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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
James Douglas Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Peter Steven Alexandrovich, Rochester, NY (US);
James Albert Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);
James Douglas Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Peter Steven Alexandrovich, Rochester, NY (US);
James Albert Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling feature characteristics in a flexographic printing system that forms a printed pattern on a substrate by applying ink from an ink reservoir using a flexographic printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder. An imaging system is used to capture an image of the pattern printed on the substrate, and the captured image is analyzed to determine a feature characteristic of one or more features of the printed pattern. A control system automatically controls an amount of solvent used to replenish the ink in the ink reservoir responsive to the determined feature characteristic.