The system of claim 3, wherein said ink jet printer comprises at least two ink containing cartridges from which ink is separately sprayed in accordance with instructions from said software controlled computer means, and wherein at least one of said cartridges contains an ink which remains wet when sprayed on said substrate.
The system of claim 2, wherein said means for directly placing wet ink on said substrate comprises an ink jet printer. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for directly placing wet ink on said substrate comprises a computer controlled spray of ink.
A system for printing raised text and/or graphics on a substrate, said system comprising controlling computer means having software instructions loaded therein, means for directly placing wet ink, in accordance with said software instructions, on said substrate in the configuration of said text and/or graphics, means for conveying the inked substrate, while said ink remains wet, to means for dusting the substrate with a thermographic powder which adheres only to said wet ink, means for removing excess thermographic powder and means for heating the adhered thermographic powder to a temperature and for a time sufficient to raise the lettering and/or graphics defined by the initially placed ink.
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