| CPC B41F 17/22 (2013.01) [B41F 1/16 (2013.01); B41F 13/0008 (2013.01); B41F 17/006 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/40733 (2020.08); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/00214 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An apparatus for printing on three-dimensional objects, the apparatus including a printing station and a conveyor for transporting objects through the printing station, wherein the printing station includes a movable imaging surface for bearing an ink image and the conveyor comprises mandrels mounted on one of a turret, a chain and a toothed belt, a loading station at which objects are mounted onto the mandrels prior to passage through the printing station and an unloading station for removing objects from the mandrels after passage through the printing station, wherein during continuous passage of the imaging surface through the printing station, printing is periodically inhibited during no-print periods and a device is provided in the loading station, operative during continuous operation of the conveyor, to prevent loading of objects onto mandrels that will pass through the printing station during the no-print periods.
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