Patent ID: 8943958
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B41F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A contact printing system comprising: a gravure cylinder comprising a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof, wherein adjacent discrete cells of said plurality of discrete cells each have a portion of a fluid disposed therein, each portion of said fluid being provided from at least one channel, said at least one channel continuously extending from a position external to said gravure cylinder to each discrete cell of said adjacent cells and having a single entry point at said position external to said gravure cylinder and a discrete exit point at each of said adjacent cells, wherein each fluid is disposable from each of said cells to a web substrate to provide a resultant color disposed within a 2-D gamut boundary represented by the following CIELab equations: where L* ranges from 0 to 100, and wherein a first and second portion of said at least one channel supplies said respective portion of said fluid to each of said adjacent discrete cells.