Patent ID: 9272815
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B41J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A method for making a plastic article with a digitally printed image, the method comprising: providing a plastic article having a surface; providing a medium on at least a portion of the surface of the plastic article, the medium comprising a separately applied label as an in-mold label, a glued-upon label, a pressure-sensitive label, an adhesive label, or a heat transfer label; moving the plastic article in a substantially vertical orientation to or by a station with a plurality of horizontally movable print heads configured for horizontal printing; providing one or more of the plurality of horizontally movable print heads at a distance relative to the surface; horizontally side printing, on the substantially vertically-oriented plastic article, a plurality of ink droplets on at least a portion of the separately applied label; and curing the plurality of ink droplets.