Patent Document ID: 20150042714
Application ID: 13963058
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for image distortion reduction in web printing, comprising: a folding board of a predetermined shape that defines an altered web geometry and receives a moving web of material with a starting web width such that when the folding board receives a printing area of the moving web of material, a plane of the moving web of material is manipulated such that a projection of the starting web width is effectively reduced by to create an altered geometry, wherein the moving web of material moves at a web travel speed in a machine direction, and wherein after the printing area of moving web of material passes the folding board, the starting web width is restored; a printer that prints on the moving web of material at the printing area where the folding board receives the printing area by dispensing ink drops onto the moving web of material at an ink drop speed, wherein the printer prints at a printing width that is less than a width of the altered geometry; and a computing device comprising a processor and a memory component, wherein the memory component stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform at least the following: determine the ink drop speed, the web travel speed, and the altered web geometry; receive a desired image for printing on the moving web of material at the printing area, wherein the desired image includes a pixel; calculate, from the ink drop speed, the web travel speed, and the altered web geometry, a pixel displacement of the pixel in a cross-machine direction that will accurately print the desired image in the printing area while the folding board is receiving the printing area; create an altered image that utilizes the pixel displacement from the desired image; and send data related to the altered image to the printer for printing.