Patent ID: 6928927
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: B41F,B41L

Abstract:
1. An intaglio printing press, comprising: an intaglio plate cylinder supported rotatably; inking units which supply ink to the intaglio plate cylinder, each of the inking units having an ink supplying pattern roller in contact with the intaglio plate cylinder, and each of the ink supplying pattern rollers having different supply patterned portions; an ink removing unit which removes surplus ink of the ink supplied to the intaglio plate cylinder; an ink recycling unit provided upstream of the ink removing unit with respect to a rotation direction of the intaglio plate cylinder and downstream of the inking unit, and adapted to remove ink before the ink is removed by the ink removing unit and return the removed ink to the inking unit, the ink recycling unit including precedence ink removing means which removes the ink from the intaglio plate cylinder, and ink returning means which returns the ink removed by the precedence ink removing means to the inking unit, the precedence ink means including a pre-wiping pattern roller in contact with the intaglio plate cylinder to transfer desired ink on the intaglio plate cylinder.