Patent ID: 6824639
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B44C,B44F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of imaging an imperforate substrate on a substantially uniform imaging surface of said substrate so as to provide said substrate with a print patter, said print pattern comprising at least two superimposed layers of marking material and being defined by means of 1) said substrate having at least one of said at least two layers of marking material on first portions of said substrate and 2) said substrate being devoid of both of said at least two layers of marking material on other portions of said substrate, said at least two superimposed layers of marking material having at least one length of common boundary within said print pattern, said method including applying at least two initial, continuous, superimposed layers of said marking material onto a substantially imperforate base layer and removing portions of said initial, continuous, superimposed layers of said marking material from said base layer, while maintaining the imperforate nature of said base layer, by means of a force selectively applied to said marking material while said marking material is being supported by said base layer, and wherein said substrate has at least one substantially different material property to said base layer, and wherein at least one of said at least two layers of marking material is applied to said substrate with a surface thereof directly in contact with said imaging surface of said substrate.