Specifically Designed Total-Immersion Liquid-Gate Printers
Before describing the newest developments in this field, a short overview of the evolution of the liquid-gate technique since 1957 is given. For reasons briefly stated no specifically designed immersion-printing equipment existed until recently. Advantages and drawbacks of diverse liquid-gate printing techniques are discussed. General design conditions for total-immersion liquid-gate printers are enumerated. Specifically designed non-integrated CE printers are described in detail. It is shown that total-immersion liquid-gate printing can now be carried out easily as a normal routine operation in the three fundamental laboratory modes: continuous contact printing, step contact printing and optical printing. Equipment for these three purposes is now made available to the industry.
- Print ISSN
- 0361-4573
- Published
- 1974-03
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J08802