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 method for flexographic printing, comprising:
transferring a curable material from a donor substrate to a feature of a flexographic printing plate, the feature including a raised projection having a distal surface, the curable material being transferred only to the raised projection, and the curable material being disposed on the distal surface; transferring the curable material from the raised projection of the flexographic printing plate to a flexible thermoplastic or thermoset plastic web recipient substrate; and curing the curable material in a curing environment while the curable material is in contact with both the raised projection of the flexographic printing plate and the flexible web recipient substrate.