Patent ID: 6125755
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B41F

Abstract:
A printing method for production of a print image on a carrier material, comprising the steps of:arranging a vaporization unit with a water supply opposite a surface of a print carrier, the vaporization unit having a plurality of recesses with closed bottoms filled with water in which at least one heating element is respectively provided at the closed bottoms and spaced from an exit aperture of each recess;selectively heating the heating elements corresponding to the print image;charging the surface of the print carrier with water vapor from the vaporization unit at locations corresponding to structures of said print image to be printed;condensing water vapor at said locations;applying ink to the surface of the print carrier, the ink adhering to non-wetted locations and not being accepted by the wetted locations; andprinting the ink from the non-wetted locations onto the carrier material.