A. Design |
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This is a design process as to which part
of the car body surface an image
should be
put on and what kind of an image
should be
printed.
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A-1
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Inputting appearance of the car into the
microcomputer using digital camera |
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A-2 |
Transferring an image to be printed into
the micro computer from the CD-ROM or image
scanner or digital camera |
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A-3 |
Synthesizing appearance of the car and an
image on the microcomputer into a rendering
and outputting such a rendering onto the
display or printer
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A-4 |
- Showing a rendering to the client to get
their approval
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B. Printing |
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This process is to print directly the specified
image onto the specified place
of the car
body.
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B-1 |
Setting the car body in almost parallel in
front of the printing machine |
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B-2 |
Measuring body data on a part where printing
should be made
Required time : |
about 5 minutes if the surface is almost
flat |
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about 20 minutes if the surface has many
curves |
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about 10 minutes as an average |
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B-3 |
Wiping off the oil and grease from the part
of car body to be printed on
Depending on its dirty condition,
it will
need 5-10 minutes.
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B-4 |
Printing directly the specified image
Required time: |
about 40 minutes in case the size of the image is 2.5 feet in height *8.0
feet in width (20 square feet) |
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Required ink cost: about USD3.00
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