	US 12,214,590 B2
	Digital printing system with flexible intermediate transfer member
Vitaly Burkatovsky, Rishon Lezion (IL)
Assigned to LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed by LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,420.
Application 18/076,420 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,817, filed on Apr. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,548,275.
Application 17/221,817 is a continuation of application No. 16/512,915, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,994,528, issued on May 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,632, filed on Aug. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166495 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41J 2/03 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01)

CPC B41J 2/04508 (2013.01) [B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 2/03 (2013.01); B41J 2/04573 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A printing system comprising:

a. an image-forming station at which ink images are formed by droplet deposition on a rotating flexible intermediate transfer member (ITM);

b. an impression station downstream of the image-forming station, at which the ink images are transferred to substrate; and

c. electronic circuitry configured to track a stretch-factor ratio between a measured or estimated local stretch factor of the ITM at the image-forming station and a measured or estimated local stretch factor of the ITM at the impression station, and, in response to and in accordance with detected changes in the tracked stretch factor ratio, control deposition of droplets onto the ITM at the imaging station so as to modify a spacing between ink droplets in ink images formed on the ITM at the imaging station.