Selective flexographic printing

Details Selective flexographic printing Selective flexographic printing

1994-12-20

2000-11-21

Funk, Stephen R.

Printing

Multicolor

Rotary machines

101181, 101222, 101224, 101484, B41F 506

Patent

active

061487244

ABSTRACT:
A web of paper is printed with selective non-variable information and vastly different variable information on portions of the paper web which are ultimately separated into discrete documents. At least one ion deposition print unit and a number of flexographic print units are utilized, as well as a data source containing at least the variable information, and first and second computers. Data is read from the data source with the first computer and in response to the read data the ion deposition print unit is controlled with the first computer to print variable information on the paper web. Form lag commands are provided from the first computer to the second computer. In response to the lag commands the flexographic print units are independently controlled by the second computer to operatively engage and disengage the paper web and thereby print non-variable information from at least one of the flexographic units on each discrete document portion of the paper web. Ink applied with the flexographic units is typically UV cured. Video inspection takes place after application of the variable and non-variable information.

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