An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a texture sheet with a pattern to be applied to a substrate. More specifically, the texture sheet is pressed into the substrate during the dye sublimation process in order to apply the pattern from the texture sheet while the substrate is heated and simultaneously being infused with an image from a printed sheet. The pressure applied to the texture sheet can vary, for example based on the temperature. Compared to the conventional systems in which substrates are pre-textured, the embodiments disclosed herein describe a process for simultaneous image-infusion and texture-application, which results in a substrate that is both infused and textured.

A source wafer for use in a micro-transfer printing process. The source wafer comprising: a wafer substrate; a photonic component, provided in a device coupon, the device coupon being attached to the wafer substrate via a release layer; and one or more etch stop layers, located between the photonic component and the wafer substrate.

A system and method for aligning and installing graphical dies onto an embossing press or foil stamping press is provided. The system includes a number of die support panels having a number of threaded openings disposed in columns and rows in a grid like fashion and identified with x and y axis indicia. The system also includes a number of dies with a number of apertures each identified with a pair of x and y axis indicia. Fasteners and indicia are used to align and attach the dies to the die support panels in a predetermined position. The system preferable further comprises one or more adjusters used to make minute positioning adjustments to the die after it is installed on the panel.

A system and method for aligning and installing graphical dies onto an embossing press or foil stamping press is provided. The system includes a number of die support panels having a number of threaded openings disposed in columns and rows in a grid like fashion and identified with x and y axis indicia. The system also includes a number of dies with a number of apertures each identified with a pair of x and y axis indicia. Fasteners and indicia are used to align and attach the dies to the die support panels in a predetermined position. The system preferable further comprises one or more adjusters used to make minute positioning adjustments to the die after it is installed on the panel.

Systems and methods for film positive print transfers during screen printing utilize positive artwork, one or more film positive design backups and one or more presses are presented. A screen having positive artwork creates one or more positive artwork design backups, which are stored for later use or used immediately. One or more items are screen printed with the positive artwork design. The one or more positive artwork design backups may be removed from storage and used to transfer the positive artwork to one or more replacement items.

A graphic arts die assembly includes a die carrier plate, a die, and a die adjuster. The die is adjustably supported on the die carrier plate. The die presents an outer margin and an engraved surface within the outer margin. The die further presents an adjuster surface that extends transversely relative to the engraved surface. The die adjuster shiftably engages the adjuster surface, with shifting movement of the die adjuster causing relative movement between the die and the die carrier plate.

There is described a sheet-fed stamping press (10*) comprising a foil application unit (2*) designed to allow transfer or lamination of foil material onto successive sheets (S), which foil material is fed to the foil application unit (2*) in the form of a foil carrier (FC) supplied by means of a foil feeding system (3). The foil application unit (2*) comprises a stamping cylinder (21) with at least one circumferential stamping section (210) provided on a circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and comprising successive stamping segments (211*; 211**) distributed one after the other about the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21), the stamping cylinder (21) also acting as sheet-transporting cylinder and comprising multiple sheet holding units (21a) distributed about the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and designed to hold successive sheets (S) against the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21). The foil application unit (2*) further comprises a plurality of counter-pressure units (25) distributed about a portion of the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and designed to press the successive sheets (S) and the foil carrier (FC) against an outer surface of the stamping segments (211*; 211**), the foil carrier (FC) being supplied by the foil feeding system (3) between the sheets (S) and the stamping segments (211*; 211**). Each counter-pressure unit (25) is designed as a cylinder unit (250, 255) provided with at least one circumferential pressing element (255) positioned to cooperate with the circumferential stamping section (210) of the stamping cylinder (21), and the counter-pressure units (25) are driven into rotation by means of at least one dedicated drive (26).

Disclosed is a device for printing an object with a foil, which device includes a needle block with needles that can be heated, a control unit that can determine and set which needles are heated at which moment. The device is also provided with a roller that is positioned rotatably and which can guide the object, when placed on the roller, under the needle block.

A cavity structure comprises a cavity substrate comprising a substrate surface, one or more cavity walls extending from the substrate surface, a cap disposed on the one or more cavity walls, and at least a portion of a module tether physically attached to the cavity substrate. The cavity substrate, the cap, and the one or more cavity walls form a cavity enclosing a volume, for example enclosing a vacuum, air, an added gas, or a liquid. The cavity structure can be a micro-transfer printable structure provided on a cavity structure source wafer. A plurality of cavity structures can be disposed on a destination substrate, for example by transfer printing, dry contact printing, or micro-transfer printing.

A transfer medium producing apparatus is equipped with an ink ejection unit 20 that ejects ink onto a peelable sheet, an adhesive solution application unit 30 that applies an adhesive solution onto the peelable sheet onto which the ink has been ejected, and a control unit 2 that controls the ejection of ink and the application of the adhesive solution to be performed by a wet on wet method.