Patent ID: 7207269
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. A coating material applying method for applying an image protecting coating material to a surface of a print, including the steps of: applying said image protecting coating material to said surface of said print by spraying said image protecting coating material thereto from a plurality of droplet spray nozzles while said print is moved relatively to said droplet spray nozzles, said image protecting coating material being provided to protect an image on said print, wherein; an area for image protecting coating material application is determined as a particular area on said print, said image protecting coating material being applied to said particular area by spraying said image protecting coating material selectively onto said particular area; said plurality of droplet spray nozzles are arranged transversely of said print, said image protecting coating material being applied selectively to said particular area by spraying said image protecting coating material from selected droplet spray nozzles corresponding to said particular area among said plurality of droplet spray nozzles; and said particular area is determined based on image data forming said image on said print; the method further including the steps of: obtaining coating conditions for said particular area; and converting the obtained coating conditions into control data for said selected droplet nozzles.