Printing inventions 10/06

20060236877 - Apparatus and method for making microreplicated article: An apparatus for producing a microreplicated article is disclosed. This apparatus includes a first patterned roll having a first diameter and a second patterned roll having a second diameter. A drive assembly is included and is configured to rotate the first patterned roll and the second patterned roll such that...

20060236878 - Embossed sheet forming apparatus and rotary phase difference control method: An embossed sheet forming apparatus has phase controlling means (33, 34) axially shifting a second embossing roller 11, a front embossed profile detector 74 for detecting an embossed profile on a front surface of a both-sided embossed sheet 100, a rear embossed profile detector 75 for detecting an embossed profile...

20060236879 - Spring-assisted embossing seal: An embossing seal includes a frame, a die exposed at an underside of the frame, and a handle connected to the frame, the handle being movable between an extended position and a depressed position. The embossing seal includes an impact element movable from a first position in contact with the...

20060236880 - Printing presses comprising at least one printing cylinder: A printing press is comprised of at least one printing cylinder. A displaceable inking unit and a displaceable plate changing device can alternatingly be placed against the printing cylinder or can be moved out of contact with it. The inking unit and the plate changing device are coupled together so...

20060236881 - Air blowing device for printing press: An air blowing device for a printing press includes a plate cylinder, blanket cylinder, impression cylinder, air blowing equipment, air suction equipment, and cover. The plate cylinder is rotatably supported. Ink from an inking device and dampening water from a dampening device are supplied to the outer surface of the...

20060236882 - Device and method for cleaning a cylinder or a roller of a printing press: Device (01) and method for cleaning a cylinder (02) or a roller (02) of a printing machine using a cleaning agent web (03), wherein provided for the cleaning agent web (03) is a first supply roll (04) and a second supply roll (07), and wherein a winding device (06) for...

20060236883 - Method of operating a press: A printing press has a printing unit with a cylinder and a cleaning device that is mounted for selective displacement into an operating position for cleaning the cylinder and into a maintenance position away from the cylinder. The operating position is located within the printing unit and the maintenance position,...

20060236884 - Process for contact printing of patterns of electroless deposition catalyst: A process comprising the step of: contact printing a pattern of an electroless deposition catalyst via a hydrophilic phase to a receiving medium, wherein said electroless deposition catalyst requires no activation prior to electroless deposition....

20060236885 - Method for tracking a registered pattern to a continuous web: A method of applying a registered pattern to a continuous web of material involves determining a position of a next pattern such that the next pattern is in registration with a previous pattern, adjusting the position to maintain a transverse location relative to the web, and adjusting a rotation of...

20060236886 - Process for the offset printing of a catalytic species via a hydrophilic phase: An offset printing process comprising the steps of: applying a hydrophilic phase to a printing plate with or without an oleophilic phase, the hydrophilic phase comprising at least one catalytic species, and applying the hydrophilic phase applied to the printing plate to a receiving medium thereby realizing in a single...

20060230951 - Locking embosser stamp: A locking mechanism for an embosser stamp in which the embosser stamp has an operating lever for controlling movement of the seal or embossing plates. Holes are disposed in the sides of the embosser stamp and through the operating lever. When the holes in the operating lever are aligned with...

20060230952 - System and method for pad printing: A pad printing system includes at least one ink color for realizing an image on the surface of a material; at least one copper plate corresponding to the at least one ink color; and a silicon pad for printing the at least one ink color, after being applied to the...

20060230953 - Screenprint process apparatus and method of use: A screenprint tool adapted for substantially simultaneous screenprinting of a plurality of surfaces is disclosed. A top surface planar member comprises a plurality of inlets defining a corresponding plurality of arms and a channel intermediate the arms. The tool may be removably mounted to a mounting surface. It is emphasized...

20060230954 - Printing unit of a web-fed rotary press: A printing unit of a web-fed rotary press has a plurality of press units, each press unit having a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and optionally a damping unit, and having at least one impression cylinder. Each forme cylinder rolls on the respective transfer cylinder and each...

20060230955 - Printing unit of a web-fed rotary press: A printing unit of a web-fed rotary press has a plurality of press, each press unit having a forme cylinder, a transfer, an inking unit and optionally a damping unit, and having at least one impression cylinder. Each forme cylinder rolls on the transfer cylinder of the respective press unit...

20060230956 - Cutter apparatus and printer provided with cutter apparatus: A movable blade unit is fixed to a cutter release lever. The cutter release lever is attached to an upper frame by a cutter supporting point shaft so as to freely oscillate. A latch lever holding the upper frame at a closed position and a cutter lock lever locking the...

20060230957 - Air flow adjusting apparatus: An air flow adjusting apparatus includes first, second, and third air passages, and a flow adjusting plate. The first air passage is to be connected to a load. The second air passage is to be connected to an atmosphere. The third air passage is to be connected to an air...

20060230958 - Rotary press registration systems and methods: A registration system for a rotary press including circumferential and sidelay registers designed to interface to the press unit using more direct motion translation. In particular, to go from rotational motion of a motor to linear motion of the adjustment with fewer transitions. Also discussed are measurement systems which measure...

20060230959 - Imprint lithography: An imprint template configured to imprint an imprintable medium by an imprint lithography process is disclosed, the imprint template having a pattern with a pattern density corresponding to a volume of imprintable medium used to substantially fill pattern features per unit area of a contact face of the imprint template,...

20060230960 - Apparatus and method for pressing a covering onto a printing-unit cylinder for a rotary press: A plurality of longitudinal channels for supplying pressure medium are arranged within a carrier having a closed profile. A plurality of operating cylinders have pressure spaces which are flow-connected to the channels for moving the pressure rollers inward and outward in order to press coverings onto a printing unit cylinder....

20060230961 - Ink transfer device for a printing press: An ink transfer device which can be clamped on a rubber covered cylinder in a printing press includes a rubber blanket for transferring ink from a printing forme to a printing material, the blanket having a leading end and a trailing end which are separated by a non-ink transferring gap...

20060230962 - Coating method and planographic printing plate: The present invention provides a method of coating a coating solution comprising: providing a web; providing a coating solution; coating the coating solution on at least one surface of the web; and drying the coating solution to form a coated layer, wherein a temperature of the web is maintained at...

20060230963 - A bobbin for a washing unit in a printing press: A bobbin (6) for a cleaning cloth (2) in a washing unit (1) for a cylinder in a printing press is provided with internal, longitudinal or axial projections (6′) for cooperation with corresponding longitudinal grooves (7′) in a shaft (7) therefore and with embossments over at least a part of...

20060230964 - Method and device for manufacturing relief printing plate terminal for seamless printing: A workpiece 70 is set to holding rotating means and then liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 is supplied to a resin applying smoothing unit 150 to mold the workpiece 70 into a uniform thickness while rotating the workpiece 70 and applying the liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 to the outer periphery of...

20060230965 - Printing method for producing matte and glossy printed surfaces: A printing method, using a printing press having a plurality of printing units and a downstream varnishing unit, includes initially printing a surface of printing material with an oil-based printing ink in at least one of the printing units in a single run through the printing press. The printing material...

20060230966 - Device and method for printing a web: An apparatus and method for fitting at least one web that is driven continuously through the device with transponders, in addition to a method for printing said web. At least one unit (12, 13, 14) is integrated into the device (1) for the continuous transfer of individual transponders (10) or...

20060230967 - Methods for measurement and control of ink concentration and film thickness: A process is disclosed to measure or monitor ink concentration or ink thickness of an ink film as printed on a printing press, which consists of measuring light reflected from the ink film and the ink substrate....

20060230968 - Method and device for regulating the crop mark for a roller printing machine with multi-web operation: In order to control the cut register (Y18) in multi-web operation in a web-fed press and, independently thereof, to control the web tension in a web section, specific image information or measuring marks from printed webs (BO, BU, BE) and web tensions in different web sections are registered by means...

20060230969 - Printing with ink: A method is disclosed of printing an area of a substrate in a plurality of passes using curable ink, the method comprising depositing a first pass of ink on the area, partially curing ink deposited in the first pass, depositing a second pass of ink on the area, and fully...

20060230970 - Method for patterning of three-dimensional surfaces: A method for patterning of three-dimensional surfaces. The pattern is first formed by printing out a coloring agent on a printing medium. The pattern is transferred to the surface of an object to be patterned. The coloring agent forming the pattern is left unfixed in connection with forming the pattern....

20060225585 - Sheet feeding mechanism capable of adjusting sheet feeding force: A sheet feeding mechanism includes an auto document feeder roller (ADF roller), a pad, an elastic element and an adjusting device. The pad is pressed against the ADF roller by the elastic force of the elastic element. The adjusting device is used to adjust the deformation of the elastic element...

20060225586 - Method and an apparatus for printing sequential characters: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for sequential printing of characters. The apparatus is a numbering box with a plurality of numbering wheels viz., unit wheel, tenth wheel, 100th wheel, 1000th wheel, 10000th wheel and 100000th wheel which are provided with a combination of ratchet and...

20060225587 - Apparatus and method for integrated screen printing and laser treatment of materials: An apparatus and method for treating material using a screen print machine having multiple stations with a printing head for screen printing ink installed at a first station and a laser device for producing graphics installed at a second station. A PLC is connected to the laser device and the...

20060225588 - Apparatus and method for applying a damping solution onto a form cylinder of a press unit: A printing unit having a press unit is disclosed. Damping solution is applied to a form cylinder by way of direct damping-solution supply via a damping unit in such a way that a damping-solution applicator roll which is set away from an ink distributor roll and is driven by way...

20060225589 - Doctoring apparatus: A reciprocating doctor is provided for doctoring the cylindrical surface of a roll rotating about a first axis. The doctor includes a doctor back with a blade holder carrying a doctor blade. The doctor back has journals aligned on a second axis parallel to the first rotational axis of the...

20060225590 - Print unit with single motor drive permitting autoplating: A web offset print unit includes a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder selectively in contact with the first plate cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, the web passing between the first and second blanket cylinders, the second blanket cylinder and first blanket cylinder being selectively disengageable from the web...

20060225591 - Automatic die-cutting stamping machine of platen flat double-set type: An automatic die-cutting stamping machine of platen flat double-set type includes a sheet conveying unit, two dieing units, two aluminum foil controlling units, a transversal aluminum foil controlling unit and a sheet delivery unit. The position sequence of various units mentioned above includes: paper conveying unit+dieing unit of first group+aluminum...

20060225592 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus including a device to attach/detach a transfer roller that attaches and detaches the transfer roller to a main body frame, and the device to attach/detach a transfer roller supports one end of a transfer roller axis to rotate with respect to the main body frame and separates...

20060225593 - Method for making a label: A method for making a label including routing a label assembly including a back sheet and a face sheet through a printer. The face sheet includes a carrier portion and at least one label. Information is printed on a first printable surface of a first side portion of the label....

20060225594 - Method and apparatus for positioning printing plates on cylinders of a press: A method and apparatus for positioning printing plates on cylinders of a press are disclosed. According to the invention, the method comprises at least the following steps: a) providing a printing plate encoded with a printing plate code and to be positioned on a plate cylinder; b) reading the printing...

20060225595 - Method and system for generating and authenticating documents having stored electrostatic pattern information: A method and apparatus for generating and authenticating documents having stored electrostatic pattern information provides security with respect to the authenticity of documents. A liquid medium including a plurality of electrostatic monopoles is applied to the surface of a document, which embeds a permanent electrostatic pattern in the document. The...

20060225596 - Process for digital printing for flexible packaging: A digital printing process is disclosed comprising transferring energy curable paste inks from a digital printing plate onto a substrate by wet trapping, wherein said digital printing plate comprises polymeric material covering the plate and collapsed in areas to form a non-image area on said plate....

20060225597 - Printed t-shirt and method and apparatus for merchandising the same: A packaged, printed T-shirt including a printed T-shirt formed into a compact, box-like shape, a translucent or transparent wrapping wrapped about the printed T-shirt to hold the T-shirt in the compact, box-like shape, and a writable label affixed to the outside of the wrapping to allow the T-shirt to be...

20060219105 - Electrostatic printing apparatus and electrostatic printing method: An electrostatic printing apparatus according to the present invention rubs powdery ink into a screen having a predetermined printed pattern formed therein, and applies a voltage between the screen and an object so as to attach the powdery ink to the object. A plurality of screens (34a-34d) are provided so...

20060219106 - Printing device and ultraviolet irradiation apparatus: A printing device comprising a stencil printing device which is excellent in operativity, in which a print drum with UV ink and non-UV ink can be used in a single stencil printing device. The printing device has a stencil printing control device and UV irradiation control device in which a...

20060219107 - Printing machine: The printing machine comprises at least one transfer system (5) for conveying a substrate (1) onto an impression cylinder (6) and at least one screen (7, 8) of cylindrical or flat shape, with a doctor blade, said screen collaborating with the impression cylinder (6) and intended to print the substrate...

20060219108 - Apparatus and method for production of personalized gift-wrap: Personalized gift-wrap, fabricated from a wide, coated, decorative paper roll-stock, and having a personalized message imprinted thereon, is disclosed; as well as methods and apparatus for production thereof....

20060219109 - Method of registering different colours in flexography, and flexographic printer comprising a device for implementing said method: A method of registering various colours in flexography, and a flexographic printer comprising a device for implementing the method are provided. The printer comprises at least one supporting drum with at least first and second printing rollers and an optical sensor, downstream from the rollers. The method comprises consecutively printing...

20060219110 - Distributor unit for liquid substances: Distributor unit, comprising a reservoir (7) containing a liquid substance, an anilox cylinder (8) and a cliché cylinder (9) onto which is movably fitted a cliche jacket (18), the reservoir (7), the anilox cylinder (8) and the cliche cylinder (9) being movable from and to a cylinder (2) on which...

20060219112 - Cantilevered blanket cylinder lifting mechanism: An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an end and a blanket gear coaxial with the blanket cylinder, a drive axle or pinion supporting a gear driving the blanket gear and a blanket lift arm for selectively supporting the end to cantilever the blanket cylinder,...

20060219111 - Print unit having blanket cylinder throw-off bearer surfaces: An offset print unit includes a plate cylinder having an end, a rotatable plate cylinder support supporting the end and having a first bearing surface, a blanket cylinder having a blanket cylinder end, a rotatable blanket cylinder support supporting the end and having a second bearing surface and an actuating...

20060219113 - Image-forming apparatus: The printer assembly 60 of the image-forming apparatus 20 has a right side plate 200R and a left side plate 200L apart-at a predetermined distance in the sheet width direction (arrow-W direction) perpendicular to the delivery direction of the cut paper sheet P (arrow-A direction and arrow-B direction in FIG....

20060219114 - Sheet transport mechanism for image forming device: A sheet transport mechanism is disclosed that has a simple structure and does not occupy a large amount of space. A return transport path includes a transport guide plate that guides and transports a sheet, a first U-shaped transport guide member having a curvature radius of approximately 60 mm or...

20060219116 - Web offset printing press with articulated tucker: An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being movable during a throw-off operation, and a tucker bar for tucking plates into the plate cylinder, the tucker bar having an axis movable with respect to the plate cylinder axis for reducing a gap...

20060219115 - Web offset printing press with autoplating: An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, an autoplating mechanism, and a throw-off mechanism including a single actuator both for moving the blanket cylinder from the second blanket cylinder and for moving the blanket cylinder to selectively contact the plate cylinder...

20060219117 - Lithographic printing plate comprising support and imaging layer: A lithographic printing plate comprises a support and an imaging layer. The imaging layer consists of a hydrophilic area and a hydrophobic area. In printing, dampening water is attached on the hydrophilic area, while oily ink is attached on the hydrophobic area. The dampening water is attached on the hydrophilic...

20060219118 - Method for image generation on a recording material: A method for image generation on a recording material reduces the nonlinear spacing error between individual beams. In the method for image generation on a recording material, in which, in order to produce recording points on the recording material, individual radiation sources are used which are disposed along a line...

20060219119 - Printing press simulator: A printing press simulator for a printing press includes a simulation unit, which simulates a printing process or the behavior of a printing press on the basis of input data specified for the simulation and generates output data for displaying the results. The simulation unit accesses, for the purpose of...

20060219120 - Method and device for controlling processes during printing: A method for process control during printing includes recording a digital image of a substrate detail and determining a frequency distribution of the gray values of the image points from this image. A minimum of the frequency is defined as the limiting value of the gray value from this frequency...