Flexographic printing with curing during transfer to substrate

摘要

Methods and systems for flexographic printing are described and include curing of material to be printed while the material is in contact with both a feature of a flexographic printing plate and a recipient substrate. The systems and method are useful in preventing slippage between the feature and the recipient substrate, and are particularly useful when printing at high resolution.

主权项

1. A flexographic printing system comprising:
a donor substrate configured to receive a curable material; a flexographic roll configured to attachably receive a flexographic printing plate comprising a feature, the feature including one or more raised projections, the flexographic roll positioned adjacent to the donor substrate and rotatable relative to the donor substrate to receive the curable material only on the one or more raised projections of the flexographic printing plate; one or more backup rolls positioned relative to the flexographic roll such that movement of the one or more backup rolls relative to the flexographic roll is capable of causing a recipient substrate to move between the one or more backup rolls and the flexographic roll to allow the curable material to be transferred from the one or more raised projections to the recipient substrate; and a first energy source for curing the material, the first energy source positioned to cause curing of the material while the material is in contact with both the feature and the recipient substrate.