Claims
- 1. A printed elasticized substrate made by the process comprising the steps of:
- continuously moving a substrate having a printing surface,
- printing a semi-tone graphic with an amount of ink less than an amount of ink for a full-tone graphic on the printing surface of the substrate,
- elasticizing the substrate after it has been printed, and
- contracting the substrate to provide the full-tone graphic.
- 2. The substrate of claim 1 wherein elasticizing includes treating the substrate to make it elastic.
- 3. The substrate of claim 1 wherein elasticizing includes bonding the substrate to an elastic layer.
- 4. The substrate of claim 3 wherein the elastic layer is a sheet of elastic material.
- 5. The substrate of claim 3 wherein the elastic layer is a plurality of strands of elastic material.
- 6. The substrate of claim 1 wherein the printing is flexographic printing.
- 7. The substrate of claim 1 wherein the printing is rotogravure printing.
- 8. The substrate of claim 1 wherein the printing is ink-jet printing.
- 9. The substrate of claim 1 wherein the substrate has a basis weight equal to or less than about 20 grams per square meter.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional application of copending application U.S. Ser. No. 08/359,481, filed on Dec. 20, 1994, pending.
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