A method for manufacturing capsules for an in inkjet ink including the steps of: a) preparing a non-aqueous solution of a first shell component for forming the polymeric shell and the one or more chemical reactants optionally in an organic solvent having a low miscibility with water and having a lower boiling point than water; b) preparing an aqueous solution of a second shell component for forming the polymeric shell and an amphoteric surfactant; c) dispersing the non-aqueous solution under high shear in the aqueous solution; d) optionally stripping the organic solvent from the mixture of the aqueous solution and the non-aqueous solution; and e) preparing a polymeric shell around the one or more chemical reactants by interfacial polymerization of the first and second shell components for forming the polymeric shell.
An inkjet ink containing self-dispersible capsules (3) have a polymeric shell (4) surrounding a core (5) containing one or more chemical reactants, wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium (2) by a dispersing group (6) covalently bonded to the polymeric shell (4), wherein the dispersing group is a carboxylic acid or salt thereof; and no more than 0.5 wt% of an amphoteric surfactant according to Formula (A).
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A UV curable colourless inkjet liquid comprising at least one radical photoinitiator and a polymerizable composition, wherein the polymerizable composition contains a mixture of: a) 25 to 50 wt% of a monofunctional methacrylate; b) 40 to 70 wt% of a polyfunctional acrylate; and c) 0 to 15 wt% of a monofunctional acrylate; with the weight percentage wt% based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition.
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C09D 11/30 - Encres pour l'impression à jet d'encre
The present invention is a security pattern generation method comprising the steps: - generating (100) a plurality of draw instructions to define a plane filling line pattern (105) wherein the plane filling line pattern comprises a repeating sub-pattern which defines a line by a sequence of draw instructions; and - searching (300) the sequence of draw instructions in the plurality of draw instructions and, if found, overlaying (400) the searched sequence of draw instructions by a graphic object (205, 207) which is scaled to fit and scaled between the two distinct end points of the line.
The present invention is an inkjet printing method and the result of the inkjet printing method, performed by an industrial inkjet system to form a decoration layer, comprising the steps of: printing copies of a decorative image with a printing unit on a substrate by transmitting consecutive bitmap rows of the decorative image to a printing unit; measuring dimensional changes in the substrate while printing copies of the decorative image; and compensating the dimensional changes while printing copies of the decorative image by one of: skipping at least one bitmap row of the decorative image upon dimensional expansion; or reprinting at least one bitmap row of the decorative image on the substrate upon dimensional shrink.
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An aqueous inkjet ink containing: a) a colour pigment; b) an alkoxylated fluorosurfactant; c) an ethoxylated oligomer having a molecular weight smaller than 400; having a static surface tension at 25°C of no more than 28 mN.m; and having a viscosity between 5 and 12 mPa.s at 32°C at a shear rate of 1,000 s-1.
C09D 11/38 - Encres pour l'impression à jet d'encre caractérisées par des additifs non macromoléculaires autres que les solvants, les pigments ou les colorants
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INKJET PRINTING OF PEARLESCENT AND METALLIC COLOURS
A method of inkjet printing a colour image including a metallic or pearlescent colour comprising the steps of: applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 4.0 μm as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with an opaque colour inkjet ink containing a chromatic colour pigment and a white pigment.
A radiation curable composition including at least one organic silver salt, at least one reducing agent for the organic silver salt, and a polymerizable composition of at least one polymerizable compound, wherein the radiation curable composition is a radiation curable inkjet ink containing at least 50 wt% of a monofunctional polymerizable compound based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition. The radiation curable composition is especially useful for generating black UV light blocking borders in laminated safety glass for automotive applications.
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C09D 4/00 - Compositions de revêtement, p. ex. peintures, vernis ou vernis-laques, à base de composés non macromoléculaires organiques ayant au moins une liaison non saturée carbone-carbone polymérisable
C09D 4/06 - Compositions de revêtement, p. ex. peintures, vernis ou vernis-laques, à base de composés non macromoléculaires organiques ayant au moins une liaison non saturée carbone-carbone polymérisable en combinaison avec un composé macromoléculaire autre qu'un polymère non saturé des groupes
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C09D 129/00 - Compositions de revêtement à base d'homopolymères ou de copolymères de composés possédant un ou plusieurs radicaux aliphatiques non saturés, chacun ne contenant qu'une seule liaison double carbone-carbone et l'un au moins étant terminé par un radical alcool, éther, aldéhyde, cétone, acétal ou cétalCompositions de revêtement à base de polymères hydrolysés d'esters d'alcools non saturés avec des acides carboxyliques saturésCompositions de revêtement à base de dérivés de tels polymères
A UV curable inkjet ink containing at least one free radical photoinitiator and at least 30 wt% of a mixture including 0 to 45 wt% of a polymerizable oligomer, at least 5 wt% of a polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate and at least 20 wt% of a monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate according to Formula (I): with n representing an integer of 1 to 4 and R representing an alkyl group; wherein the weight ratio of the polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate over the monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate is less than 1.60; and wherein all the weight percentages wt% are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet ink.
B41M 7/00 - Traitement ultérieur des travaux imprimés, p. ex. chauffage, irradiation
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A method for manufacturing laminated glass articles including the steps of: inkjet printing an image (2) with one or more inkjet inks on a first glass sheet (1); jetting and at least partially curing a curable sealing agent (3) on three edges of the first glass sheet (1) on the side for the inkjet printed image (2); aligning a second glass sheet (6) with the first glass sheet (1) on the side of the first glass sheet (1) carrying the at least partially cured sealing agent (3) and the inkjet printed image (2); applying a liquid curable adhesive resin composition (8) into an interspace (7) between the first and second glass sheets (1,6); and curing the liquid curable adhesive resin composition (8) until a solid adhesive layer is obtained.
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C03C 27/10 - Liaison verre-verre par des procédés autres que la fusion au moyen d'un adhésif spécialement adapté à ce but
B41M 5/00 - Procédés de reproduction ou méthodes de reproduction ou de marquageMatériaux en feuilles utilisés à cet effet
B44F 1/06 - Dessins ou peintures caractérisés par des effets de lumière particuliers ou inhabituels produits par la lumière transmise, p. ex. dessins transparents, imitations de peintures sur verre
A system for exposing a heat and/or light sensitive printing plate precursor including a coating on a support is disclosed comprising a platesetter including a laser head for generating a laser beam to create an image, characterized in that the platesetter further comprises an electrostatic generator capable of electrostatically charging the surface of said coating.
A method of preparing a lithographic printing plate comprises the steps: printing a liquid on a lithographic support thereby forming a printing area which corresponds to a raster image; and wherein the raster image comprises a section which has a tone-value from 90% to 100%, and wherein the jetted liquid droplets for this section, on corresponding part from the printing area on the lithographic support, are contactless with each other.
A method of preparing a first and second lithographic printing plate for lithographic printing of a colour digital image on a receiver wherein the colour digital image comprises a plurality of colorant separations; comprising the steps: jetting droplets by an inkjet CTP system on a first lithographic support for the first lithographic printing plate thereby forming a printing area of a first lithographic image which represents a first colorant separation of the plurality of colorant separations; and jetting droplets by the inkjet CTP system on a second lithographic support for the second lithographic printing plate thereby forming a printing area of a second lithographic image which represents a second colorant separation of the plurality of colorant separations; and wherein the method of preparing a first and second lithographic printing plates is characterized by forming a part of or whole the first and second lithographic image in a print pass by the inkjet CTP system.
The manufacturing of an inkjet flatbed table which comprises a large support layer with an area of at least 1.5 m2 to support an ink receiver (300, 305) in an inkjet printing system, comprising the following steps fixing a plate (600) on top of a base unit (400) by forming a part of or whole the support layer; and abrading the fixed plate (600) to have a flatness on the top of the support layer less than 300 μm and wherein the plate (600) is characterized by comprising a thermoplastic polymer resin.
B41J 11/06 - Appuis plats de la dimension d'une page
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B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
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INKJET PRINTING OF PEARLESCENT AND METALLIC COLOURS
A method of inkjet printing a colour image including a metallic or pearlescent colour comprising the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 3.0 pm as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with a white inkjet ink containing a white pigment having a average particle size between 250 and 400 nm as measured by differential centrifugal sedimentation.
A method of preparing a lithographic printing plate comprises the steps: printing a liquid on a lithographic support thereby forming a printing area which corresponds to a raster image; and where the printing area is characterized by having a maximum thickness between 2.0 and 50.0 μm.
The method according to the present invention for preparing a lithographic printing plate comprising a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas comprises the steps of: - jetting and curing droplets of a first curable fluid on a hydrophilic support thereby forming a printing area of the lithographic image; - jetting and curing droplets of a second curable fluid in a non-printing area of the lithographic image thereby forming a hydrophilic protective layer on the hydrophilic support.
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MANUFACTURING METHODS OF DECORATIVE LAMINATES BY INKJET
Manufacturing method of decorative laminates including the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.
A method of manufacturing an embossing element (5) for decorative surfaces including the steps of: a) UV curable inkjet printing a decorative pattern (2) on a metallic surface (1); and b) forming a relief (4) by etching metal from the metallic surface.
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A high viscosity jetting method wherein a liquid is jetted by a through-flow piezoelectric printhead through the nozzle (500) in a nozzle plate (150); and wherein a section of a nozzle (NS) has a shape (S) comprising an outer edge (OE) with a minimum covering circle (C); wherein the maximum distance (D) from the outer edge (OE) to the centre (c) of the minimum covering circle (C) is greater than the minimum distance (d) from the outer edge (OE) to the centre (c) from the minimum covering circle (C) times 1.2; and wherein the jetting viscosity of the liquid is at least 20 mPa.s.
A high viscosity jetting method wherein a liquid is jetted by a valvejet printhead through the nozzle (500) in a nozzle plate (150); and wherein a section of a nozzle (Ns) has a shape (S) comprising an outer edge (OE) with a minimum covering circle (C); wherein the maximum distance (D) from the outer edge (OE) to the centre (c) of the minimum covering circle (C) is greater than the minimum distance (d) from the outer edge (OE) to the centre (c) from the minimum covering circle (C) times 1.2; and wherein the jetting viscosity of the liquid is at least 20 mPa.s. A valvejet printhead suitable for jetting a high viscosity liquid is also disclosed.
A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a heat- and/or light-sensitive coating provided comprising at least two different (ethylene vinyl) acetal copolymer including a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to formula (a) wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group.
G03F 7/039 - Composés macromoléculaires photodégradables, p. ex. réserves positives sensibles aux électrons
G03F 7/032 - Composés photopolymérisables non macromoléculaires contenant des doubles liaisons carbone-carbone, p. ex. composés éthyléniques avec des liants
B41C 1/10 - Préparation de la forme ou du cliché pour l'impression lithographiqueFeuilles-mère pour le report d'une image sur la forme
G03F 7/038 - Composés macromoléculaires rendus insolubles ou sélectivement mouillables
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A copolymer comprising (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula: (A) wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic, and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula: (B) wherein L1 represents a divalent linking group; x = 0 or 1 and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group, and (iii) a plurality of acetal moieties C and/or moieties D which include a structural moiety comprising a chromophoric group having its main absorption in the infrared region.
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An (ethylene, vinyl acetal) copolymer is disclosed which comprises (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula (I) wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula (II) wherein L1 represents a divalent linking group; x = 0 or 1; and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group; and (iii) a plurality of acetal moieties C and/or moieties D which are different from the acetal moieties B, and which include at least one nitrogen atom.
C08F 224/00 - Copolymères de composés contenant un ou plusieurs radicaux aliphatiques non saturés, chaque radical ne contenant qu'une seule liaison double carbone-carbone et l'un au moins étant terminé par un hétérocycle contenant de l'oxygène
An inkjet printing method for producing images durable for outdoor usage including the steps of: a) inkjet printing on a substrate a UV curable colourless primer including monofunctional monomers in a range of 40 wt% to 65 wt% based on the total weight of the UV curable colourless primer; b) at least partially UV curing the inkjet printed UV curable colourless primer; and c) inkjet printing on the at least partially cured UV curable colourless primer one or more UV curable colour inkjet inks including monofunctional monomers in a range of 30 wt% to 60 wt% based on the total weight of the UV curable colour inkjet inks; wherein a ratio of the wt% monofunctional monomers in the UV curable colourless primer over the wt% monofunctional monomers in the one or more UV curable colour inkjet inks is between 0.65 and 2.10.
An inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) inkjet printing on a substrate a UV curable colourless primer including monofunctional monomers in an amount of more than 75 wt% based on the total weight of the UV curable colourless primer; b) at least partially UV curing the inkjet printed UV curable colourless primer; and c) inkjet printing on the at least partially cured UV curable colourless primer one or more UV curable colour inkjet inks including monofunctional monomers in an amount of 15 to 65 wt% based on the total weight of the UV curable colour inkjet ink.
A copolymer comprising (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula: wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula: wherein L represents a divalent linking group; x = 0 or 1 and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group and optionally one or more additional substituent(s), and at least one electron 1 withdrawing group in ortho or para position relative to the at least one hydroxyl group.
C08F 216/36 - Copolymères de composés contenant un ou plusieurs radicaux aliphatiques non saturés, chaque radical ne contenant qu'une seule liaison double carbone-carbone et l'un au moins étant terminé par un radical alcool, éther, aldéhyde, cétone, acétal ou cétal par un radical cétone
B41C 1/10 - Préparation de la forme ou du cliché pour l'impression lithographiqueFeuilles-mère pour le report d'une image sur la forme
A method for manufacturing printed textiles including the steps of: a) inkjet printing an image onto a textile substrate with one or more inkjet inks including an aqueous medium and capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core which contains one or more thermally curable compounds; and b) thermally fixing the inkjet printed image. Also disclosed are inkjet printed textiles containing a printed image on a textile substrate wherein pigments and/or disperse dyes are at least partially encapsulated by polymeric shell material from capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core.
An inkjet ink including a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or infrared light; and wherein the capsules have an average particle size smaller than 4 µm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
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An inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) jetting on a substrate (10) one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks (1) including at least one photoinitiator (15) and capsules (3) composed of a cross-linked polymeric shell (4) surrounding a core (5), with the core (5) containing UV curable compounds (16); and b) applying UV radiation to the one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks (1) jetted on the substrate (10).
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B41M 7/00 - Traitement ultérieur des travaux imprimés, p. ex. chauffage, irradiation
An inkjet ink including a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the dispersing group is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid or salt thereof, a sulfonic acid or salt thereof, a phosphoric acid ester or salt thereof, a phosphonic acid or salt thereof, an ammonium group, a sulfonium group, and a phosphonium group; wherein the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; and wherein the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 μm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
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C09D 11/30 - Encres pour l'impression à jet d'encre
An inkjet ink including a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; wherein the polymeric shell includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyureas, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, and melamine based polymers and copolymers thereof; and wherein the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 pm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
An inkjet ink including a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the core contains a photoinitiator and one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of UV light; wherein the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 μιτι as determined by dynamic laser diffraction; and wherein the photoinitiator is a diffusion hindered photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of multifunctional photoinitiators, oligomeric, photoinitiators, polymeric photoinitiators and polymerizable photoinitiators.
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A DECODER AND ENCODER FOR A DIGITAL FINGERPRINT CODE
A method to encode and to decode a digital fingerprint code by an identification encoder and identification decoder wherein the digital fingerprint code comprises a plurality of N-bit data embedded on a set of curves by changed thicknesses in the curves.
G06K 7/10 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation électromagnétique, p. ex. lecture optiqueMéthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire
G06K 19/06 - Supports d'enregistrement pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques caractérisés par le genre de marque numérique, p. ex. forme, nature, code
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A METHOD FOR MAKING A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR
A method for making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed comprising the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a coating provided thereon, said coating including a photopolymerisable layer including a photopolymerisable composition, b) image-wise exposing the precursor, c) optionally heating the precursor, d) developing the precursor by treating the precursor with a gum solution whereby the precursor is developed and gummed in one single step, characterized in that the photopolymerisable composition comprises a monomer represented by Formula (I) and/or Formula (II) wherein *denotes the linking positions to the rest of the compound.
G03F 7/11 - Matériaux photosensibles caractérisés par des détails de structure, p. ex. supports, couches auxiliaires avec des couches de recouvrement ou des couches intermédiaires, p. ex. couches d'ancrage
G03F 7/095 - Matériaux photosensibles caractérisés par des détails de structure, p. ex. supports, couches auxiliaires ayant plus d'une couche photosensible
G03F 7/09 - Matériaux photosensibles caractérisés par des détails de structure, p. ex. supports, couches auxiliaires
G03F 7/033 - Composés photopolymérisables non macromoléculaires contenant des doubles liaisons carbone-carbone, p. ex. composés éthyléniques avec des liants les liants étant des polymères obtenus par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone, p. ex. polymères vinyliques
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INKJET MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH A LIQUID SPREADING MESH
An inkjet print device comprising a maintenance device wherein a mesh system; and a waste liquid receiver are mounted. The liquid is applied during maintenance on the top of the mesh system and a waste liquid receiver receives the liquid dripping from the back of the mesh system. The mesh system is characterized by comprising a liquid spreading mesh.
The invention is a remodelling method which consists of printing and measuring a very limited number of color patches in a printing mode and reusing the printer model of an other printing mode, but correcting the color measurements (ma,i) of the other printer model with the measured limited number of color patches (ms,j) of the printer model.
A method for manufacturing decorative laminates including the steps of: a) impregnating a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin by submersion of the paper substrate in a bath of thermosetting resin; b) applying on the thermosetting resin impregnated paper substrate an ink acceptance layer containing an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B having a weight ratio P/B of inorganic pigment to polymeric binder of larger than 1.5; c) jetting on the ink acceptance layer a colour pattern with one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks and/or organic solvent based pigmented inkjet inks containing a colour pigment C; and d) heat pressing the thermosetting paper into a decorative laminate, wherein the weight ratio P/C of the inorganic pigment of the ink acceptance layer to the jetted colour pigment in the colour pattern is larger than 4.0.
D21H 27/26 - Structures appliquées sur la surface par des procédés de fabrication particuliers, p. ex. dans des presses caractérisées par la feuille de couverture ou par les couches supérieures des structures
B32B 29/00 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement de papier ou de carton
B32B 29/06 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement de papier ou de carton spécialement traité, p. ex. glacé, parcheminé
B41M 5/00 - Procédés de reproduction ou méthodes de reproduction ou de marquageMatériaux en feuilles utilisés à cet effet
B32B 3/06 - Caractérisés par des caractéristiques de forme en des endroits déterminés, p. ex. au voisinage des bords pour lier les couches ensembleCaractérisés par des caractéristiques de forme en des endroits déterminés, p. ex. au voisinage des bords pour attacher le produit à quelque chose d'autre p. ex. à un support
To compensate inaccuracies in the finishing of a decorative workpiece such as cutting or producing tongue-and-groove profiles to the decorative workpiece, a bleed area (801) is added to the decorative pattern (800) carried by a decoration layer of a decorative workpiece. The bleed area (801) is filled with image content of the decorative pattern. In the bleed area (801) a mark such as a cut mark or a control mark may be digital printed.
A method for manufacturing decorative workpieces including the step of nesting (100) a set of decorative patterns (201-206), digital printed on a decoration layer (301) to reduce the waste of decoration layer. To perform a corresponding relief for the nested decorative patterns on a nested decorative workpiece, the relief provided by a digital relief apparatus is in a correct match with the nested decorative workpiece. If the printing zone of the digital printer has a failure zone, the nesting method prevents arranging of the decorative patterns in this failure zone.
Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface, wherein said panels (7) at least comprise a substrate (8) and a top layer (9), wherein said top layer (9) comprises a paper layer (2) having a printed pattern, and wherein said method at least comprises the step (S1) of providing said paper layer (2) with thermosetting resin by transporting said paper layer (2) through a resin application device in a resin application direction (D1), and the step of providing said paper layer (2) with at least a portion of said printed pattern by means of a digital inkjet printer (18), characterized in that said printed pattern comprises a wood motif having wood nerves (40) extending generally in a nerve direction (D4) substantially corresponding to said resin application direction (D1).
B41J 3/28 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour l'impression de haut en bas des surfaces planes, p. ex. de livres, dessins, boîtes
A printing method by an inkjet print device (6) on a substrate (4) wherein the inkjet print device (6) comprises a conveyor belt system; and wherein the conveyor belt system comprises a conveyor belt (1) with synthetic setae to transport the substrate and to hold the substrate fixed while printing on the substrate.
An UV inkjet printer comprising an UV radiation device (100) to irradiate jetted ink on a receiver, wherein the UV radiation device (100) is attached to the inkjet print head module (300) and comprising an UV bulb lamp (101) parallel to the slow scan direction (370); and wherein the radiation device is characterized by comprising a shutter system (200) to create a first irradiation zone on the receiver and to create a second irradiation zone.
Method of manufacturing decorative laminates including the steps of a) inkjet printing a first decorative layer (7) by a first multi-pass inkjet printer (13) and delivering the inkjet printed first decorative layer (7) to a laminate heating press (11) where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate; and b) inkjet printing a second decorative layer (7) by a second multi-pass inkjet printer (13) and delivering the inkjet printed second decorative layer (7) to the same laminate heating press (11) where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate.
A method for producing laminated safety glass including the steps of: a) applying imagewise a thermally reducible composition including a organic metal salt on a surface selected from the group consisting of a glass surface and a thermoplastic polymeric surface; and b) heating at least the imagewise applied thermally reducible composition to form a metal from the organic metal salt.
B32B 17/10 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une feuille de verre ou de fibres de verre, de scorie ou d'une substance similaire comprenant du verre comme seul composant ou comme composant principal d'une couche adjacente à une autre couche d'une substance spécifique de résine synthétique
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A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND MONOMER
A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and (ii) a coating including a photopolymerisable layer, characterised in that the photopolymerisable layer comprises a compound comprising at least one free radically polymerisable group and at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): wherein X represents 0 or NR* and R* represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the compound. The application further discloses a monomer represented by Formula (IX): wherein A1 and A2 independently represent acrylamide, methacrylarride or a terminal group, L1 and L2 are independently a divalent, trivalent, fourvalent, fivevalent or sixvalent linking group; L* represents a divalent linking group; a represents 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 respectively for a divalent, trivalent, fourvalent, fivevalent or sixvalent linking group L1, b represent 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 respectively for a divalent, trivalent, fourvalent, fivevalent or sixvalent linking group L2; and c is an integer ranging from 0 to 150; X represents O or NR* and R* represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; with the proviso that at least one of the A1 or A2 group represents acrylamide or methacrylamide.
C07C 233/20 - Amides d'acides carboxyliques ayant des atomes de carbone de groupes carboxamide liés à des atomes d'hydrogène ou à des atomes de carbone acycliques ayant l'atome d'azote d'au moins un des groupes carboxamide lié à un atome de carbone d'un radical hydrocarboné substitué par des atomes d'oxygène liés par des liaisons simples avec le radical hydrocarboné substitué lié à l'atome d'azote du groupe carboxamide par un atome de carbone acyclique ayant l'atome de carbone du groupe carboxamide lié à un atome de carbone d'un squelette carboné acyclique non saturé
A colorant splitting method performed by a colorant splitter wherein a n-dimensional colour in a n-dimensional colorant space is converted to a tridimensional colorant space by a colorant splitting curve set and wherein the colorant splitting curve set is the result of interpolation of a set of colorant splitting curve sets to improve the image quality of reproduced content and to improve the usage of total coverage of the colorants.
The invention is an inkjet printer system which comprises a porous printing table (80) where underneath a vacuum chamber (81) my be divided in sub-vacuum chambers (810, 811) by a movable vacuum divider (91) whereon a brush (910) is attached to prevent contamination and vacuum leakages in the vacuum chamber.
A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed including - a grained and anodized aluminium support, and - a coating provided thereon, said coating containing an image- recording layer which comprises hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, a binder and an infrared absorbing dye characterized in that the grained and anodized surface of the support has a CIE 1976 L* -value between 55 and 75.
C09D 11/101 - Encres spécialement adaptées aux procédés d’imprimerie mettant en œuvre la réticulation par énergie ondulatoire ou par radiation de particules, p. ex. réticulation par UV qui suit l’impression
A process for the preparation of optionally asymmetric acetal compounds, comprising reacting a compound containing a hydroxyl group with a vinylether compound in the presence of a zwitterionic catalyst including at least one basic nitrogen containing structural fragment and at least one sulfonic acid group in its structure, with the proviso that the basic nitrogen on sulfonic acid molar ratio is 1 over 1.
C07C 67/29 - Préparation d'esters d'acides carboxyliques par modification de la partie hydroxyle de l'ester sans introduction d'un groupe ester par introduction de groupes fonctionnels contenant de l'oxygène
C07D 335/16 - Atomes d'oxygène, p. ex. thioxanthones
C09D 11/10 - Encres d’imprimerie à base de résines artificielles
A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces including the steps of: inkjet printing (15) a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polyurethane based latex binder; impregnating (18) a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin; and heat pressing (21) the thermosetting resin impregnated paper substrate carrying the inkjet printed colour pattern into a decorative surface.
An inkjet printing method for manufacturing decorative surfaces including the steps of: a) jetting a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polymer latex binder on a thermosetting resin impregnated paper; and b) drying the one or more aqueous inkjet inks.
A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces (34) including the steps of: a) inkjet printing a colour pattern on a paper substrate with one or more aqueous inkjet inks of an aqueous inkjet ink set; and therafter b) impregnating the paper substrate with a thermosetting resin, wherein the aqueous inkjet ink set includes a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a copper phthalocyanine pigment; a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C. Pigment Red 254 or a mixed crystal thereof; a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Yellow 151 or a mixed crystal thereof; and a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; with the proviso that the aqueous inkjet inks do not include a polymer latex binder; and that the paper substrate includes one or more ink receiving layers for improving the image quality of the aqueous inkjet inks jetted thereon.
A method of manufacturing a decorative surface including the steps of: • a) impregnating (18) a paper substrate with a thermosetting resin; b) jetting (15) a colour pattern with one or more aqueous inkjet inks including a polymer latex binder on the thermosetting resin impregnated paper; c) drying the one or more aqueous inkjet inks; and d) heat pressing the thermosetting paper carrying the colour pattern into a decorative surface.
A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: a) image-wise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor, the printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support and a coating comprising a colorant precursor provided thereon, thereby forming a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas; and b) developing the plate precursor, thereby removing the coating in the non-printing areas from the support; and c) drying the plate precursor; and d) subjecting the lithographic plate to heat or radiation, thereby inducing a colour change of the coating in the printing areas; wherein - before step b) the coating in the non-printing areas and the support are characterised by a CIE 1976 colour difference Δ E1 which is 5.0 or less; - after step d) the CIE 1976 colour difference Δ E2 between the coating in the printing areas and the non-printing areas is more than 6.8.
B41C 1/10 - Préparation de la forme ou du cliché pour l'impression lithographiqueFeuilles-mère pour le report d'une image sur la forme
G03F 7/105 - Matériaux photosensibles caractérisés par des détails de structure, p. ex. supports, couches auxiliaires avec des substances, p. ex. des indicateurs, pour obtenir des images visibles
A raster image processing method and raster image processor wherein the content objects in a document are validated on similarity by a GPU to convert the similar objects with one or more same parameters of an image manipulation method to achieve a correct reproduction of the document.
A raster image processing method and raster image processor wherein the content objects in a document are validated on similarity, especially on continuity, to convert the similar objects with one or more same parameters of an image manipulation method to achieve a correct reproduction of the document.
A method of UV curable inkjet printing on a cuboid shaped object including the steps of: a) bringing and holding at least part of an inkjet printing device in physical contact with the cuboid shaped object; and b) jetting and UV curing an image of one or more UV curable inks on at least one vertical panel of the cuboid shaped object; wherein the cuboid shaped object is selected from intermodal freight containers, crates, trucks, trailers, semi-trailers and boxcars.
B41M 7/00 - Traitement ultérieur des travaux imprimés, p. ex. chauffage, irradiation
B41M 5/00 - Procédés de reproduction ou méthodes de reproduction ou de marquageMatériaux en feuilles utilisés à cet effet
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B65D 90/00 - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires des grands réceptacles
A radiation curable inkjet ink set containing a plurality of inkjet inks having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa.s at 25°C and a shear rate of 90 s-1 containing: a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.0 wt% based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink; b) at least one monomer comprising at least one vinyl ether group and at least one polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; and c) at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone, with the proviso that if the at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone contains no tertiary amine group that the radiation curable inkjet ink further includes at least one tertiary amine co-initiator selected from the group consisting of ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate and a polymerizable co-initiator containing a tertiary amine.
C09D 11/101 - Encres spécialement adaptées aux procédés d’imprimerie mettant en œuvre la réticulation par énergie ondulatoire ou par radiation de particules, p. ex. réticulation par UV qui suit l’impression
C09D 11/40 - Jeux d’encres spécialement adaptés à l’impression à jet d’encre à plusieurs couleurs
A method of UV curable inkjet printing on a cuboid shaped object including the steps of: a) jetting and UV curing an image of one or more UV curable inks on at least one vertical panel of the cuboid shaped object; b) measuring the perpendicular distance from an active distance controller to the vertical plane; wherein the cuboid shaped object is selected from intermodal freight containers, crates, trucks, trailers, semi-trailers and boxcars.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
An inkjet printing method including the steps of: (1) jetting ink dots on a substrate of a plurality of radiation curable inkjet inks having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa.s at 25°C and a shear rate of 90 s-1, the plurality of radiation curable inkjet inks comprising: a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.0 wt% based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink; b) at least one monomer comprising at least one vinyl ether group and at least one polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; and c) at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone, with the proviso that if the at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone contains no tertiary amine group that the radiation curable composition further includes at least one tertiary amine co-initiator selected from the group consisting of ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate, a polymerizable co-initiator containing a tertiary amine and a polymeric co-initiator containing a tertiary amine; and (2) fully curing the jetted ink dots using one or more UV LEDs.
C09D 11/101 - Encres spécialement adaptées aux procédés d’imprimerie mettant en œuvre la réticulation par énergie ondulatoire ou par radiation de particules, p. ex. réticulation par UV qui suit l’impression
C09D 11/30 - Encres pour l'impression à jet d'encre
A radiation curable inkjet ink set including at least a cyan radiation curable inkjet ink, a magenta radiation curable inkjet ink, a yellow radiation curable inkjet ink and a black radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein each of the cyan radiation curable inkjet ink, the magenta radiation curable inkjet ink, the yellow radiation curable inkjet ink and the black radiation curable inkjet ink is a radiation curable composition having a viscosity of no more than 50 mPa.s at 25°C and a shear rate of 90 s-1 contains: a) at least one non-polymerizable, non-polymeric bisacylphosphine oxide present in a concentration of no more than 4.0 wt% based on the total weight of the radiation curable composition; b) at least one monomer comprising at least one vinyl ether group and at least one polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; and c) at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone, with the proviso that if the at least one polymerizable or polymeric thioxanthone contains no tertiary amine group that the radiation curable composition further includes at least one tertiary amine co-initiator selected from the group consisting of ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate, a polymerizable co-initiator containing a tertiary amine and a polymeric co-initiator containing a tertiary amine.
C09D 11/101 - Encres spécialement adaptées aux procédés d’imprimerie mettant en œuvre la réticulation par énergie ondulatoire ou par radiation de particules, p. ex. réticulation par UV qui suit l’impression
A processing apparatus (82) is provided which performs a nesting method by solving partial overlap in content extension areas of print jobs after nesting. The nesting method replaces the content extension areas of nested print jobs which have a partial overlap with new content extension areas to reduce substrate waste and enhance the production timings.
An inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) printing a first print job by jetting a free radical UV curable white inkjet ink from a white ink print head and one or more free radical UV curable colour inkjet inks from one or more other print heads in a UV curable inkjet printer; b) filling the white ink print head in the UV curable inkjet printer with a safeguard liquid including one or more free radical polymerizable monomers; c) printing a second print job employing only the one or more other print heads in the UV curable inkjet printer for jetting one or more free radical UV curable colour inkjet inks; d) replacing the safeguard liquid of the white ink print head in the UV curable inkjet printer by UV curable white inkjet ink; and e) printing a third print job by jetting free radical UV curable white inkjet ink from the white ink print head and jetting one or more free radical UV curable colour inkjet inks from one or more other print heads in the UV curable inkjet printer. Also disclosed is a free radical UV curable inkjet ink set including a free radical UV curable white inkjet ink, one or more free radical UV curable colour inkjet inks and a safeguard liquid, wherein the safeguard liquid includes one or more free radical polymerizable monomers but no photoinitiator.
C09D 11/10 - Encres d’imprimerie à base de résines artificielles
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR HAVING A PATTERNED BACK LAYER
A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising the steps of: providing a support as a web, coating an image recording layer on the front side of the support and depositing a back layer on the back side of the support, by means of a deposition technique which is capable of depositing the back layer according to a predefined image. The method enables stacking and recutting of lithographic printing plate precursors without the need for interleafs.
G03F 7/09 - Matériaux photosensibles caractérisés par des détails de structure, p. ex. supports, couches auxiliaires
G03F 7/00 - Production par voie photomécanique, p. ex. photolithographique, de surfaces texturées, p. ex. surfaces impriméesMatériaux à cet effet, p. ex. comportant des photoréservesAppareillages spécialement adaptés à cet effet
B41C 1/10 - Préparation de la forme ou du cliché pour l'impression lithographiqueFeuilles-mère pour le report d'une image sur la forme
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which includes a support and a coating containing a photopolymerisable layer comprising a polymerisable compound including: - A free radical polymerisable group, and - at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I) wherein n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1; L1 represents a divalent linking group and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the structure, with the proviso that the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom.
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which includes a support and a coating containing a photopolymerisable layer; characterised in that the coating comprises a compound including at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I) at a level above 10 %wt and below 40 %wt relative to the total dry weight of the ingredients of the coating, wherein n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1; L1 represents a divalent linking group; with the proviso that the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom.
A belt step conveyor system with high accurate position capabilities due to a moving belt gripper (60,61) mounted on a linear movement system to convey the conveyor belt (1) rotating about a plurality of pulleys (40, 41) in successive distance movements while the moving belt gripper engaged the conveying belt and the moving belt gripper is moved from a home position to an end position by the linear movement system. The conveyor belt is stagnated by the engaging of a stagnating belt gripper while the moving belt gripper moves back to its home position else the stagnating belt gripper has released the conveyor belt.
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
B65H 29/24 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles par appareil à jet d'air ou aspirant
B65H 5/22 - Transfert des articles retirés des pilesAlimentation des machines en articles par jet d'air ou dispositifs aspirant
B65G 15/00 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration
A maintenance liquid for inkjet printers including at least 50 wt% of at least one ether solvent according to Formula (I) or (II) with the wt% based on the total weight of the maintenance liquid: R1(CO)x(OR2)yOR3 Formula (I) and R4CO(OR5)zOCOR6 Formula (II), wherein, R1, R4 and R6 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 rand R5 independently represent an ethylene group or a propylene group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; x represents an integer of 0 or 1; y and z independently represent an integer of 1 to 4; and wherein the maintenance liquid contains no more than 25 ppm of peroxide expressed as hydrogen peroxide.
An apparatus and method for processing a lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The apparatus (10) comprises (i) plate transport means (4, 12, 12') for conveying the plate (14) through the apparatus; (ii) plate detection means (8) for locating the plate in the apparatus and for determining the plate width; (iii) one or more nozzle (s) (20) for depositing developer on the plate, wherein said nozzle (s) are arranged to shuttle over the plate or are arranged as a fixed array that spans at least the width of the plate. The plate detection means are coupled to the nozzles by means for selectively actuating the nozzles that are positioned to deposit developer across the plate area, which results in a significant reduction of developer consumption. In preferred embodiments, the nozzles apply developer in accordance with the image on the plate, which enables an even lower consumption of developer.
A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of : a) image-wise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor, comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and, thereon, a light or heat sensitive coating comprising a photopolymerisable composition, b) processing said precursor with a first solution, consecutively with a second solution, thereby removing the coating from the support in the non-printing areas, wherein said first and second solutions are provided by a cascade system, wherein said second solution overflows into said first solution and said first solution overflows into a container to be further treated as waste, wherein said second solution is regenerated by adding a replenishing solution or a mixture of replenishing solutions at a rate of at least 5 ml/m2 of treated precursor and at most 100 ml/m2 of treated precursor, wherein said first and second solutions are circulated respectively by a first and second liquid conveying system, wherein the first solution present in said first liquid conveying system has a volume of at least Vmin and at most Vmax respectively defined by formula 1 and formula 2, Vmin = [A + (processing width/0.95 m) ]. liter (formula 1) Vmax = [B + (processing width/0.95 m) ].liter (formula 2) wherein Vmin and Vmax represent respectively the minimum and maximum volume present in said first liquid conveying system, each of them expressed in liter, wherein A and B represents a constant value of respectively 2 and 15, and wherein said processing width represents the width, expressed in m, inside the processing unit, perpendicular to the processing direction, which is available for processing plate precursors in a uniform way across their width.
A copolymer comprising (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the following formula (I): wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen or an optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic, and (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the following formula (II): wherein L represents a divalent linking group; x = 0 or 1 and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group. Use of these polymers in the coating of lithographic printing plat provides a good abrasion resistance while the balance between the ink acceptance, arising from the ethylenic moieties, and the solubility in an alkaline developer, arising form the acetal moieties, can be controlled efficiently.
B41C 1/10 - Préparation de la forme ou du cliché pour l'impression lithographiqueFeuilles-mère pour le report d'une image sur la forme
G03F 7/32 - Compositions liquides à cet effet, p. ex. développateurs
C08L 29/14 - Homopolymères ou copolymères d'acétals ou de cétals obtenus par polymérisation d'acétals ou de cétals non saturés ou par post-traitement des polymères d'alcools non saturés
75.
METHOD OF PREPARING A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTER
A method for preparing a flexographic printing master on a sleeve wherein the sleeve can be reused. The reusable sleeve comprises a self adhesive on its outer surface. In a first embodiment, a support is removably attached to the reusable sleeve after which a relief image is formed on the support by an inkjet method. In a second embodiment, a Direct Laser Engraving (DLE) flexographic printing master precursor is removably attached to the reusable sleeve, after which a relief image is formed by DLE. The flexographic printing masters can then be removed from the sleeve after printing, and the sleeve can be reused to make new printing masters.
A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink having a viscosity smaller than 30 mPa.s at 40°C and at a shear rate of 1,000 s-1 including a polymeric or polymerizable photoinitiator; a thiol compound; and a vitrification control monomer, wherein the vitrification control monomer includes a (meth)acrylate group and an ethylenically unsaturated functional group selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether group, an allyl ether group and an allyl ester group; and wherein the thiol compound includes no more than six thiol groups.
A colour inkjet ink including an inorganic colour pigment having a colour selected from the group consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow, blue, green, red, orange, violet and brown; and at least 1 wt% of an inorganic colourless pigment based on the total weight of the colour inkjet ink, wherein the inorganic colourless pigment has a smaller average particle size than the inorganic colour pigment.
A free radical curable liquid having a specific weight after curing measured at 25°C of less than 1.00 g/cm3 including: a) one or more photoinitiators; b) one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers; and c) hollow particles and/or a free radical crosslinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutadiene, polymethylpentene, poly(ethylene-vinylacetate), poly(ethylene-ethyl acrylate) and poly(styrene-butadiene) and copolymers thereof; wherein at least the free radical crosslinkable polymer or at least one of the one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers includes one or more hydrolyzable groups which upon hydrolyzation form an acid group or salt thereof; and wherein the free radical curable liquid contains no more than 10 wt% of organic solvent.
C08L 23/02 - Compositions contenant des homopolymères ou des copolymères d'hydrocarbures aliphatiques non saturés ne possédant qu'une seule liaison double carbone-carboneCompositions contenant des dérivés de tels polymères non modifiées par un post-traitement chimique
C09D 4/06 - Compositions de revêtement, p. ex. peintures, vernis ou vernis-laques, à base de composés non macromoléculaires organiques ayant au moins une liaison non saturée carbone-carbone polymérisable en combinaison avec un composé macromoléculaire autre qu'un polymère non saturé des groupes
C09D 123/02 - Compositions de revêtement à base d'homopolymères ou de copolymères d'hydrocarbures aliphatiques non saturés ne possédant qu'une seule liaison double carbone-carboneCompositions de revêtement à base de dérivés de tels polymères non modifiés par un post-traitement chimique
C09D 9/00 - Produits chimiques pour enlever la peinture ou l'encre
79.
FREE RADICAL RADIATION CURABLE LIQUIDS FOR DE-INKING SUBSTRATES
A free radical radiation curable liquid containing a) a photoinitiator; and b) a monomer or oligomer including an alkali hydrolyzable group; wherein the alkali hydrolyzable group is an oxalate group located in the atomic chain between two free radical polymerizable groups of the monomer or oligomer including an alkali hydrolyzable group.
A radiation curable fluid including a vinylether (meth)acrylate monomer; a compound having a sulfonic acid group; and a polymeric dispersant with heterocyclic groups having hetero atoms consisting of one or two nitrogen atoms.
A polymerizable thioxanthone according to Formula (I) wherein, A represents a thioxanthone moiety; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aikenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group and a heteroaryl group; n represent 1 or 2; and R3 represents a moiety comprising at least one free radical polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an acrylate, a methacrylate, an acryiamide, a methacrylamide, a styrene group, a maleate, a fumarate, an itaconate, a vinyl ether, a viny! ester, an allyl ether and an ally! ester.
A method for inkjet varnishing a substrate including the steps of a) jetting a micro-pattern of a varnish having a viscosity of less than 30 mPa.s at 45°C and at a shear rate of 30 s-1 to a portion of the substrate by one or more printheads having nozzles with a nozzle diameter of no more than 30 μm; and b) curing the micro-pattern within 500 milliseconds after jetting, thereby providing a micro-roughness to the portion of said substrate.
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which includes a coating containing a photopolymerizable layer and optionally an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the coating further comprises a polysiloxane, said polysiloxane being present in the photopolymerizable layer and/or in the optional intermediate layer, characterized in that the polysiloxane is obtainable by reacting at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula (I) and at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula (II) : Formula (I), Formula (II).
An inkjet printing method according to the present invention includes, in order, the steps of: a) jetting a radiation curable inkjet ink on the outside surface of a packaging including a substance for human or animal consumption or administration; b) curing the radiation curable inkjet ink on the outer surface of the packaging; and c) treating the radiation curable inkjet ink and the packaging including the substance with a heat treatment to kill micro-organisms present on the inside surface of a packaging; wherein the radiation curable inkjet ink includes at least 5 wt% of a (meth)acrylated silicone surfactant based on the total weight of the radiation curable inkjet ink.
A method and an inkjet printing device (10) are disclosed for single pass printing on an ink-receiver (50) having a surface (51), the device including a plurality of sets of nozzles (15-18, 25-28) for jetting N inks on the surface (51), wherein N is larger than or equal to one, the N inks including a first ink, and wherein the plurality of sets of nozzles includes a first (15) and a second (25) set of nozzles for jetting the first ink; the device further including means for radiation curing (19, 41-43) the first ink when jetted on the surface by the first set of nozzles, wherein the means for radiation curing (19, 41-43) is positioned between the first set of nozzles (15) and the second set of nozzles (25).
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULARIZING AN INK MODEL FOR A COLOR DEVICE
The method comprises the steps of : selecting an n-ink model for the color device, for transferring a set of colorant values in colorant space to a set of color values in color space; selecting a printer characteristic of the n-ink model, wherein the printer characteristic indicates the regularity of the n-ink model; evaluating, for the n-ink model, a set of one or more values and/or ranges for the printer characteristic, thus determining the regularity of the n-ink model; modifying the n-ink model such that the modified n-ink model is regular, if, based on the evaluation, the n-ink model was not regular.
An inkjet ink set consisting of a black inkjet ink, a cyan inkjet ink and two inkjet inks (A) and (B), optionally complemented by a white ink and/or a colourless ink, wherein the inkjet ink (A) has a hue angle H* between 70 and 85 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; the inkjet ink (B) has a hue angle H* between 20 and 40 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; and the CIE L* a* b* coordinates were determined on polyethylene coated white paper for a 2° observer under a D50 light source.
A radiation curable liquid including at least one free radical polymerizable monomer or oligomer, at least one diffusion hindered acetalysation catalyst and at least one diffusion hindered hydroxyl containing compound. The radiation curable liquid applied to a substrate prevents migration of very low viscous monomers, such as vinyl ether acrylate monomers, into the substrate.
A method for preparing a surface modified organic pigment comprising the steps of a) reacting the organic pigment in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent with a surface modifying reagent to form a surface modified organic pigment; and b) washing and drying the surface modified organic pigment; wherein the surface modifying reagent is represented by Formula (I): wherein, X is selected from the group consisting of O, S and N-R3; Y is selected from the group consisting of O, NR4; R1 to R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a aralkyl group, an alkaryl group and an aryl group and heteroaryl group; with the proviso that when Y-R1 is different from OH that at least one of R2 to R4 is substituted by at least one functional group having a pKa between 2.5 and 9. Surface modified organic pigments are also disclosed.
A white inkjet ink including a liquid ink vehicle; a first inorganic pigment with a refractive index greater than 1.60 having an average particle size A larger than 200 nm; and a second inorganic pigment having an average particle size B between 40 nm and 90 nm; wherein the number of particles per mm3 NAB complies with the relation : Formula (I) with NA representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of A - 20 nm to A + 20 nm; NB representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of B - 20 nm to B + 20 nm; and wherein the average particle size A is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 13,500x magnification on a 10 pm thick coated layer of the white inkjet ink for all inorganic particles having a particle size larger than 100 nm; the average particle size B is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 58,000x magnification on the same 10 pm thick coated layer of the white inkjet ink for all inorganic particles having a particle size of no more than 100 nm.
A method for preparing a flexographic printing master wherein an optional floor (600), an optional mesa relief (700) and an image relief (800) are applied in this order on a flexographic printing support (1000) by depositing a plurality of layers of a curable fluid on top of each other characterized in that at least one layer of a curable fluid is deposited by aerosol jet printing.
A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: a) image-wise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor, comprising a light or heat sensitive coating on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, b) processing said precursor with a first solution, consecutively with a second solution, thereby removing the coating from the support in the non-printing areas, wherein said first and second solutions are provided by a cascade system, wherein said second solution overflows into said first solution and said first solution overflows into a container to be further treated as waste, wherein said second solution is regenerated by adding a replenishing solution or a mixture of replenishing solutions at a rate of at least 5 ml/m2 of treated precursor and at most 30 ml/m2 of treated precursor, wherein said first and second solutions are circulated respectively by a first and second liguid conveying system, wherein the first solution present in said first liguid conveying system has a volume of at least Vmin and at most Vmax respectively defined by formula 1 and formula 2, Vmin = [A + (processing width/0.95 m) ]. liter (formula 1) Vmax = [B + (processing width/0.95 m) ]. liter (formula 2) wherein Vmin and Vmax represent respectively the minimum and maximum volume present in said first liquid conveying system, each of them expressed in liter, wherein A and B represents a constant value of respectively 2 and 15, and wherein said processing width represents the width, expressed in m, inside the processing unit, perpendicular to the processing direction, which is available for processing plate precursors in a uniform way across their width.
A system and a method for cleaning a printhead by providing from a first slot a laminar flow of cleaning fluid that flows through a pretensioned brush for brushing the nozzleplate and collecting debris. The cleaning fluid with the debris are drained by a first slit having a first underpressure and next by a second slot that has a second underpressure that is greater than the first underpressure.
A curable jettable fluid for making a flexographic printing master characterized in that the jettable fluid comprises a monofunctional (meth) acrylate monomer, a polyalkylene glycol di (meth) acrylate monomer and a tri-, tetra- or penta-functional (meth) acrylate monomer characterized in that the Shore A hardness of a cured layer prepared from said jettable fluid and measured as described in example 1 is less than 80.
The present invention relates to a curable jettable fluid for making a flexographic printing master characterized in that the jettable fluid comprises a monofunctional (meth) acrylate monomer, a polyalkylene glycol di (meth) acrylate monomer of which the polyalkylene glycol chain has a MW of at least 300 and at least 1 wt.% of a difunctional (meth) acrylate monomer according to Formula I) or (II), wherein k and m in Formula (I) is an integer ranging from 0 to 5, l in Formula (I) is an integer ranging from 1 to 20, n in Formula (II) is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R in Formula (I) and (II) is H or CH3, and R' in Formula (II) is H or an alkyl group.
A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor which comprises on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat and/or light-sensitive coating comprising an infrared absorbing agent and a binder including a monomeric unit including a salicyclic acid group and a monomeric unit including a sulfonamide group.
A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer a heat and/or light- sensitive coating including an infrared absorbing agent, a compound including a blocked isocyanate group and an alkali soluble resin comprising a monomeric unit including a Lewis base moiety.
The present invention relates to a curable jettable fluid for making a flexographic printing master characterized in that the jettable fluid has a viscosity measured at jetting temperature of less than 15 mPa. s and comprises at least 50 wt. % of a mixture of a cyclic monofunctional (meth) acrylate monomer, a monofunctional urethane acrylate oligomer and a difunctional (meth) acrylate monomer.
G03F 7/027 - Composés photopolymérisables non macromoléculaires contenant des doubles liaisons carbone-carbone, p. ex. composés éthyléniques
G03F 7/035 - Composés photopolymérisables non macromoléculaires contenant des doubles liaisons carbone-carbone, p. ex. composés éthyléniques avec des liants les liants étant des polyuréthanes
The present invention relates to a curable jettable fluid for making a flexographic printing master comprising a cyclic monofunctional (meth) acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth) acrylate monomer characterized in that the fluid further comprises a copolymerizable plasticizing monomer preferably selected from the group consisting of diallyl phthalate and a low Tg monomer, of which the corresponding homopolymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) below -15°C.
The present invention relates to a curable jettable fluid for making a flexographic printing master comprising an initiator, a cyclic monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer characterized in that the initiator is an oligomer, a polymer or a copolymerizable compound.
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