Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
101217000 | Transfer | 84 |
20080229946 | PRINTING UNIT OF A WEB-FED PRINTING PRESS - A printing unit of a web-fed printing press is disclosed. The printing unit includes four printing couples where each printing couple includes a plate cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking system as well as, if applicable, a dampening system. The transfer cylinders of every two printing couples arranged horizontally next to one another which form a printing couple group, form a nip, through which a to-be-printed printing substrate can be conveyed. The center points of the transfer cylinders (rolling off one another) of every printing couple group each lie on a horizontally running line. Two printing couple groups offset from one another in the vertical direction are also offset from one another in the horizontal direction such that the print positions as well as the center points of the transfer cylinders and the plate cylinders of the printing couple groups are offset from one another in the horizontal direction. | 09-25-2008 |
20080236419 | Roller Cassette for Semi-Rotary Machines, Which Can Be Inserted Into Offset Printing Units - The invention relates to a roller cassette for semi-rotary machines, which can be inserted into offset printing units. The invention comprises at least three rollers, namely: at least one printing plate roller in the form of a first roller, one transfer roller in the form of a second roller and a printing cylinder or counter-cylinder in the form of a third roller. The invention is characterised in that the printing rollers ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080236420 | Liquid transfer method and liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer method includes the steps of conveying a sheet by holding the sheet by a transport cylinder, and transferring a liquid to one surface of the sheet by a transfer cylinder opposing the transport cylinder and transferring the liquid to the other surface of the sheet by the transport cylinder. The step of transferring includes the step of positioning an edge of a region on one surface of the sheet, downstream in a sheet convey direction, where the liquid is to be transferred, upstream in the sheet convey direction of an edge of a region on the other surface of the sheet, downstream in the sheet convey direction, where the liquid is to be transferred. A liquid transfer apparatus is also disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080236421 | Liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer apparatus includes a supply cylinder and viscosity reducing agent supply unit. The supply cylinder comes into contact with a transfer target body and performs transfer by transferring a transfer liquid to the transfer target body. The viscosity reducing agent supply unit supplies a viscosity reducing agent which reduces a viscosity of the transfer liquid to the supply cylinder during transfer. | 10-02-2008 |
20080245248 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A printing method realizes good reproducibility of an ink pattern and facilitates both the alignment operation between a printing plate and a blanket and the alignment operation between the blanket and a substrate, enabling the printing with positional accuracy as high as the TFT substrate can be fabricated. The flat portion of the printing plate and the flat portion of the endless belt-shaped blanket are contacted in the state where the said flat portions are opposed. Then, the said flat portions are detached, forming an ink pattern on the flat portion of the blanket. Thereafter, the flat portion of the blanket and the flat portion of the substrate are contacted in the state where the said flat portions are opposed. Subsequently, the said flat portions are detached, transferring the ink pattern to the flat portion of the substrate from the blanket. | 10-09-2008 |
20080264277 | GEAR UNIT APPARATUS FOR PRINTER - To provide a gear unit apparatus for a printer in which the assembling characteristics and maintenance workability of driving sections for transferring a printing paper to be printed can be improved, and particularly assembling, replacement and maintenance work can be easily performed on a platen roller and a transfer roller. The present invention focuses on unitizing a group of belts and a group of gears independently of a printer main body, and is configured such that a unit bracket that is detachable to a printer bracket is provided independently of the printer bracket, a drive motor, the belt group and the gear group are assembled to the unit bracket, and, when the unit bracket is attached to the printer bracket, a platen roller gear of a platen roller and a transfer roller gear of a transfer roller can be engaged with each other. | 10-30-2008 |
20090020026 | PRINTING PRESS - A printing press is configured such that the printing sheet is supplied from the paper feeding unit through the intermediate cylinder | 01-22-2009 |
20090078137 | Method of Winding Up Transfer Film and Device for Performing Transfer Printing on Printed Sheets of Paper - There is provided a method of winding up a transfer film and a device for performing transfer printing on printed sheets of paper, capable of eliminating the need to frequently replace the transfer film, thereby allowing the transfer film to be used over a prolonged time. According to the method of winding up a transfer film, the transfer film fed from a feed roll through a feed path is pressed onto a fed printed sheet to transfer patterns of the transfer film, and then the transfer film is wound up onto a windup roll through a windup path. During the rewind of the transfer film from the windup roll to the feed roll, a lateral position of the transfer film running along the feed path is detected, and the feed roll is moved in its axial direction to follow a lateral positional change of the transfer film. | 03-26-2009 |
20090120312 | Contrifugal Printing Apparatus And A Method Of Printing - A printing apparatus is disclosed which comprises a rotatable member, for example a cylinder ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090145315 | Printing Groups of a Printing Press - A printing group of a printing press is comprised of a transfer cylinder, a forme cylinder and a first roller of an inking unit. That first inking unit roller cooperates, as an ink application roller, with the forme cylinder. The inking unit is provided with two axially traversing friction cylinders which are serially disposed in the ink path to the forme cylinder. The first inking unit roller has substantially the same diameter as the forme cylinder. | 06-11-2009 |
20090223394 | Printing Unit, Printing Press and Process for Producing Labels in a Printing Press - A printing unit of compact construction includes an impression cylinder and a printing form cylinder to be pivoted around the impression cylinder about a pivot axis running parallel to an axis of rotation of the impression cylinder. A spacing between the axes of rotation of the printing form cylinder and of the impression cylinder can be varied and the printing form cylinder and the impression cylinder can be set against each other, to form a press nip in which a substrate can be printed. A first drive for producing a rotational movement of the printing form cylinder is connected to the printing form cylinder through a drive train. At least one component of the drive train has a torque axis running through the impression cylinder. A printing press having at least one printing unit and a process for producing labels or self-adhesive labels in a printing press, are also provided. | 09-10-2009 |
20090266251 | Variable cut off printing press having flexible plate and blanket - A printing press is provided including a plate cylinder having an outer perimeter of a first length. A removable flexible continuous tubular plate having an inner perimeter of a second length is disposed about the plate cylinder. The second length is greater than the first length so that the inner perimeter of the removable flexible continuous tubular plate and the outer perimeter of the plate cylinder define a first gap during a printing mode. A method for varying cutoff in a printing press is also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20090266252 | Infinitely variable cut off printing press - A variable cutoff printing press is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder including a first circumferential section movable with respect to a second circumferential section, and a second blanket cylinder including a third circumferential section movable with respect to a fourth circumferential section. The first, second, third and fourth circumferential sections contact the plate cylinder during a printing mode and print continuous images having a cutoff length on a web. A method of printing is also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20100018417 | PHASE CHANGE INK IMAGING COMPONENT HAVING CONDUCTIVE COATING - Herein includes an offset printing apparatus for transferring and optionally fixing a phase change ink onto a print medium including a) a phase change ink application component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image to an imaging member; b) an imaging member for accepting, transferring and optionally fixing the phase change ink image to the print medium, the imaging member having i) an imaging substrate, and thereover ii) an outer coating with a urethane and a conductive salt; and c) a release agent management system for supplying a release agent to the imaging member, wherein an amount of release agent needed for transfer and optionally fixing the phase change ink image is reduced. | 01-28-2010 |
20100037790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PRINTING PRESS - In a printing press including; a blanket cylinder gear driven by a drive motor of the printing press; a blanket cylinder including a notch, the blanket cylinder being rotationally driven by the blanket cylinder gear; a plate cylinder gear rotationally driven by the drive motor of the printing press through the blanket cylinder gear; and a plate cylinder including a notch at a position corresponding to the notch of the blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being rotationally driven by the plate cylinder gear, a load motor is provided to the plate cylinder or the plate cylinder gear, and a braking force of the load motor is controlled according to load applied to the drive motor of the printing press. | 02-18-2010 |
20100064916 | Method For Separating At Least Two Bridges Of A Segmented Transport System For Printing Materials, Apparatus For Implementing The Method And Machine For Processing Printing Materials - A method and apparatus for separating at least two bridges, especially gripper bars, of a segmented transport system for printing materials, e.g. sheets of paper in a printing press, include a transport system having a segmented electric linear drive with first and second primary parts constructed as segmented. The drive has a plurality of secondary parts constructed as carriages. Each secondary part assigned to the first primary part and each secondary part assigned to the second primary part are coupled by a crossmember to form a movable bridge. Two bridges in the same segment are moved jointly. A first bridge, reaching into a further segment due to jointly controlled movement, is moved individually under closed-loop control and separated from a second bridge, for locating the two bridges in different segments during further movement. Electrical and mechanical collisions of the bridges or of the carriages can therefore be eliminated. | 03-18-2010 |
20100077933 | SHEET-FED OFFSET PRINTING PRESS FOR PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF SHEETS - A sheet-fed offset printing press for printing on both sides of sheets has a compact construction and permits a number of color separations to be printed over one another in recto printing or recto and verso printing in a flexible manner and with high print quality. A plurality of printing units, which are disposed behind one another, each include at least one form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, a first impression cylinder and an inking unit having at least one ink applicator roll associated with the form cylinder. A second impression cylinder, which interacts with the transfer cylinder and the first impression cylinder, is provided in at least one printing unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100089265 | Infinitely variable cutoff printing press with constant speed plate cylinder and inker - A variable cutoff printing press is provided. The printing press includes a first plate cylinder rotating at a constant angular velocity and printing on a web during each revolution about a first plate cylinder axis and a first blanket cylinder rotating at varying angular velocities during each revolution about a first blanket cylinder axis. The first blanket cylinder comes in and out of contact with the first plate cylinder during operation. A method of variable cutoff printing is also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
20100107912 | Variable cutoff printing press with common blanket cylinder and method of variable cutoff printing - A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
20100107913 | Printing Unit - A printing unit of a printing press, such as a web press constructed as a periodical printing press, having at least one printing couple, wherein the printing couple or each printing couple comprises a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit, and preferably a dampening unit. A drive motor is associated with at least one printing couple, and drives the form cylinder or the transfer cylinder of a respective printing couple. In accordance with the invention, a flywheel mass is associated with at least one drive motor which drives the form cylinder or the transfer cylinder of the respective printing couple, where the flywheel mass is connected to the rotor of the respective drive motor in a torsionally rigid manner. | 05-06-2010 |
20100116159 | Offset Printing Unit with Plate Cylinder Drive - An offset printing unit has a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder, at least one first inker roller, and a motor that drives the plate cylinder. The first plate cylinder supports a first printing plate and drive the first blanket cylinder. The first blanket cylinder supports a first printing blanket, rollingly engages the first plate cylinder, and rollingly engages a substrate. The at least one first inker roller supplies ink to the first plate and blanket cylinders and rollingly engages the first plate cylinder. | 05-13-2010 |
20100132570 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - The present invention relates to a printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press and has an object to carry out a substrate process for low-whiteness printing paper such as paper for newspaper with substrate treatment agent and to enhance the print quality while preventing appearance of muddiness in printing ink by the substrate treatment agent. The present invention is configured such that substrate treatment agent such as low-whiteness enhancement agent is supplied to a printing face of printing paper, and thereafter the substrate treatment agent supplied to the printing face is dried and then offset printing is carried out for the printing paper by a printing apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20100147168 | STAMPING FOIL UNIT - To transfer a coating in image form from a transfer foil to a print sheet, adhesive is applied in the form of the image to said sheet. In a foil transfer module ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100154665 | Anti-marking Jackets Comprised of Fluoropolymer and Methods of Using in Offset Printing - In a printing press having a transfer cylinder for transferring a freshly printed substrate, an anti-marking device is provided. The anti-marking device comprises a flexible jacket comprised of fluoropolymer to engage the freshly printed substrate as it is transferred over the transfer cylinder, the anti-marking device removably attached with free play to the transfer cylinder. In an embodiment, a base cover is installed on the transfer cylinder between the anti-marking device and the transfer cylinder. | 06-24-2010 |
20100288144 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - The invention relates to a printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press by which a substrate process is carried out for low-whiteness printing paper such as paper for newspaper with aqueous substrate treatment agent so that the print quality can be improved. In the invention, in order to suppress occurrence of a curl of printing paper, substrate treatment agent containing solid fine particles and a binder component is supplied to a printing face of printing paper, and the substrate treatment agent is dried to form a porous layer having a great number of holes having a smaller diameter than that of pigment contained in printing ink from the solid fine particles and the binder resin. Then, offset printing is carried out on the printing paper. | 11-18-2010 |
20110005413 | ROTARY PRINTING PRESS - In a rotary printing press that includes a blanket cylinder and a plate cylinder, the plate cylinder includes a plate cylinder body, a plate that is rolled around the plate cylinder body, and a plate insertion groove that is formed on a circumferential surface of the plate cylinder body along the axial direction thereof, and the blanket cylinder includes a blanket cylinder body, a blanket that is rolled around the blanket cylinder body, and a blanket insertion groove that is formed on a circumferential surface of the blanket cylinder body along an axial direction thereof. A groove opening width of the plate insertion groove and a groove opening width of the blanket insertion groove are reduced in a boundless manner. | 01-13-2011 |
20110041713 | CONTACT OR TRANSFER ROLLER - A distributor or transfer roller is provided for printing machines, in particular for offset printing machines. The roller has at least a substantially rigid core and a cover made of a polymeric material applied on and permanently fixed to the core. The cover is applied directly on the core or on a hard-elastic intermediate layer having a hardness of ≧10 Shore D, optionally by an adhesion promoting layer. The cover is at least substantially made of a fluorinated polymer and has a hardness of ≧15 Shore D and/or a scratch hardness according to ISO 15184 of 6B or harder. The polymeric material can be a duroplastic material, a fluorinated polyurethane resin, polyester resin, epoxy resin, acrylate resin and/or polyether resin, a highly cross-linked non-elastic fluoropolymer, a fluorothermoplastic, a polymeric non-elastic fluorosilicone, or a fluoropolymer lacquer. | 02-24-2011 |
20110056396 | Printing Blanket with Convex Carrier Layer - An offset printing press is provided. The offset printing press includes an image cylinder, a blanket cylinder having an axially convex outer surface, and a printing blanket disposed over the axially convex outer surface, the printing blanket including a carrier sleeve layer having at least one axially convex surface. An axially profiled shim is also provided. | 03-10-2011 |
20110067586 | Spring loaded corrugated stitcher head and method of stitching - A stitching head is provided for stitching books or printed products. The stitching head includes a supporter and a driver. The supporter has a corrugated supporter surface including first ridges and first grooves. The driver interacts with the supporter and has a channel and a corrugated driver surface which includes second ridges and second grooves. The first grooves and first ridges of the supporter mesh with the second ridges and first grooves of driver and the channel supports stitching material between the corrugated supporter surface and the corrugated driver surface. A method is also provided. | 03-24-2011 |
20110126727 | Raised Image Plate Construction with Regions of Varying Support Thickness Beneath the Image Areas - Optimum transfer of an optically discernible image from an ink supply to a substrate is effected. In one embodiment, a three dimensional image is created on the surface of an ink transfer medium layer. The height at a specific location of the three dimensional image corresponds to the ink volume to be transferred to that specific location in the printed image, allowing the color intensity to change throughout the printed image. | 06-02-2011 |
20110132215 | WEB OFFSET PRESS AS WELL AS METHOD FOR OPERATING THE WEB OFFSET PRESS - A web offset press includes several printing units through which a web passes essentially in a horizontal direction. The printed web then passes to at least one first folding unit. Each of the printing units has at least one plate cylinder and one transfer cylinder which interacts with the web being printed. An effective plate width of the plate cylinder corresponds to the print image of at least eight upright or prone printed pages in a BIN 4A format. The printed web is slit longitudinally into a plurality of web strands: A first number of these web strands are supplied to the first folding apparatus. At the same time, a second number of web strands, produced by the slitting of the same web, are supplied to a second folding apparatus for further processing. | 06-09-2011 |
20110168040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER PRINTING, AND PRINTED ARTICLES MANUFACTURED BY SAME - The invention provides a transfer printing (coating) method, a transfer printing (coating) apparatus, and a printing article manufactured by the same. The transfer printing (coating) apparatus is adapted to achieve high quality printing and coating on a rough and unglazed surface, and includes: a blanket; a plurality of feed rollers installed along a feed direction of the blanket and configured to aid feeding of the blanket; a blanket printing unit configured to print an image on one surface of the blanket; a mixed solution applying unit configured to apply a mixed solution containing ink and nylon powder on. an image ink layer of the blanket; a printing substrate; a printing substrate printing unit configured to attach the ink and the nylon powder applied on the blanket to the printing substrate by thermally pressing the blanket to one surface of the printing substrate; and a printing body configured to accommodate the printing substrate printed by the printing substrate printing unit. | 07-14-2011 |
20110168041 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING AND DRYING PLASTIC FILMS - The invention relates to a method and to a device for printing and drying a plastic film web ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110174174 | Roller imprinter and production method of imprinted sheet - At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a roller imprinter that allows easy replacement of a transfer roller, and a method of producing an imprinted sheet. In at least one embodiment, a roller imprinter is disclosed for transferring a pattern on a surface of a transfer roller to a surface of a workpiece sheet through rotation of the transfer roller, the roller imprinter including an axis shaft or rotation for the transfer roller, and the axis of the shaft being non-coincident with the rotation axis of the transfer roller. | 07-21-2011 |
20110185926 | VIBRATOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INKING UNIT OR A DAMPENING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS - An offset printing press is provided including a plate cylinder and a fluid dispersing unit dispersing fluid to the plate cylinder. The fluid dispersing unit includes a vibrator roll, a shaft supporting the vibrator roll and a motor including a coil and a magnet. The coil is disposed about the magnet and the magnet or the coil is mounted on the shaft. The motor oscillates the vibrator roll axially. A vibrating assembly for a fluid dispersing unit of a printing press is also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
20110185927 | PRINTING/COATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printing/coating method includes the steps of transferring highly reactive ink/varnish which cures with a low light energy onto a transfer object, and irradiating the transfer object, onto which the highly reactive ink/varnish is transferred, with light in the wavelength range, in which no ozone is generated, to cure the highly reactive ink/varnish on the transfer object. A printing/coating apparatus is also disclosed. | 08-04-2011 |
20110209636 | ADAPTIVE TAKE-OFF STRIPS FOR SMOOTHING INK CONSUMPTION - Take-off strips are adaptively generated based on the color profile of the image to be printed to smooth ink consumption and present a more constant ink coverage and ink flow. Adaptive take-off strips have complementary color profiles to the image being printed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110209637 | TWO-SIDE PRINTING STRUCTURE, DIAL USING THE SAME AND PRINTING METHOD OF TWO-SIDE PRINTING STRUCTURE - A two-side printing structure has a base material including a first face and a second face located on a side opposite to the first face, a print having a print layer provided on the first face of the base member by thermal transfer printing and a print having a print layer provided on the second face of the base member by thermal transfer printing. | 09-01-2011 |
20110239879 | PRINTING PRESS, METHODS FOR USING THE PRINTING PRESS, AND METHODS FOR HANDLING A WEB GUIDED THROUGH A PRINTING PRESS - A printing press has at least one first printing tower with at least one first printing unit that has several offset printing couples which are usable to print on one or on both sides of a first web which runs through the first printing unit substantially from the bottom to the top. The web is printed in multiple colors in the first printing tower. A dryer is arranged downstream of the first printing unit and along the conveying path of the first web. A former structure, with at least one former through which the web runs, is located downstream of the dryer. At least one nipping roller is located downstream of the dryer and upstream of the former. A spreading device is provided between the dryer and the at least one nipping roller that is located upstream of the former and along the conveying path of the first web. | 10-06-2011 |
20110308408 | Printing Unit having a Blanket Cylinder which can be moved between a Throw-on Position and a Throw-off Position and corresponding Printing Press - A printing unit is provided including a frame and at least a first printing group having a first plate cylinder and a first blanket cylinder which is intended to co-operate with a pressing cylinder. The printing group further includes a mechanism by means of which the first blanket cylinder can be moved between at least one throw-on position, in which it is pressed against the first plate cylinder and against the pressing cylinder, and a throw-off position, in which it is spaced apart from the first plate cylinder and the pressing cylinder. The support mechanism includes at least one main connection rod which can be moved relative to the frame and which carries the blanket cylinder. The main connection rod can be moved in rotation relative to the frame about the center axis of the first plate cylinder. | 12-22-2011 |
20120000382 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL THIN FILM - A method for producing a metal thin film on a substrate includes: a step of applying an ink to a flat blanket; a first transfer step of bringing the first blanket and a letterpress having a predetermined pattern of projections into contact by a pressure compression while the flat blanked and the letterpress being disposed opposite each other, to selectively transfer a portion of the ink on the flat blanket corresponding to the projections to the letterpress; a second transfer step of bringing the flat blanket obtained after the first transfer step and the substrate into contact by pressure compression while the flat blanket and the substrate being disposed opposite each other, to transfer the ink remaining on the flat blanket to the substrate; and a step of subjecting the substrate obtained after the second transfer step to electroless plating to deposit a metal thin film on the substrate. | 01-05-2012 |
20120012017 | IMPRESSION MECHANISM FOR A VARIABLE CUTOFF PRINTING UNIT - A variable cutoff printing unit is provided that includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket cylinder, a frame, the plate cylinder support and the blanket cylinder support being coupled to the frame, a sliding element coupled to the blanket cylinder support for moving the blanket cylinder support toward and away from the plate cylinder support, and a stopping device for stopping movement of the sliding element to limit the movement of the blanket cylinder toward and away from the plate cylinder to a defined range. A method of operating a variable cutoff printing unit is also provided. | 01-19-2012 |
20120037022 | PRINTER PRODUCING DIVIDING SHEETS FOR OUTPUT TRAY - A printing apparatus has a sheet path and is adapted to produce print job sheets and dividing sheets. The apparatus includes a printing unit for printing the print job sheets. A first device in the sheet path downstream of the printing unit generates dividing sheets. The device includes a deforming unit with a stamp for punching and deforming a partial area of a dividing sheet so that a hook-shaped deformation is imparted in the dividing sheet. An output tray is arranged in the sheet path downstream of the first device and includes an inclined support for receiving the print job sheets and the dividing sheets. | 02-16-2012 |
20120037023 | OFFSET PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An offset printing method of the present disclosure brings a blanket roller from above into contact with a plate held on a plate table traveling on guide rails on a mount, and then brings the blanket roller into contact with a print target held on a print target table traveling on the guide rails, to thereby perform transfer of a print pattern from the plate to the blanket roller and re-transfer of the print pattern from the blanket roller to the print target. The method further includes the steps of: causing a plate to be held on an alignment stage provided on an upper portion of the plate table and also causing a print target to be held on an alignment stage provided on an upper portion of the print target table; and correcting a position of the plate by the alignment stage of the plate table and also correcting a position of the print target by the alignment stage of the print target table. | 02-16-2012 |
20120055357 | PRINTING MACHINE AND PRINTING GROUP FOR VARIABLE FORMAT OFFSET - The printing machine for variable format offset includes a printing roller or drum, and at least one printing group including a guide system fixed in relation with the printing roller or drum, a first carriage displaceable along the guide system and configured for supporting a rubber-wrapped blanket roller or sleeve of variable size, a second carriage displaceable along the guide system and configured for supporting a plate roller or sleeve of variable size, and a third carriage displaceable along the guide system carrying an offset inking head. The head has devices for approximating the third carriage to the plate roller, identifying and fixing its working position in relation with the plate sleeve and fitting ink-supplying roller or rollers to the plate roller. | 03-08-2012 |
20120067232 | OFFSET PRINTING APPARATUS - On a guide rail ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120073460 | VARIABLE CUTOFF PRINTING PRESS AND METHOD FOR DOUBLE PRINTING - A variable cutoff printing press is provided. The variable cutoff printing press includes a first cylinder printing on a web at a first longitudinal portion of the web and a second longitudinal portion of the web at the same time, the second longitudinal portion being downstream of the first longitudinal portion at least a distance equal to an effective circumference of the first cylinder. The variable cutoff printing press also includes a second cylinder forming at least one nip with the first cylinder, the first and second longitudinal portions of the web passing through the at least one nip. A method of variable cutoff printing is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120118183 | ROLLER ROTARY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS HAVING AT LEAST ONE COATING UNIT WITH A CHAMBER BLADE AND AN ANILOX ROLLER - A roller rotary offset printing press has at least one coating unit and at least one printing unit. The coating unit comprises at least one coating unit and at least one printing unit. The coating unit comprises at least one chamber blade having a water-based coating and at least one anilox roller. The coating unit is arranged along a transport path of a print stock downstream of the at least one printing unit of the roller rotary offset printing press. At least one pair of two rollers is arranged that together form a coating gap. At least one roller of the at least one pair is in contact with the at least one anilox roller. The conveyed volume, at least on one part of the shell surface of the at least one anilox roller, is filled by an amount of coating, the mass of which, based on this part of the shell surface of the at least one anilox roller, minus a water portion, equals, on average, a maximum of 4 g/m | 05-17-2012 |
20120118184 | FOIL TRANSFER DEVICE HAVING A VARIABLE GUIDE SYSTEM - A transfer device for transferring a transfer layer to a printing material includes a transfer module disposed above a basic module. A guide system provides a way of easily and safely moving the transfer module within the foil transfer device or to a further foil transfer device in the same pressroom. The guide system includes tracks that are connected to the transfer module through rollers of a guide frame. | 05-17-2012 |
20120160116 | IDENTIFICATION MARK PRINTING MACHINE - An identification mark printing machine including an impression cylinder, identification mark cylinder, transfer cylinder, inspection cylinder, and inspection device. The impression cylinder holds and transports a sheet having an image printed on it. The identification mark cylinder is in contact with the impression cylinder, and further prints an identification mark on the sheet held on the impression cylinder. The transfer cylinder is in contact with the impression cylinder on the downstream side, in the direction in which the sheet is transported, and holds and transports the sheet received from the impression cylinder. The inspection cylinder is in contact with the transfer cylinder, and holds and transports the sheet received from the transfer cylinder. The inspection device inspects the identification mark printed on the sheet held on the inspection cylinder. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167790 | OFFSET PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In this offset printing apparatus, a plate table ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120279404 | OFFSET IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130025482 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes: a transfer roller and a supporting unit for supporting a target substrate to be printed in which a printing pattern formed on the transfer roller is printed onto the target substrate by rotating the transfer roller on the target substrate. The printing device further includes: an adjusting mechanism which is configured to extend/contract the printing pattern formed on the transfer roller along a rotational direction of the transfer roller by adjusting a pressing amount of the target substrate against the transfer roller based on position information on a pattern printed on the target substrate when the transfer roller is rotated on the target substrate. | 01-31-2013 |
20130036925 | OFFSET IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130098255 | COMBINATION PRINTING PRESS - Provided is a combination printing press including a collect-printing unit and an offset printing unit configured to perform offset printing on a paper sheet subjected to collect-printing by the collect-printing unit. The collect-printing unit has a movable inking unit disposed below a paper transport route, and is configured to perform collect-printing on a lower surface of a paper sheet. The offset printing unit includes lower surface offset printing subunits configured to perform offset printing on a lower surface of a paper sheet subjected to the collect-printing by the collect-printing unit. The impression cylinder of a collect-printing subunit and the impression cylinder of the lower surface offset printing subunit are connected by a single transfer cylinder. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104759 | EDGE PRINTING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130167742 | PRINTING DEVICE - Provided are a transfer roller | 07-04-2013 |
20130276650 | Underblanket Of The Blanket Of A Blanket Cylinder Of A Printing Press, Particularly Of The Offset Type - An underblanket of the blanket of a blanket cylinder of a printing press, particularly of the offset type, consists of a multilayer structure comprising a first layer comprising at least one polyurethane-based material, and at least a second layer comprising at least one polyurethane-based material, which is different from the one forming said first layer, and directly joined with said first layer by exploiting the intrinsic chemical/physical compatibility. | 10-24-2013 |
20130276651 | VARIABLE FORMAT OFFSET PRINTING MACHINE HAVING A CENTRAL IMPRESSION CYLINDER - The printing machine comprises a central impression cylinder ( | 10-24-2013 |
20130305939 | PRINTING UNIT HAVING A DISTRIBUTOR ROLLER WITH A SEPARATE DRIVE MOTOR AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE PRINTING UNIT - A printing unit for a printing press includes a plurality of distributor rollers for carrying out an axial movement. At least one of the distributor rollers is associated with a separate drive motor exclusively for driving the axial movement and is adjustable independently of the movements of the other distributor rollers by using a control device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130319270 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET AND IMAGE RECORDING MATERIAL - There is provided an image transfer sheet, including: an image receiving layer; a bonding layer; a transparent support; and a substrate, in this order, wherein a peeling strength between the transparent support and the substrate is lower than a peeling strength between the image receiving layer and the bonding layer, and between the bonding layer and the transparent support. | 12-05-2013 |
20130319271 | PRINTER, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer according to the present invention includes a transfer roll and a plurality of the printing rolls. At least one printing roll of the plurality of the printing rolls transfers ink containing a conductive material to the transfer roll. Preferably, the at least one printing roll includes a printing roll configured to transfer ink containing a conductive material to the transfer roll and a printing roll configured to transfer ink containing a conductive material to the transfer roll. | 12-05-2013 |
20130327237 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING TECHNIQUES - A system and method are provided to implement variable data lithographic image forming in devices that are designed to maximize re-use of conventional offset lithographic image forming components, module and architectures. A truly variable data digital lithography scheme has been proposed as a departure from conventional offset lithography schemes. This disclosure introduces a system architecture to overcome limitations based on the architectural differences that make acceptance of the variable data lithographic scheme less practical and less attractive to some manufacturers and users. The disclosed systems and methods propose incorporating novel aspects of the true variable digital printing scheme into conventional offset lithographic modules and architectures. This disclosure describes re-use of conventional offset lithographic modules and/or architectures while making the disclosed systems and methods digital. | 12-12-2013 |
20140013973 | Print Tower for Offset Rotary Press - This printing tower for an offset rotary printing press comprises four vertically superposed double-sided printing units ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140020582 | EMBEDDING DATA WITH OFFSET PRINTING - Embedding data in printed image features on a receiver printed with an offset printing process includes a first offset printing member ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140053744 | ADJUSTABLE FORM ROLL APPARATUS - An apparatus for adjustably positioning a form roll having a form roll axis against at least two different sized plate cylinders in a variable cutoff printing unit is provided. The apparatus includes a plate cylinder support for interchangeably supporting the at least two different sized plate cylinders, the plate cylinder support including a plate cylinder axis at least two different sized plate cylinder cams. The at least two different sized plate cylinder cams are interchangeably removably connectable to the plate cylinder support and include a smaller plate cylinder cam and a larger plate cylinder cam that are removably connectable to the plate cylinder support as alternatives of each other. The apparatus also includes a form roll hanger for supporting the form roll that is configured for contacting the smaller plate cylinder cam if the smaller plate cylinder cam is coupled to the plate cylinder support to set a smaller distance between the plate cylinder axis and the form roll axis. The form roll hanger is also configured for contacting the larger plate cylinder cam if the larger plate cylinder cam is coupled to the plate cylinder support to set a larger distance between the plate cylinder axis and the form roll axis. A method of adjustably positioning a form roll and a variable cutoff printing press are also provided. | 02-27-2014 |
20140090569 | PRINTING RELIEF PLATE, PRINTING RELIEF PLATE PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING PRESSURE DETERMINING APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREFOR - On a printing relief plate, which is produced by a printing relief plate producing apparatus and a printing relief plate producing method, convexities and detecting portions are set to be lower than a solid area of the printing relief plate. In the event that a detecting portion image and a solid area image are printed on a print medium using the printing relief plate by a printing apparatus and by carrying out a printing method, in a printing pressure determining apparatus and a printing pressure determining method, it is determined whether a printing pressure is an appropriate printing pressure or not by comparing an optical density of the detecting portion image and an optical density of the solid area image. | 04-03-2014 |
20140102324 | VARIABLE CUTOFF PRINTING PRESS WITH ACTUATORS FOR MOVING BLANKET AND IMPRESSION CYLINDER SUPPORTS - A variable cutoff printing press is provided. The variable cutoff printing press includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket, an impression cylinder, an impression cylinder support and a first actuator for moving the blanket cylinder support toward and away from the plate cylinder support to accommodate different blanket cylinder sizes. The first actuator further moves the impression cylinder support with respect to the plate cylinder support. The variable cutoff printing press also includes a second actuator acting on the impression cylinder support to ensure that the impression cylinder support is moved with the blanket cylinder support by the first actuator and a third actuator for moving the impression cylinder support against the blanket cylinder support to set a desired print load. | 04-17-2014 |
20140102325 | VARIABLE CUTOFF PRINTING PRESS WITH OFF IMPRESSION GAP - A variable cutoff printing press includes a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support removably supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a blanket cylinder support removably supporting the blanket, an impression cylinder and an impression cylinder support. An actuator for moving the blanket cylinder support accommodates different blanket cylinder sizes, the actuator further moving the impression cylinder support so that regardless of blanket cylinder size a gap exists between the blanket cylinder support and the impression cylinder support. An on impression actuator moves the impression cylinder support against the blanket cylinder support to set a desired print load. A method is also provided. | 04-17-2014 |
20140109782 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND TRANSFERRING DIFFRACTIVE MICROSTRUCTURES TO A PRINTING MATERIAL AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE DEVICE - A method and a device for producing and transferring diffractive microstructures to a printing material include applying a fluid to an embossing cylinder and there, during the rotation of the embossing cylinder, solidifying the fluid to such an extent that the fluid is transferred to a printing material in the manner of a film with a solidified microstructure. The embossing cylinder has a cover which is preferably constructed to be either soft as a “flexoshim” or hard as a “nickel shim.” A web-fed or sheet-fed rotary printing press having the device is also provided. | 04-24-2014 |
20140196621 | ROTARY OFFSET PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON SUBSTRATES - A method and apparatus for printing on a printing material web is disclosed. A rotary offset printing machine includes a printing unit with two plate cylinders and a blanket cylinder. The blanket cylinder prints on the printing material web and the two plate cylinders are arranged relative to each other such that respective images from the two plate cylinders are transferred to an identical position on the blanket cylinder during the printing. | 07-17-2014 |
20140238254 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND TRANSFER METHOD - To peel off a transfer film varying in easy-to-peel according to the temperature of a recording medium (temperature of an adhesion surface) with a suitable peeling tension and to suppress the occurrence of peeling residues, in a transfer apparatus for nipping a transfer film | 08-28-2014 |
20150096454 | LIQUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND LIQUID TRANSFER METHOD - In the present invention, the following steps are carried out: a plate drum transfer step (S | 04-09-2015 |
20150107470 | PRINTING PRESS - A printing press with at least one gripperless printing unit of a reel-fed printing press, through which a substrate to be printed can be transported in the horizontal direction by a transport device. A dimensionally stable and relatively stiff piece good, which during the transport and printing does not adapt to cylinder contours of the printing units, can be transported through the or each gripperless printing unit by the transport device. The printing press further includes a feeder, which keeps the piece good to be printed ready and via which the piece good to be printed can be circumference register-precisely and page register-precisely placed on the transport device for the subsequent printing in the printing units. | 04-23-2015 |
20150122139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGES ONTO SUBSTRATES - The present invention relates to a system for transferring images onto substrates (transfer printing) such as textile substrates, particularly T-shirts, cups, magnetic foils, mirrors or other smooth surfaces made of metal, leather, ceramics, wood, Plexiglas, cardboard or plastic. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for transferring images onto substrates, and to a siliconised and corona-treated paper. | 05-07-2015 |
20150290923 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS - The present invention relates to an apparatus, process and set of plates for printing. For example, the present invention can relate to a single printing station in which a first cylinder having a printing plate with an inked region operates with the second cylinder having at least one transfer plate, and suitably multiple transfer plates such as rubber blankets, wherein the transfer plates are adapted so as to have an inked region and a non-inked region. The inked region and the non-inked region of the transfer plate registering with the inked region of the printing plate so as to determine the content of the image printed. | 10-15-2015 |
20150306865 | PRINT-MARK TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR ROLL-SHAPED TRANSFER FILM - A print-mark transfer system for roll-shaped transfer film is provided and uses a continuous-transfer machine that has: a pair of guide rollers that feed a roll-shaped transfer film in the horizontal direction; a press part disposed between the pair of guide rollers and from which a pressing surface protrudes downward toward the transfer film and an object to which a mark is to be transferred; a transfer platform on which the object receiving a mark is placed and that faces the pressing surface of the press part and receives pressure from the press part; and a positional sensor that detects a positioning mark provided between adjacent print marks. The present print-mark transfer system uses the continuous-transfer machine to continuously transfer print marks onto objects that are sequentially placed on the transfer platform and placed at the position where the roll-shaped transfer-film print marks are sequentially fed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150336373 | PRINTING UNITS FOR VARIABLE-FORMAT OFFSET PRINTING PRESSES - Variable-format offset printing units are provided in which each of the two supporting members of the intermediate cylinder is connected to the respective supporting member of the impression cylinder by a respective linear actuation device which includes a first element and a second element that are movable relative to each other along a direction of relative movement, wherein the first element of each linear actuation device is hinged to a respective supporting member of the intermediate cylinder and wherein the second element of each linear actuation device is hinged to a respective supporting member of the impression cylinder. | 11-26-2015 |
20160020127 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MICRO-TRANSFER-PRINTING - In an aspect, a system and method for assembling a semiconductor device on a receiving surface of a destination substrate is disclosed. In another aspect, a system and method for assembling a semiconductor device on a destination substrate with topographic features is disclosed. In another aspect, a gravity-assisted separation system and method for printing semiconductor device is disclosed. In another aspect, various features of a transfer device for printing semiconductor devices are disclosed. | 01-21-2016 |
20160039195 | FORME CYLINDER FOR A SHEET-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BANKNOTES AND LIKE SECURITIES - There is described a sheet-fed rotary printing press ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160052253 | FLEXIBLE PRESSLINE UTILIZING MODULAR PRINT ZONES - A flexible pressline which utilizes a non-linear arrangement of the folder to the press units. Specifically, the folder is not in-line with the press units but is arranged at a generally 90 degree angle out-of-line and offset with them. The flexible pressline may be comprised of two or more modular print zones (comprising press units and paper sources) which are combined with at least one folder zone (comprising a folder) and a turn zone (comprising angle bars or similar paper web directing items) to form a pressline module. Multiple pressline modules may be combined to form a pressline which serves to provide the printing capacity of the location. | 02-25-2016 |
20160159071 | Printing Unit - The invention concerns a printing unit comprising a cylindrical bed ( | 06-09-2016 |
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20090071354 | Quick Stop Controlling Mechanism in Surface Treatment Device of Printing Press - There is provided a surface treatment device of a printing press that does not cause adverse affect on a transfer film in the surface treatment device at a quick stop of the printing press. The transfer film is wound around a plurality of rollers in the surface treatment device, and rollers disposed close to an impression cylinder out of the plurality of rollers are adapted to be capable of being individually driven through motors, respectively. At an emergency stop of the printing press, a controlling section fine-adjusts the running speed of the transfer film into synchronization with the speed of the impression cylinder, by driving the rollers individually while acquiring information from an impression cylinder encoder. | 03-19-2009 |
20100005985 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PROOFING TOOLS AND METHODS - A hand holdable ink proofing tool including an anilox roll and an ink transfer roll, supporting a resilient printing plate. A metering roll adjacent the anilox roll is shiftable to be in contact with the anilox roll and to force ink into cells of the anilox roll; and a leading edge doctor blade is positioned to shear excess ink from a surface of the anilox roll. | 01-14-2010 |