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Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PRINTER SURFACE COVERING WHICH COMPRISES INTERMITTENLY ADVANCING A BACKING IN SUCESSIVE EQUAL STEPS BENEATH A PLURALITY OF PRINTING BLOCKS WHICH ARE POSITONED ABOVE SAID BACKING EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF, EACH OF SAID BLOCKS BEARING A PRINTING SURFACE CONFORMING TO THE PORTION OF THE PRINTED PATTERN TO BE APPLIED IN A PARTICULAR COLOR, THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BLOCKS AND THE LENGTH OF SAID BLOCKS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID BACKING BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID STEPS, APPLYING A PAINT COMPOSITION TO SAID PRINTING SURFACE, VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING SAID PRINTING BLOCKS AFTER APPLYING SAID PAINT COMPOSITION TO THE PRINTING SURFACE THEREOF WHILE SAID BACKING IS AT REST AFTER EVERY SECOND STEP TO DEPOSIT A FILM OF PAINT FROM SAID PRINTING SURFACES UPON SAID BACKING THEREBY FORMING A PLURALITY OF EVENLY PLACED PRINTED STRPES IN A DECORATIVE DESIGN EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH OF SAID BACKING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY EQUAL SIZED UNPRINTED STRIPES, ADVANCING SAID BACKING BENEATH A PLURALITY OF TRANSFER BLOCKS WHICH ARE POSITIONED ABOVE SAID WEB EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF, THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID TRANSFER BLOCKS AND THEIR LENGTH IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID WEB BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID STEPS VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING SAID TRANSFER BLOCKS ONTO SAID WEB WHILE SAID WEB IS AT REST AFTER EACH STEP, THEREBY REMOVING SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF SAID PRINTED FILM TOTALLING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF ITS THICKNESS AND TRANSFERRING SAID REMOVED PORTIONS SUCCESSIVELY TO SAID UNPRINTED STRIPES DUPLICATING SAID DESIGN THEREON.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PRINTER SURFACE COVERING WHICH COMPRISES INTERMITTENLY ADVANCING A BACKING IN SUCESSIVE EQUAL STEPS BENEATH A PLURALITY OF PRINTING BLOCKS WHICH ARE POSITONED ABOVE SAID BACKING EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF, EACH OF SAID BLOCKS BEARING A PRINTING SURFACE CONFORMING TO THE PORTION OF THE PRINTED PATTERN TO BE APPLIED IN A PARTICULAR COLOR, THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BLOCKS AND THE LENGTH OF SAID BLOCKS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID BACKING BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID STEPS, APPLYING A PAINT COMPOSITION TO SAID PRINTING SURFACE, VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING SAID PRINTING BLOCKS AFTER APPLYING SAID PAINT COMPOSITION TO THE PRINTING SURFACE THEREOF WHILE SAID BACKING IS AT REST AFTER EVERY SECOND STEP TO DEPOSIT A FILM OF PAINT FROM SAID PRINTING SURFACES UPON SAID BACKING THEREBY FORMING A PLURALITY OF EVENLY PLACED PRINTED STRPES IN A DECORATIVE DESIGN EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH OF SAID BACKING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY EQUAL SIZED UNPRINTED STRIPES, ADVANCING SAID BACKING BENEATH A PLURALITY OF TRANSFER BLOCKS WHICH ARE POSITIONED ABOVE SAID WEB EXTENDING THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF, THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID TRANSFER BLOCKS AND THEIR LENGTH IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID WEB BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID STEPS VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING SAID TRANSFER BLOCKS ONTO SAID WEB WHILE SAID WEB IS AT REST AFTER EACH STEP, THEREBY REMOVING SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF SAID PRINTED FILM TOTALLING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF ITS THICKNESS AND TRANSFERRING SAID REMOVED PORTIONS SUCCESSIVELY TO SAID UNPRINTED STRIPES DUPLICATING SAID DESIGN THEREON.