Patent ID: 8601945

Claim:
A method of fabricating an LCD device comprising: preparing first and second substrates; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein preparing the first substrate includes forming a pattern on the first substrate using a patterning method comprising: coating a blanket adhered to an outer surface of a printing roll with a pattern material; absorbing a solvent from the blanket of the printing roll using an absorption nozzle, wherein the absorption nozzle includes a vacuum controller connected to an absorber and a pipe, wherein the absorber includes a slit including a plurality of sub-slits, the vacuum controller includes a regulator including a plurality of sub-regulators, and the absorption nozzle is formed between the printing roll and a rail; respectively regulating vacuum pressure applied to a respective sub-slit of the plurality of sub-slits on the absorber with a respective sub-regulator of the plurality of sub-regulators included on the vacuum controller such that the vacuum pressure applied to side-positioned sub-slits of the plurality of sub-slits is higher than the vacuum pressure applied to centrally-positioned sub-slits of the plurality of sub-slits; and applying the vacuum pressure respectively controlled by the sub-regulator to the blanket of the printing roll through the respective sub-slit; evaporating the solvent from the blanket by supplying air to the blanket of the printing roll; rolling the printing roll on a printing plate to form a predetermined pattern on the printing roll; and rolling the printing roll on the first substrate to transfer the predetermined pattern onto the first substrate.