Patent ID: 8136936
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B41J,B41M,C08K,C09D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for printing, comprising: a substrate having a surface; means for jetting a first gating agent; a layer of first gating agent having a first pattern associated with the substrate; means for applying a principal substance; a layer of principal substance having a second pattern associated with the substrate; and means for transferring the principal substance from the substrate to a print medium in the second pattern, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are the same when the layer of first gating agent is intermediate the substrate surface and the layer of principal substance, and the first pattern and the second pattern are different when the layer of principal substance is intermediate the substrate surface and the layer of first gating agent, and wherein the layer of the first gating agent and the layer of the principal substance are capable of being varied per revolution.