APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A WEB SUBSTRATE HAVING INDICIA PRINTED THEREON AND ELASTIC-LIKE BEHAVIOR IMPARTED THERETO

摘要

An apparatus (10) for providing a printed and textured web substrate is disclosed. The apparatus has a printing apparatus (12) and an apparatus (14) for imparting elastic-like behavior. The printing apparatus has at least one rotatable ink roller for transferring an ink to the web substrate. The apparatus for imparting elastic-like behavior has a pair of intermeshing rollers (28,30) capable of providing at least a portion of the web substrate with an elastic-like behavior.