Patent ID: 8567936

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a print drum having a cylindrical outer contour for receiving a substrate there upon; a print carriage having a generally concave inner contour defined there upon, and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the print carriage comprises one or more print heads for controllably jetting ink onto the substrate, a plurality of LED curing assemblies for curing the jetted ink on the substrate, wherein a first LED curing assembly of the LED curing assemblies is located at the first end of the print carriage, and a second LED curing assembly of the LED curing assemblies is located at the second end of the print carriage, and at least one pining station located between the first LED curing assembly and the second LED curing assembly, wherein each of the at least one pining station comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) for delivering light energy to the jetted ink on the substrate for any of controlling or stopping spread of ink drops before curing by the LED curing assemblies; and a drive mechanism for rotating the print drum and substrate in relation to the print carriage.