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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kara A. Meyers, Oakdale, MN (US);
Shawn C. Dodds, St. Paul, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Tyler J. Rattray, Woodbury, MN (US);
James N. Dobbs, Woodbury, MN (US);
Samad Javid, Woodbury, MN (US);
Matthew S. Stay, Bloomington, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A printing system () including a printing roll () is provided. The printing roll () includes an elastically deformable and compressible inner layer () and a thin outer shell () to cover the inner layer (). The thin outer shell () includes a pattern of raised print features () to receive ink material thereon. The inner layer () is softer and thicker than the thin outer shell (), and optionally, the thin outer shell () is removable from the inner layer (). The inner layer () of the printing roll () has a thickness, a compression force deflection value and an elastically-deformable compressibility such that the raised print features () of the printing roll () do not slide or deform with respect to the printed web () in an amount to generate a substantially visible dot gain.