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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Alexander Grant, Bath, GB;
Nigel Anthony Caiger, Somereset, GB;
Inventors:
Alexander Grant, Bath, GB;
Nigel Anthony Caiger, Somereset, GB;
Assignee:
Sun Chemical B.V., Weesp, NL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/52 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/52 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41M 5/0058 (2013.01); B41M 5/007 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process of ink jet printing on a variety of substrates and an apparatus for performing that process. In which process: a primer is applied to a substrate material; ink is ink jet printed onto the primed substrate; a characteristic relating to print quality is evaluated; the composition of the primer is adjusted in dependence on the evaluated characteristic relating to print quality; and the adjusted primer composition is applied to the substrate material and ink is ink jet printed onto the primed substrate material to give a printed product.