摘要 |
<p>A method of dry offset three-colour printing comprising transferring ink from a transfer device to an object to be printed; wherein prior to the transferring ink is applied to the transfer device such that a first colour of the three-colours is applied substantially only in a first group of rectangles; a second colour of the three-colours is applied substantially only in a second group of rectangles; and a third colour of the three-colours is applied substantially only in a third group of rectangles; wherein each of the rectangles is, in an orientation, about twice as wide as it is high; wherein the rectangles are arranged in rows and columns with alternative rows being staggered by about half the width of the rectangles from the immediately adjacent row and such that any one individual rectangle of any one of the first, second and third groups has adjacent to it in its row at one end and the other end, respectively, a rectangle of one of the other groups and a rectangle of the other of said other groups, and in a first adjacent row said any one individual rectangle is adjacent to a rectangle of said other of said other groups and a rectangle of said one of said other groups, and in a second adjacent row said any one individual rectangle is adjacent to a rectangle of said one of said other groups and a rectangle of said other of said other groups.</p> |