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(11) EP 0 130 751 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.12.1985 Bulletin 1985/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.01.1985 Bulletin 1985/02

(21) Application number: 84304237

(22) Date of filing: 22.06.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 24.06.1983 JP 11281283

(71) Applicant: TOSHIN KOGYO CO. LTD.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Ichinose, Shiro
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  • Yamasaki, Akio
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(54) Continuous multicolor printing method and apparatus


(57) Disclosed is a continuous multicolor printing apparatus comprising an endless belt spread between a pair of pulleys and intermittently driven by at least one of said pulleys (2, 3) to intermittently feed a substrate (1) to be printed, which is placed on the belt, into a printing zone (P) and printing the substrate through a flat screen, wherein there are many small apertures in the endless belt and a sub-atomospheric pressure is produced below the endless belt such that the substrate (1) adheres closely to the endless belt, marks are printed (20) on the substrate before printing of a first color, and the intermittently feeding of the endless belt is controlled by detecting (21, 22) said marks.







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