Patent ID: 7036431

Claim:
A web-fed flexographic printing method comprising the steps of: (A) providing a holographic sheet on a first roller, the holographic sheet comprising a hologram, the holographic sheet further comprising an eye-mark, the eye-mark being located at a fixed location with reference to the hologram; (B) providing a cardstock substrate on a second roller; (C) feeding the holographic sheet and the cardstock substrate through a web-fed flexographic printer, the step of feeding the holographic sheet and the substrate comprising the steps of: (C1) applying an adhesive to the cardstock substrate using an adhesive roller; (C2) marrying the holographic sheet and the cardstock substrate using the adhesive applied to the cardstock substrate, the marrying of the holographic sheet and the cardstock substrate resulting in a married web; (C3) detecting the eye-mark; (C4) generating a feedback signal in response to detecting the eye-mark; (C5) conveying the feedback signal to a controller, the controller being coupled to a motor, the controller being configured to control a rate of the motor in response to the feedback signal; (C6) determining whether to adjust the rate of the motor in response to the feedback signal; (C7) adjusting the rate of the motor in response to determining that the rate of the motor is to be adjusted; (C8) overprinting ultra-violet (UV) ink onto the holographic sheet, the UV ink being overprinted at a registered location, the registered location being a location that is fixed with reference to the eye-mark; (C9) curing the UV ink at a UV drying station; (C10) die cutting the married web at a rotary die.