Patent ID: 6058839
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B41C,B41M,B41N,G03F

Abstract:
A printing method comprising:providing, in an electronic memory, an electrically encoded image to be transferred to a printing substrate during a printing process;providing a rotatably mounted cutting cylinder having an adjustable diameter and a length at least as long as a length of a blanket or printing cylinder of a printing machine;adjusting the diameter of said cutting cylinder to be equal to a diameter of said blanket or printing cylinder;after adjusting of the diameter of said cutting cylinder, attaching a flexible carrier web under tension to said cutting cylinder;after attachment of said carrier web to said cutting cylinder, automatically cutting said carrier web in accordance with said electrically encoded image; andusing the cut carrier web on the blanket or printing cylinder of the printing machine to transfer an ink or coating composition to the printing substrate.