Single impression multicolor printing

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRINTING REPRODUCTIONS OF HIGH RESOLUTION, COLOR FIDELITY AND COLOR SATURATION IN A SINGLE IMPRESSION IN A PRINTING PRESS, COMPRISING: A PRINTING PLATE MOUNTING; A PRINTING PLATE AFFIXED TO THE MOUNTING AND HAVING THE INTELLIGENCE TO BE PRINTED PROVIDED THEREON IN RELIEF, THE INTELLIGENCE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERADJACENT MICROSCOPIC PROJECTIONS IN AN OVERALL TRIANGULAR ARRAY, EACH OF THE PROJECTIONS HAVING A DISCRETE SURFACE AREA FOR RECEIVING INK, THE PROJECTIONS WHICH OCCUPY THE CORRESPONDING APEX POSITIONS IN EACH OF THE UNIT TRIANGLES OF THE ARRAY LYING IN SPACED PARALLEL ROWS; A PLURALITY OF INK TRANSFER MEMBERS IN CONTACT WITH THE PRINTING PLATE PROJECTIONS, EACH OF THE MEMBERS HAVING A PURALITY OF SPACED RIBS THEREON ORIENTED PARALLEL TO SPECIFIC ROWS OF PROJECTIONS AND IN ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, THE SURFACE OF EACH RIB BEING ADAPTED TO CARRY INK AND HAVING A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING THE SPACING BETWEEN THE INNER PORTION OF ALTERNATE ROWS OF PROJECTIONS, THE SPACING BETWEEN RIBS BEING A MULTIPLE OF THE PROJECTION ROW SPACING, THE RESPECTIVE INK TRANSFER MEMBERS BEING ALIGNED WITH EACH OTHER IN THE PRESS SO THAT THE RIBS ON EACH INK TRANSFER MEMBER ARE DISPLACED FROM THOSE ON EACH OTHER MEMBER; AND MEANS FOR INKING THE RIB SURFACES OF THE RESPECTIVE INK TRANSFER MEMBERS WITH THE DESIRED COLOR.