Patent ID: 11958288
Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A printing system comprising:
a. an intermediate transfer member (ITM) comprising a flexible endless belt;
b. an image forming station configured to form ink images by droplet deposition upon a surface of the ITM moving through the image forming station;
c. an impression station where the ink images are transferred to substrate from the ITM surface;
d. a conveyer for driving rotation of the ITM to transport the ink images towards the impression station;
e. a treatment station disposed downstream of the impression station and upstream of the image forming station configured for coating the ITM surface with a layer of a liquid treatment formulation, the treatment station comprising:
i. an applicator for applying the liquid treatment formulation to the surface of the ITM; and
ii. a coating thickness-regulation assembly comprising a blade, the blade disposed so that a tip of the blade removes excess treatment formulation from the surface of the portion of the ITM traversing the treatment station to leave only the desired layer of treatment formulation; and

f. a controller configured to detect a non-uniform stretching of the ITM associated with the traversal of the treatment station by the portion of the ITM and respond by performing at least one of the following:
A. modulating a timing of the droplet deposition so as to compensate for the non-uniform stretching;
B. adjusting the position of the blade; and
C. reporting that a blade-position adjustment is recommended.