Printing of radiation curable inks into a radiation curable liquid layer

摘要

A printing process is disclosed for ink-jet printing a radiation curable image on a substrate ( 14 ). First a radiation curable liquid layer ( 12 ) is provided on at least a portion of the substrate ( 14 ). Radiation curable ink-jet ink droplets ( 10 ) are jetted into the radiation curable liquid layer ( 12 ) and the radiation curable liquid layer ( 12 ) containing the radiation curable ink-jet ink droplets ( 13 ) is then cured. The resolution of the radiation curable image is controlled by uniformly adjusting the thickness of the liquid layer ( 12 ) for the dotsize of the radiation curable ink-jet ink jetted onto the cured layer.