A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A WEB

摘要

Method and means of printing on a web. The method means comprise in a normal mode: feeding the web in a machine direction; printing on the web with a printer; and drying or curing the printing with a dryer or curer located downstream, with respect to the machine direction, of the printer; and in a pause mode: pausing printing on the web; feeding the web in the machine direction while printing on the web is paused by a distance such that a portion of the web located between the printer and the dryer or curer, the portion having printing thereon that has not yet been cured or dried, is fed through the dryer or curer to dry or cure the printing; and thereafter pausing feeding of the web in the machine direction.