System and two dimensional printing method in a three-dimensional printing support

Abstract

The invention relates to a 2D printing method on a 3D printing support, consisting of forming a printing support comprised of a plurality of colored fibers that follow a printing pattern, which once joined and shaped into a block, can be transversally cut, thereby obtaining printed sheets according to said printing pattern. The invention further relates to the printing support, comprised of a block ( 1 ), wherein in one embodiment same is composed of a plurality of hollow tubes ( 2 ) having a cavity that can be filled with a coloring means and in another embodiment same is composed of solid tubes. After the coloring means hardens and the block ( 1 ) solidifies, the latter can be transversally cut parallel to the printing face ( 4 ) into a plurality of strips ( 5 ) that will depend on the required volume of advertising signs, posters or banners, among others.

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         56 . A method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images, the method comprising:
 providing a medium through at least a first end of a printing support, wherein the printing support comprises a plurality adjacent boundary portions having axes extending in a first direction, wherein the medium is provided at the first end of the plurality of adjacent boundary portions causing the medium to flow towards a second end of the printing support opposite the first end;   densifying the medium in the printing support to form a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels at least partially maintain the shape of the interior of the boundary portions;   transversely dividing the plurality of densified pixels along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to form a plurality of sheets having an image formed by the plurality of pixels.   
     
     
         57 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 56 , wherein each of the boundary portions form a hollow tube. 
     
     
         58 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 56 , wherein each of the boundary portions are non-absorbent. 
     
     
         59 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 58 , wherein each non-absorbent boundary portion surrounds an absorbent portion. 
     
     
         60 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 59 , wherein the printing support is formed by stacking a plurality of sheets. 
     
     
         61 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 60 , wherein the sheets are transversely divided by separating at least one of the plurality of sheets from the printing support. 
     
     
         62 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 61 , wherein each of the sheets comprise at least one of a cellulose or polymer. 
     
     
         63 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 61 , wherein the medium is an ink. 
     
     
         64 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 56  wherein the sheets are transversely divided by transversely cutting at least a portion of the plurality of densified pixels along the second direction. 
     
     
         65 . The method of forming an image of  claim 56 , wherein a first one of the adjacent boundary portions is configured to receive a first color medium, and a second one of the adjacent boundary portions is configured to receive a second color medium different from the first color medium. 
     
     
         66 . A method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images, the method comprising:
 providing a medium through a printing support, wherein the printing support comprises a plurality adjacent hollow tubes having axes extending in a first direction, wherein the medium emerges through a first end of the printing support as a plurality of tube-shaped pixels;   densifying the tube-shaped pixels such that the pixels at least partially maintain the shape of the interior of the hollow tubes;   transversely cutting the densified pixels along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to form a plurality of sheets having an image formed by the plurality of pixels.   
     
     
         67 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein densifying the tube-shaped pixels comprises adhering the plurality of tube-shaped pixels together. 
     
     
         68 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein the tube-shaped pixels are adhered by at least one of an adhesive, a thermal fusing, and friction welding. 
     
     
         69 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein the tube-shaped pixels are formed of a material that solidifies through contact with air, wherein the tube-shaped pixels contact one another as they emerge from the first end of the printing support and are adhered and solidified to one another through contact with air. 
     
     
         70 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein the hollow tubes have a circular cross section. 
     
     
         71 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein the hollow tubes have a square cross section. 
     
     
         72 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein the hollow tubes have a hexagonal cross section. 
     
     
         73 . The method for forming a plurality of substantially identical images of  claim 66 , wherein providing a medium through the printing support further comprises:
 providing a first color medium through a first one of the plurality of hollow tubes;   providing a second color medium through a second one of the plurality of hollow tubes, wherein the first color is different from the second color.   
     
     
         74 . An apparatus for forming a plurality of substantially identical images, the apparatus comprising:
 a printing support, wherein the printing support includes a plurality of adjacent hollow portions having axes extending in the first direction, wherein the plurality of adjacent hollow portions are configured to receive a medium at a first end and expel the medium at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the medium is expelled to form a series of hollow portion-shaped pixels that at least partially maintain the shape of the interior of the hollow portions.   
     
     
         75 . The apparatus of  claim 74 , wherein a first one of the plurality of the hollow portions is configured to receive a first color medium, and a second one of the plurality of hollow portions is configured to receive a second color medium different from the first color medium.