Patent ID: 9233531
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B41F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A flexographic printing system including a print module comprising: a plate cylinder on which is mounted a flexographic printing plate having raised features defining a pattern to be printed on a substrate; an impression cylinder that is configured to force the substrate into contact with the flexographic printing plate; an ink reservoir containing an ink and including one or more ink recirculation ports; an anilox roller having a patterned surface for transferring a controlled amount of the ink from the ink reservoir to the flexographic printing plate; an ink recirculation system including: an imaging system for capturing an image of the pattern printed on the substrate, the printed pattern including one or more features, wherein the captured image is analyzed to determine a feature characteristic of the one or more features, and wherein the control system controls the flow rate of the solvent provided by the metering pump responsive to the determined feature characteristic, wherein the feature characteristic is a line width.