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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas E. Lewis, East Hampstead, NH (US);
Nanda Nathan, Westford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Lewis, East Hampstead, NH (US);
Nanda Nathan, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/06 (2006.01); B41C 1/10 (2006.01); B41F 1/18 (2006.01); B41N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/1033 (2013.01); B41N 3/08 (2013.01); B41M 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention dispense with the need for lithographic printing plates, instead facilitating direct transfer of ink from a permanent cylinder to a recording medium. Accordingly, instead of being permanently modified to exhibit oleophilic and oleophobic (or hydrophilic) regions, the cylinder is effectively 'programmed' with the image prior to each transfer of ink.