Durable printed item
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Abstract
A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is provided that is configured to convey a plurality of individuated items through a plasma treatment stage to prepare the surfaces of the item for printing. More specifically such printer may use a non-continuous ink jet printing assembly such as a drop on demand printing assembly.
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42 Claims
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1-38. -38. (canceled)
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39. A printed item comprising:
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a surface; and
an image structure printed on the surface of the item by a non-contact ink printing technique and forming an image, wherein the image structure has durability to resist more than 3 rub strokes of acetone. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. An individuated printed item comprising:
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a substrate having a surface;
an image structure printed on the surface comprising individuated data printed thereon using a non contact printing technique;
wherein the image structure comprises a scannable code readable after about least about 250 Taber cycles to the image structure has a durability to resist 200 rubs of acetone to at least a portion of the image structure.
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Specification