste...

20060124004 - Method and apparatus for transporting a receiving substrate in an ink jet printer: An ink jet printing apparatus for printing an image on a receiving substrate includes: a first transportation device for transporting the receiving substrate along a first path having a first substantially straight portion; a second transportation device for transporting the receiving substrate along a second path having a second substantially...

20060124005 - Device and method for placing a roll against/removing it from a printing press: A device is provided for engaging and/or disengaging a roller with or from a first mating roller. The device includes a second mating roller, with which the roller is engaged, and with a basic unit, with which the roller can be moved to or away from the first mating roller...

20060124006 - Printing blanket assembly and method for producing said printing blanket assembly: The invention relates to a printing blanket assembly for a blanket cylinder of a rotary printing press. The printing blanket assembly comprises a dimensionally stable support plate (02,18) with two ends, one of which is the forward end and the other one is the trailing end with respect to the...

20060124007 - Roll of a printing press having a filling of a foamed material: A roll having a filling of a foamed material, in particular for a printing press, having an outer, tubular shell forming a surface of the roll and a core of a foamed material, in particular of metal foam, enclosed by the tubular shell. The core of the foamed material is...

20060124009 - Apparatus and method for thermally developing flexographic printing elements: An improved apparatus for thermally developing a flexographic printing element to reveal a relief image on the surface and a method of using the apparatus to expose and develop a flexographic printing element. The apparatus typically comprises means for softening or melting non-crosslinked photopolymer on the imaged and exposed surface...

20060124008 - Device and method for producing flexographic plates using digital imaging, for newspaper printing: An apparatus for the in-line production of flexographic printing plates by means of digital imaging is used for the production of newspaper flexographic printing plates....

20060124010 - Method and apparatus for rapidly heating printing plates: Rapid heating of a lithographic printing plate is achieved by feeding the printing plate along a substantially curved path that is adjacent to one or more curved pads of an air bearing that is pressurized with heated air. The one or more curved pads are constructed such that the substantially...

20060124011 - Protective agent for print with water-based ink: A protective agent for printed matters obtained by printing with water-based inks. It comprises: at least 50% low-boiling hydrocarbon solvent based on all solvents and an oleophilic resin soluble therein. The proportion of the low-boiling hydrocarbon solvent to the oleophilic resin is from 97/3 to 40/60 by weight. The low-boiling...

20060124012 - Method and device for the real time control of print images: In a method for monitoring of a print image, a real image is electro-optically detected and digitized in individual pixels. A reference image is provided that is segmented into a plurality of segments such that respective pixels in the respective segments exhibit approximately a same color property as the respective...

20060124013 - Direct xerography: A system for printing is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer charge, either to or from a dielectric surface. The resulting charge distribution represents an image. Toner deposited over the dielectric surface is attracted to the charged portions of...

20060124015 - Meltable reactive ink and process of using same: A process for printing images and subsequently bonding the image to a substrate by activating bonding through the application of energy. An ink may comprise reactive functional groups that are blocked to prevent reaction of reactive components during printing of the image by the digital imaging device. The ink is...

20060124014 - New heterocyclic compounds, a process for their preparation and their use as dyes and pigments: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, carboxy, carboxylic ester, sulfo, sulfonic ester, carboxylic amide, sulfonic amide, alkylthio, arylthio, alkoxy or aryloxy, R′1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, carboxy, carboxylic ester, sulfo, sulfonic ester, carboxylic amide, sulfonic amide, alkylthio, arylthio, alkoxy or...

20060124017 - New compounds, a process for their preparation and their use as dyes and pigments: Compounds of formula (1) wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, carboxy, carboxylic ester, sulfo, sulfonic ester, carboxylic amide, sulfonic amide, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio, X is —O—, —S—, —NH— or —N(alkyl)-, Y is hydrogen or carboxylic ester, Z is ═C— or ═N—, T is ═C— or...

20060124016 - Security element for documents: The Security element for objects (1) such as securities, banknotes, checks, passports and other similar documents comprises a structure (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) on at least a first surface of said object, said structure being characteristically recognisable by feel along a specific direction over the structure....

20060112840 - Apparatus for printing on or otherwise decorating hollow bodies: An apparatus for printing on and/or otherwise decorating hollow bodies comprises a plurality of processing stations of different types, in which supplied hollow bodies may be processed in different ways. For conveying the hollow bodies a conveyor chain arrangement is provided serving the individual processing stations and consisting of conveyor...

20060112841 - Stencil printing machine and control method thereof: A stencil printing machine is provided with a printing drum and a second printing drum. The stencil printing machine makes first and second stencil having first and second images perforated, winds the first and second stencil sheets around the first and second printing drums respectively, and presses print sheets on...

20060112842 - Sheet-fed offset rotary printing press with convertible press mechanism: A sheet-fed offset rotary printing press with a convertible press mechanism includes a chucking cylinder, convertible cylinder, grippers, and air nozzles and blowing ports. The chucking cylinder conveys a sheet by holding its leading edge. The convertible cylinder is arranged downstream of the chucking cylinder in a sheet convey direction...

20060112843 - Preparing process of printing plate and printing plate material: Disclosed is a process of preparing a printing plate from a printing plate material comprising a support, and provided thereon, an image formation layer, the process comprising the steps of fixing the printing plate material onto a fixing member with suction through-holes by suction that evacuates air through the suction...

20060112844 - Method for producing flexoprinting forms by means of laser engraving using photopolymer flexoprinting elements and photopolymerisable flexoprinting element: Flexographic printing plates are produced by means of direct laser engraving using photopolymerizable flexographic printing elements as a starting material by a process in which the crosslinking of the photopolymerizable flexographic printing element with actinic light is effected through a protective element substantially transparent to actinic light....

20060112845 - Recording apparatus and recording method: Angles of inclination of the left and right end edges of recording paper as a recording medium are detected. In the case where it is determined an image having a size extended from an image recording region of the recording paper is recordable over the image recording region or even...

20060112846 - Printing system, print request terminal, compression algorithm selecting program and printing method: A printing system is provided suitable for reducing a printing time. A client apparatus acquires document data being edited during an editing operation by an application, creates print data for evaluation based on the acquired document data, selects a compression algorithm suitable for the created print data for evaluation from...