Claims
- 1. A method of printing a panel comprising:providing a sheet of transparent material; printing select areas of said transparent material with a print pattern; scanning said sheet of transparent material and said printed select areas thereon so as to identify leading edges and trailing edges of said printed select areas; and instructing a digital printing machine to print a superimposed layer on select portions of said printed select areas, and wherein said instructing is based on said identified leading edges and trailing edges of said printed select areas.
- 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital printing machine uses a Raster Image Processor for enabling the positioning and size of deposits of black, cyan, magenta and yellow marking material in a four color process to form said superimposed layer.
- 3. A method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising instructing said digital printing machine so that it does not print on any unprinted areas of said transparent material.
- 4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said print pattern comprises a plurality of lines.
- 5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said print pattern is opaque.
- 6. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said transparent material is fed for printing by said digital printing machine in a direction perpendicular to said lines.
- 7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said print pattern comprises a layer of white material and a layer of black material.
- 8. A method as clamed in claim 7, wherein a layer of clear material is applied to said white material, said clear material being receptive to a marking material.
- 9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital printing machine is a thermal transfer digital printing machine.
- 10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital printing machine is an ink jet digital printing machine.
- 11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said print pattern comprises a plurality of layers.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 09/051,921, filed Sep. 28, 1998, which is a 371 of PCT/GB96/02600, filed Oct. 24, 1996.
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