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Patent US8061270 - Methods for high speed printing - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsMethods for high-speed printing include deposition of individual drops of an aqueous solution on top of a hydrophobic ink applied to a print cylinder. The methods further include stripping away the ink from the area of the cylinder not covered by the aqueous solution and transferring the ink covered...http://www.google.com/patents/US8061270?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8061270 - Methods for high speed printingAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8061270 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/709,429Publication dateNov 22, 2011Filing dateFeb 21, 2007Priority dateFeb 21, 2006Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2643237A1, CA2643237C, CA2643240A1, CA2643240C, CA2643244A1, CA2643244C, CA2643249A1, CA2643287A1, CA2643287C, DE602007004075D1, DE602007006160D1, DE602007007442D1, DE602007008843D1, EP1986852A2, EP1986852B1, EP1986854A2, EP1986854B1, EP1986858A2, EP1986858B1, EP1986862A2, EP1986862B1, EP1986863A2, EP1986863B1, EP1986864A2, EP1986864B1, US8011300, US8402891, US8833257, US8887633, US8887634, US8899151, US9114654, US20070199457, US20070199458, US20070199459, US20070199460, US20070199461, US20070199462, US20110265672, US20110267389, US20110267397, US20120227603, WO2007098174A2, WO2007098174A3, WO2007098175A2, WO2007098175A3, WO2007098176A2, WO2007098176A3, WO2007098177A2, WO2007098177A3, WO2007098178A2, WO2007098178A3, WO2007098179A2, WO2007098179A3Publication number11709429, 709429, US 8061270 B2, US 8061270B2, US-B2-8061270, US8061270 B2, US8061270B2InventorsTheodore F. Cyman, Jr., Anthony B. DeJoseph, Kevin J. Hook, Henk Haan, Anthony V. MoscatoOriginal AssigneeMoore Wallace North America, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (176), Non-Patent Citations (85), Referenced by (2), Classifications (26), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethods for high speed printing
US 8061270 B2Abstract
Methods for high-speed printing include deposition of individual drops of an aqueous solution on top of a hydrophobic ink applied to a print cylinder. The methods further include stripping away the ink from the area of the cylinder not covered by the aqueous solution and transferring the ink covered by the aqueous solution to a print medium.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/775,511, filed Feb. 21, 2006 and Ser. No. 60/819,301, filed Jul. 7, 2006, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
Lithographic and gravure printing techniques have been refined and improved for many years. The basic principle of lithography is transferring ink from a surface having both ink-receptive and ink-repellent areas. Offset printing incorporates an intermediate transfer of the ink. For example, an offset lithographic press may transfer ink from a plate cylinder to a rubber blanket cylinder, and then the blanket cylinder transfers the image to the web (i.e., paper). In gravure printing, a cylinder with engraved ink wells makes contact with a web of paper and an electric charge helps transfer the ink onto the paper.
However, all of these printing techniques have a similar limitation. The same image is printed over and over again. Lithographic printing uses plates containing a permanent image, whether it be a relief image or an etched hydrophobic image, etc. Gravure printing also uses a permanent image which is engraved in ink wells on a cylinder. Therefore, lithographic and gravure presses have not been used for printing “short-run” jobs or jobs containing variable data (e.g., billing statements, financial statements, targeted advertisements, etc.). There is a substantial overhead cost involved in making the plates that are used by a lithographic press. Therefore, it is not cost effective to print a job on a lithographic press that will have few copies produced (i.e., a short-run job). Furthermore, the content cannot be varied, such as in laser printing and ink jet printing.
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, apparatus and methods for high speed variable printing are provided. An objective of the present invention is to achieve variable lithographic quality printing. The method may combine ink jet technology and lithographic systems to create a fully variable, high quality, high speed print system. In one embodiment, the typical dampening system used in a traditional offset lithographic deck may be removed and replaced with a cleaning system and an aqueous jet system. The aqueous jet system may be used to print a negative image variably onto a lithographic plate cylinder. The aqueous solution may include water, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, any other suitable glycol, or any combination thereof. For example, in some embodiments, the aqueous solution may be a combination of water and ethylene glycol, water alone, or any other suitable solution. Due to the hydrophilic properties of the plate, the aqueous solution will stay in place. These wetted areas will not accept oil-based ink when the plate passes through an inking system. The cleaning system may remove residue ink and/or aqueous solution after each revolution of the plate cylinder or after a certain number or revolutions.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the typical dampening system of a traditional offset lithographic deck is replaced with an aqueous jet system with at least one ink jet head that emits an aqueous solution instead of ink. In such embodiments, ink jet and lithographic technologies may be merged. The aqueous solution is “printed” or jetted onto the plate cylinder by the ink jet heads at variable locations to produce a negative variable image.
FIG. 1 illustrates traditional offset lithographic printing deck 100. In a traditional lithographic process, the image to be printed is etched onto hydrophilic plate 102 to create hydrophobic regions on the plate which will be receptive to ink. Hydrophilic plate 102 is mounted on plate cylinder 104 and rotated through dampening system 106 and inking system 108. Dampening system 106 may include water supply 107, and inking system 108 may include ink source 109. The hydrophilic portions of plate 102 are wetted by dampening system 106. By using an oil-based ink, ink is only received by the hydrophobic portions of plate 102.
In the present invention, aqueous jet system 214 may be used to emit an aqueous solution (e.g., water, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or any combination thereof). In some embodiments of the present invention, the aqueous solution may contain one or more surfactants, such as Air Products' Surfynol®. Such surfactants may contain a hydrophilic group at one end of each molecule and a lipophilic group at the other end of each molecule. Adding one or more surfactants to the aqueous solution may improve the surface tension properties of the aqueous solution. This may provide more control over drop placement and produce higher quality printed images.
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, aqueous jet system 214 may be used to “print” or jet a negative image of the image to be printed, or any portion thereof, on plate cylinder 206. For example, as described in more detail below with regard to FIG. 12, an image controller may receive image data from a data system. The image data may represent the image to be printed or the negative image to be printed. The image data may include variable image data that changes relatively frequently (e.g., every printed page), semi-fixed image data that changes less frequently (e.g., every 100 printed pages), fixed image data that remains static, and any combination of variable, semi-fixed, and fixed image data. Some or all of the image data may be stored as binary data, bitmap data, page description code, or a combination of binary data, bitmap data, and page description code. For example, a page description language (PDL), such as PostScript or Printer Command Language (PCL), may be used to define and interpret image data in some embodiments. A data system may then electronically control aqueous jet system 214 to print in aqueous solution the image (or the negative image) represented by some or all of the different types of image data (or any portion thereof) onto plate cylinder 206. The negative image may be an image of every portion of the paper that is not to receive ink. Thus, after a point on plate cylinder 206 passes aqueous jet system 214, that point will only receive ink from inking system 202 if a drop of aqueous solution was not placed at that point.
FIG. 8 illustrates yet another alternative embodiment of the present invention. Printing deck 800 includes inking system 802, which is used to apply ink to imaging cylinder 808. Then, aqueous jet system 814 is used to print the positive image of the image to be transferred to the print medium (e.g., web 816 between imaging cylinder 808 and impression cylinder 810). Aqueous jet system 814 prints this positive image in aqueous solution or gel on top of the ink layer. This “printed” layer is used to protect the ink in the regions that are to be transferred to the web.
Another alternative embodiment of the present invention is illustrated by printing deck 900 of FIG. 9. In embodiments like that shown in FIG. 9, aqueous jet system 914 may be used to print an aqueous solution containing surfactants comprising block copolymers onto imaging cylinder 908. One example of such a surfactant is BASF's Pluronic® F-127 surfactant, which is a block copolymer based on ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. These surfactants may be used to vary the surface properties of imaging cylinder 908 between hydrophilic and lipophilic.
In some embodiments, it may be desirable to employ a silicone imaging cylinder to create a “waterless” system. In such embodiments, the imaging cylinder may have a silicone surface that is entirely oleophobic. As known in the art of waterless lithography, such cylinders may be developed (e.g., etched) such that portions of the cylinder's surface become oleophilic. Because the silicone is naturally oleophobic, there is no need to wet the cylinder before applying ink to the cylinder's surface. In some embodiments of the present invention employing a silicone imaging cylinder, an aqueous solution may be used that includes silicone-based surfactants or other suitable materials that may be both oleophilic and attracted to the imaging cylinder's silicone surface. Thus, the imaging cylinder may be variably imaged with such an aqueous solution in accordance with the principles of the present invention described herein. If necessary, an appropriate cleaning mechanism may be used to clear any residual aqueous solution or ink from the imaging cylinder.
Multiple decks like those shown in FIGS. 2-10 may be mounted in a series to produce a press. Such an arrangement of multiple printing decks is shown in printing press 1200 of FIG. 12. This may be done, for example, to allow for four color printing. In accordance with the CMYK four color process, each of decks 1202, 1204, 1206, and 1208 is responsible for printing in one of cyan, magenta, yellow, or black. Each of the decks may be controlled by its own raster image processor (“RIP”) or controller, such as controllers 1210, 1212, 1214, and 1216. Controllers 1210, 1212, 1214, and 1216 may be implemented in hardware and/or software, for example, as part of a printer driver.
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