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(11) EP 0 389 252 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/39

(21) Application number: 90303004.7

(22) Date of filing: 20.03.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41M 1/36, B41M 7/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 22.03.1989 GB 8906670

(71) Applicant: Murray, John
Aughton LancashireL39 5DT (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Murray, John
    Aughton LancashireL39 5DT (GB)

(74) Representative: Huntingford, David Ian et al
W.P. THOMPSON & CO. Coopers Building Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB
Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Printing method


    (57) A method and apparatus of printing wherein, prior to printing, an ultra-violet (U.V.) varnish is applied to the whole of, or to one or more selected parts of, the paper to be printed and is hardened by passage past one or more U.V. lamps (19), printing then being carried out using one or more U.V. inks which are dried by passage past one or more further U.V. lamps (20), or using other ink or inks which can be acceptably dried.







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