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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David C. Oetjen, West Chester, OH (US);
Kasey M. Hudson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Horst Blessing, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tue Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The methods and apparatuses relate to digitally printing a substrate using first and second printheads. The first printhead includes a first printhead width and the second printhead includes a second printhead width. The first printhead overlaps with the second printhead such that the first printhead width overlaps with the second printhead width in a cross direction. The overlapping first and second printheads form a first print zone, an overlapping print zone, and a second print zone. The first printhead may deposit droplets onto the substrate in the first print zone and/or the overlapping zone. The second printhead may deposit droplets onto the substrate in the overlapping print zone and/or the second print zone. The droplets deposited in the overlapping print zone may unite to illustrate multiple colors and/or may remain ununited. By using overlapping printheads, various colors may be illustrated and the width of the substrate may be printed on.