US 12,275,250 B2
Printing method and printing apparatus for improving visibility and printed matter printed using the printing method
Jae Hyun Joo, Clichy (FR); Yu Jin Choi, Clichy (FR); and Bo Seung Jang, Clichy (FR)
Assigned to SOCIÉTÉ BIC, Clichy (FR)
Appl. No. 17/997,952
Filed by SOCIÉTÉ BIC, Clichy (FR)
PCT Filed May 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062175
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224465, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0054773 (KR), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173812 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B43K 5/02 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/385 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); B43K 8/22 (2006.01); C09D 11/50 (2014.01); B43K 5/18 (2006.01); C08K 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17503 (2013.01) [B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 2/385 (2013.01); B41M 3/008 (2013.01); B43K 5/025 (2013.01); B43K 8/22 (2013.01); C09D 11/50 (2013.01); B43K 5/1818 (2013.01); C08K 9/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a first cartridge including a light-absorbing composition;
a second cartridge including a color-variable composition;
a first discharger configured to discharge the light-absorbing composition included in the first cartridge onto a print medium;
a second discharger configured to discharge the color-variable composition included in the second cartridge onto the print medium at a same time as the light-absorbing composition;
a third discharger configured to discharge the light-absorbing composition included in the first cartridge onto the print medium and positioned on a first side of the second discharger;
a fourth discharger configured to discharge the light-absorbing composition included in the first cartridge onto the print medium and positioned on a second side of the second discharger adjacent to the first side; and
a fifth discharger configured to discharge the light-absorbing composition included in the first cartridge onto the print medium and positioned on a third side of the second discharger opposite to the second side,
wherein the first discharger is positioned on a fourth side of the second discharger adjacent to the second side and opposite to the first side, and wherein the first discharger, the third discharger, the fourth discharger, and the fifth discharger are configured and/or controlled to discharge the light-absorbing composition included in the first cartridge when located in front of the second discharger based on a printing direction.