Patent ID: 7100503
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: B41C,B41M,B41P

Abstract:
1. A method to generate a print image on a carrier material, comprising the steps of: covering a surface of a print substrate with an ink-attracting layer; in a structuring process, generating ink-attracting regions and ink-repelling regions corresponding to a structure of the print image to be printed by removing portions of the ink-attracting layer; applying an ink-attracting carrier substance that adheres to the ink-attracting regions of the structured ink-attracting layer and is not accepted by the ink-repelling regions; fixing the ink-attracting carrier substance and subsequently inking the fixed carrier substance with ink at least once; transferring the applied ink to the carrier material; and before a new structuring process, cleaning the print substrate surface and newly covering the print substrate with an ink-attracting layer.