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Wednesday, August 01, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Blogging as a career
Why did you first move to New York?
I moved from Michigan to New York almost eleven years ago. After graduating from the University of Michigan, I stayed in Ann Arbor for six months and worked three jobs to save up enough money to move to New York. My first gig here was a full-time unpaid internship with Cosmopolitan Magazine for three months, to help get my foot in the door. I also tutored every day after work and on weekends to make money. I was super broke and had butterflies in my stomach, but was thrilled to finally be in the city.
How broke?
I was almost literally pinching pennies. Every day I'd order a $1.50 bagel with cream cheese for lunch, and I always really wanted to add tomatoes, but for an extra sixty cents, I simply couldn't afford it. Every night I would walk home from work, since I didn't want to splurge on the $2 bus fare. My first apartment was a small one-bedroom sublet in midtown which I shared with a guy friend, and he slept in the bedroom and I slept with a blanket on the old sofa in the living room. Now and again we had cockroaches and, even on the hottest days, we never turned on the air conditioner because we couldn't pay extra on the utility bill. I cannot begin to tell you how much spaghetti I ate for dinner that year, just because it was the cheapest dish I could think of! Now whenever we have spaghetti, it takes me right back.
It was a drag to be so broke, but at the same time, it was exciting. I felt like I was paying my dues. If you ask pretty much anyone who lives in New York, they'll regale you with terrible apartment stories, crazy roommate sagas, a history of scrimping and saving when they first arrived. It's a rite of passage.
What was your first job?
Growing up I had a million jobs at restaurants, coffee shops, babysitting, shoveling snowy driveways, etc....but after my first few months in New York, I landed a full-time real job as an editorial assistant at Simon & Schuster (book publishing) for a year.
And then I decided to go to law school.
Law school?
Law school was a big departure. But back when I was graduating from college, I randomly took the LSAT, and when I did well on it, I figured I'd just apply to schools, and when I got in, I figured I might as well send in the deposit. One thing came after another, and it was a bit of a snowball effect. I figured I'd try it for a year. So I applied for student loans and started at NYU School of Law in 2002.
How did it go?
That year was really miserable. Part of it was personal—my college boyfriend and I had broken up, and I was pretty devastated; I lived in a tiny ground-floor dorm that looked out onto crowded Broadway, so I had to keep the blinds closed all day, and there was a hot-dog stand right outside my window, so the whole place smelled like boiled meat. Part of it was law school, itself—I missed working in books and magazines. I felt like I didn't fit in with the other students and felt lame. I called my mom like 50 times a day. I sobbed on my dad's shoulder when I went home for Thanksgiving. After finishing the first year, I decided to leave law school. That was actually an easy decision, despite knowing I'd have to somehow repay all the loans (a whopping $54,000 for just one year, zoinks!)
How did you pay back the loans?
As soon as I left law school, I felt flooded with relief. I knew I had made the right decision, even though it was a much, much less secure career path. To help repay the loans, I tutored and taught the LSAT for Kaplan on evenings and weekends, which was actually an awesome job. I made friends with some of the students, since many were my age. During the day, I got a full-time job with a small editorial/advertising firm. It was GREAT to work for a small company because I got a ton of work thrown at me and was just expected to figure it out. The atmosphere was intense, but I loved being trusted to get the work done, and the job gave me confidence that I could do anything. I rose up the ranks quickly (as you can in a small company), and also learned a lot about business, since the owner of the company was an incredible negotiator; I watched her approach big, intimidating brands and basically say, "We are worth this huge price; you should sign with us right away and you will never look back," and people basically did. She showed me by example that you can ask for the moon and, if you really believe in yourself, actually get it.
What did you do at the company?
My position was an editor, and, over the four years I was there, we worked on some amazing projects. My favorite was launching a magazine called Bene, which was about how to live like an Italian (think: mozzarella, thick sweaters, mama's boys). It was a dream project and I was asked to take the helm. I worked like a million hours a day, and my boyfriend at the time thought I was the biggest type-A stress case (which I was), but overall I loved it.
When did you start your blog?
Five years ago, I broke up with that same boyfriend and needed a distraction from feeling sad (read: eating potato chips and watching TV). (Funny that now that I'm writing this bio, breakups seem to be at the crux of all my positive life decisions! When a door closes, a window opens, right?) To distract myself, I decided to start a blog. None of my friends had one, and I only read a few—Design*Sponge mostly. Blogging as a career didn't really exist; never did I imagine Cup of Jo would be anything more than a fun hobby. So I worked on it at night and on weekends. I got really into it and would stay up til 2am working on it. (Here's my first post!:)
When did your blog start making money?
As I said here, shifting from blogging-as-a-hobby to blogging-as-a-career was a very slow transition and one that I had never anticipated. After a year or so, I started featuring a few ads on my blog to earn some pocket money. And after a couple years, I quit my job to focus on freelance magazine writing (Glamour, New York Magazine) and grow my blog, so it became about half my income. But only about a year ago did I finally realize that my blog had officially become my full-time job—both financially and time-wise. And I was happy and surprised. (Also here's my work/life balance post, if you'd like to know more.)
What are your favorite parts of blogging?
* Having a close relationship with my beloved readers. Starting the Motherhood Mondays column took the relationship to a new level (do you agree?:), because we started discussing marriage, breastfeeding, depression, infertility, everything. Having these conversations has been an incredible, eye-opening, heartwarming experience.
* I LOVE LOVE LOVE when readers stop us in the street because it's so awesome to meet readers in person. Blogging can feel isolating sometimes, since you work on a laptop at home, so it's amazing to meet people. (And everyone is always so nice and cute!:)
* Writing about a bunch of different topics. If we do a bedroom makeover or I read a fascinating parenting book or I'm itching to write a guide to NYC, I can just do it. That's great, since when you work for a magazine, your "beat" tends to be much more limited. And the great thing is, if I start feeling in a rut, I can just shake things up. It's a real gift to have editorial control.
* Working with photographers, designers and illustrators. Now and again, I've worked with super talented people, like Jamie Beck, Jenny Komenda and Gemma Correll. It's been such a pleasure and honor. I'd love to do more collaborations in the future.
* Alex being awesome. Alex helps a lot with my blog, not so much in the nitty gritty, but just overarching conversations about ideas, worries, etc. He jokes that I'm the CEO, but he's the chief strategist, director of communications, personal chef, mailroom guy, and psychotherapist for Cup of Jo. :) And he's written a couple posts, including 8 confessions of a new dad and his side of the birth story.
What are your least favorite parts of blogging?
Obviously, I feel super lucky to have the job I do, and any negative aspects are absolutely worth it. But I think it's important sometimes to talk about negative parts of your job, so that other people don't assume your job is perfect and thus feel bad about their jobs. (It's like when you're secretly psyched to read that food critics often get food poisoning:) So here are a few things that can be a drag...
* Negative comments. You know that punched-in-the-gut feeling you get when someone criticizes you? Well, if you have a big blog, you get negative comments pretty much every day, so you have that feeling at some point every day. Sometimes the comments are just from someone cranky (and then this mantra applies), but often they're from smart readers and thus are really constructive and helpful for growth. I take negative comments seriously and try to learn from them. Criticism helps you grow, as both a blogger and person, and of course I welcome honest comments from my readers. Like I said, though, negative comments can be very tough to read. I've always been sensitive to criticism, and I'll admit, I've called my mom in tears more than once. It can feel very personal when you're writing about yourself and your life.
* Feeling isolated. While working from home, it's easy to feel lonely without co-workers, especially when you're working on the laptop on your bed, ha! It's often fun and social to have a team around you...and sometimes I just want to gossip about The Bachelor the next morning! It's also tough to never have a sounding board—even just a co-worker to ask, is this idea good or totally crazy?
* Working on vacations/Christmas/weekends/etc. Since I started Cup of Jo five years ago, I don't think I've ever taken a vacation where I didn't spend some time working—including our honeymoon. Blogging never stops, and running your own business never stops. Since I don't have anyone else working with me who can take over in my absence, I always have to take time to check in (to upload guest posts, to answer timely advertising questions, etc.). After all, my advertisers are depending on being able to communicate with me, and I owe it to them to have my traffic stay the same even when we're out of town. I don't really mind it, though, since I feel lucky to be blogging overall.
Has Toby changed your work approach?
Having a baby forces you (in a good way) to take time off. Whereas I used to take on a million side projects, I don't anymore. And I love that we have hours built in every evening to go to the playground, sing, play the bongos, make jokes, ride bikes. Apparently the average toddler laughs 400 times a day, and those throaty giggles are totally contagious. Alex is also really laid-back and talented at relaxing (ha), so that has been good for me. He has taught me to stop more often and smell the roses.
Any advice for growing a blog?
People will like reading your blog—and you'll enjoy writing it—if you're true to yourself and your posts come from the heart. When you write a post, imagine your mom or best friend reading it. Does it sound like your voice? Does the topic fascinate or inspire you? Is the post clear, enticing and visual? Do you have a point of view that's different from other bloggers? Write about what you love. I think everyone has an amazing blog inside them, or a story to tell, and I really encourage people to go for it. If you're starting out, best of luck!
Do you have any tips about starting a magazine career?
I did an interview about my magazine work which might answer some questions. I also love the websites Media Bistro and Ed2010. They have great advice about pitching stories and interviewing; plus, they have job and internship listings. There are obviously many different paths to success, and I would recommend staying very open to opportunities (even low-paying or no-paying ones, at first) and doing all you can to get your foot in the door. Good luck!
What is the biggest misconception about bloggers?
When it's done right, blogging should look easy—just how magazine articles and books should look easy and fun. But it doesn't mean that it is easy. I wrote about the behind-the-scenes of running a bigger blog in this interview. There's so much back-end work, including negotiating with advertisers, redesigning your site, working closely with lawyers when developing contracts, hiring contributors and graphic designers, building a presence on social media, answering hundreds and hundreds of reader emails every day, doing guest posts and interviews, the list goes on. Funnily enough, after a while, the actual writing-of-the-posts feels like only a small part of your daily work (even though that's obviously the best part!:).
How do you earn money and handle advertising?
For the past six years, I've sold most of the ads myself. I've worked primarily with small brands, such as etsy shops and jewelry designers. I love working with small business owners and supporting female entrepreneurs.
Now I've also decided to work with an ad network that handles banner ads for bloggers. It's a big step, but I'm excited to free up more time to focus on editorial posts. Starting now, I'll also be doing a few sponsored posts per month, which I typically sell directly to brands myself. For years, I didn't accept sponsored posts, but now I've seen that they work really well with brands you actually love (such as Pinhole Press and The Honest Company). And I'll mark them very clearly with text at the top or bottom of the post. So, it will be very clear when something is sponsored; I hope you guys will enjoy the posts, which will help keep Cup of Jo running smoothly.
What do you think about the future of blogging?
I always tell Alex that I'm riding the wave. Blogs probably won't be around forever (although of course I hope they will!) and you never know how quickly the industry will change. After all, when I started five years ago, I never thought blogging could be a job, and now it is, and maybe it won't be in the future. There's definitely not much job security. But I'm grateful to be doing it now, and hope to keep blogging for as long as possible.
If you have read this far, bravo, haha! Thank you so much, and I hope this answered most of your questions (and probably way more:) If you have any others, please feel free to leave them in the comments. I want to reiterate how much I love blogging and how much I love my readers. Thank you again (so much) for everything. Love, Joanna
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Hi Jo!
I´m a "hobby blogger" from Brazil, who decided to start a blog because I became a widow (at 35!) and I wanted to tell my story and my husb´s to two adorable little ones that we had. The car accident came just before a carrer change (I work to the government now - thanks God! Cause I have 2 kids to feed!) and a moving to a new city 300 milles away from both families. So... I assumed the blog will be useful to keep in touch with my family.
For my surprise, lots of people started reading it, sending me their best wishes, caring about me and the kids. Lots of "young widows" send me e-mails to exchange experiences and little tips on "how to survive". It´s bitter-sweeter...
On the process, I got to know Valerie Koop (now Johnson) and hers incredible sensitive blog "be in the moment". She is great! She is sweet! She became a great friend even thoug we have never met. How cool is the internet?
By the way, I found your blog (that I can´t stop reading for 4 days!) through Valerie´s. She mencioned you.
Today, more than 3 years later, I still took the blog as a hobby... but I´m over happy when I see 2000 access in one day! I don´t know if this is a ridiculous low number for you, but for me this is huge and I´m so gratefull.
Well, the main point is: I love your blog! It´s great and inspiring! Keep doing the amazing work, girl! You rock!
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I think one of your best gifts is that you know how to approach a controversial subject lightly enough that no one feels threatened by it. I noticed on your public breastfeeding post that people commented on it mostly with tact. Even people who disagreed seemed almost apologetic for disagreeing.
I think your ability to write clearly without any judgmental tone, strikes a chord with your readers and makes your blog very accessible. The fact that you realized you should put the negative sides of blogging as a career, shows that you understand human nature well enough to successfully share and tap into some fun and important aspects of life.
It looks like keeping a blog like yours could be so simple, but that is only because you are talented enough to make it look that way. Anyway, I just wanted to point these things out because it is what I have noticed over the years of reading your blog...almost every day. Thanks for this. My sister and I really enjoy reading and talking about your posts. I read Cup Of Jo in the morning along with my emails and quick Facebook check. Your blog makes each day a little more interesting. - 12:57 PM
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This post was so helpful and inspiring! I just started my own blog and, beyond the constant advice and tips I get from my "pro blogger" girl friend, I have no idea what I am doing! But every day is so fun and I try to learn something new to improved my page (and my strategy) every day. A Cup of Jo has recently become one of my daily pleasures and I thank you for what you do.
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joanna, at 22, i've lived in NYC and interned for Teen Vogue magazine and was offered another internship at Marie Claire and Lucky, and you continue to inspire me and help me push forth every day. i have anxieties just as you discuss here on your site, and while sometimes they feel debilitating, i know to just keep going and believe in myself. i truly admire you and love you joanna! thank you for being you. xoxo tracy
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Exposure zones near parasitic elements in high powered antennas
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Title | Exposure zones near parasitic elements in high powered antennas |
Author | Thiel, David Victor |
Publication Title | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium |
Year Published | 2008 |
Place of publication | Piscataway USA |
Publisher | IEEE |
Abstract | This simple investigation, and results from many other experimental measurements and theoretical investigations demonstrate the following: a) There is a region close to the parasitic element where the electric field strength is greatly reduced and the magnetic field is greatly increased. b) The spatial rate of change of the field strength is very high. Small changes in distance can result in very large changes in electric field strength. This effect is observed in many transmitter situations. c) The presence of an additional conductor in this zone will influence the near fields and so can influence the overall effectiveness of the antenna. These conclusions are important because: a) Grounded towers used in VLF, LF and HF antennas show small regions where the measured and modeled quasi-static fields are greatly reduced. Such regions might be defined as "safe" when radiation exposure standards [6] are applied. b) The near field zone immediately behind Yagi-Uda antennas is not as "safe" as that predicted from far field to near field transform approximations (Ebersbach, Thiel and Leckenby [4]). c) Antenna isolation from nearby conductors using parasitic elements placed close to the driven elements is not particularly effective when compared to a large reflecting screen. |
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Conference name | IEEE APS International Symposium |
Location | San Diego, CA USA |
Date From | 2008-07-05 |
Date To | 2008-07-11 |
URI | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/20620 |
Date Accessioned | 2008-10-02 |
Language | en_AU |
Faculty | Faculty of Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology |
Subject | PRE2009-Antenna Technology |
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US 7255438 B2 Abstract A method comprises the steps of (a) providing a water based ink in at least one clichķ with a contact lens pattern; (b) transferring the water based ink from the clichķ to at least a surface of at least a contact lens forming mold by means of at least a transfer pad; (c) at least partially curing the ink transferred on the mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into a lens-forming cavity of the mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens; characterized in that the relative air humidity in the immediate vicinities of the transfer pad/s is kept higher than 50% at standard temperature and pressure conditions during ink transfer.
Claims(19) 1. A transfer-printing method for making a colored hydrogel contact lens, comprising the steps of:
(a) inking, with a water-based ink, at least one clichķ having an image to be printed on a contact lens to form an inked image in the clichķ;
(b) transferring the inked image from the clichķ to at least one surface of at least one contact lens forming mold by means of at least one transfer pad, wherein the relative air humidity in the immediate vicinities of the transfer pad is kept higher than 50% at temperature conditions within a range of from 15 to 30 degrees Celsius during ink transfer;
(c) at least partially curing the inked image transferred on the mold surface to form a colored film;
(d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into at least one lens-forming cavity of the mold; and
(e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens.
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Description This application claims the benefit under USC ¦ 119 (e) of U.S. provisional application No. 60/614,691 filed Sep. 30, 2004, incorporated by reference in its entirety. Concurrently filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/226,725 is also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present invention generally relates to a method for making colored contact lenses. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pad transfer printing method for making colored hydrogel contact lenses with good image quality. Contact lenses having one or more colorants dispersed in the lens or printed on the lens are in high demand. These colored contact lenses may enhance the natural beauty of the eye, or provide unique patterns on the iris of the wearer, or provide non-cosmetic patterns or marks, such as rotation marks, inversion marks, product/brand codes, lot numbers, ōDEMOö lenses, and the like, which are of benefits to wearers, eye-care practitioners and manufacturers. A known method of printing inks onto contact lens involves ink transfer printing. According to this method the colored film to be transferred to the lens is first deposited on a surface of the mold wherein the lens is subsequently formed. The pattern of the liquid colored film can be provided by etching or lasering a metal or ceramic plate. The etched pattern is then filled with an appropriate ink, leveled out with a suitable doctoring device, and a soft silicone rubber transfer stamp or pad impressed thereupon to transfer the pattern on the pad's surface. The pad containing the image is then brought to the lens forming mold and depressed in the correct place to transfer the pattern thus creating the colored film. The colored film may then be subjected to a partial or full cure. Thereafter, lens forming material is added to the mold and actinically or thermally cured to form the contact lens whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens. Several organic solvent based inks have been used for ink transfer printing techniques of color images on a contact lens. In fact, due to the increased demand of colored contact lenses which requires mass production of the same, it is desirable to use an ink which is soluble in water. The use of a water based ink allows simplifying the automated production of colored contact lenses, resulting in more environmentally friendly and inexpensive products. When employing a water based ink for ink transfer printing of color images on a contact lens the degree of ink transfer as well as smearing and delamination of the same is found to depend on several factors. Among them, the time required to transfer the ink from the clichķ to the mold; the contact lens material, and the ink formulation. In particular, it has been observed that the longer time a water based ink is kept hanging on a pad after picking up the ink from the clichķ and before depositing it on the mold results in a degraded image quality. This has been attributed to the drying of the ink on the pad. Even for very short hanging time (1 to 5 seconds) the ink does begin to dry and eventually a long enough delay causes the ink to dry completely on the pad and eliminate the ink transfer or severely degrades the image when it is transferred to the mold. In addition when the contact lens forming material is a water based monomer the mechanical strength of the lenses is surprisingly found to be strictly correlated with the water content in the ink and in the air. Therefore there is a need to develop a water based ink transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses with improved image quality without compromising the lenses quality. The invention provides a pad transfer-printing method for making a colored hydrogel contact lens, comprising the steps of:
The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a molded colored contact lens containing a transparent central visual session and a colored image on at least a part of the remaining surface. A color image may be a cosmetic pattern, for example, iris-like patterns, fashion patterns (e.g. Wild EyeÖ), made-to-order (MTO) patterns, prosthetic patterns and the like; an inversion mark that allows a user to handle and insert easily a contact lens; a toric rotation mark, or contact lenses stock keeping units (SKUs), for example, either in forms of numbers or as bar codes. A color image may be a single color image or a multi-color image. The present invention is better illustrated by the following embodiments. According to one embodiment at least one clichķ is first inked with a water based ink by an ink supply means according to any known inking method and the excess ink leveled out with an appropriate doctoring blade. At least one transfer pad (1), preferably a set of pads together pick the ink from the clichķ and transfer it to at least a surface of at least a contact lens forming mold. While the ink is hanging on the pad/s after having been picked from clichķ and before having been deposited on the mold (ōpick-up to drop off timeö) a blanket or a skirt (2) of humid air is created in the immediate vicinities of the pad/s or in alternative directional humidified air (3) is blown on the pad/s (1) to prevent the drying of the ink as illustrated in The humid air could either be directional or diffuse, depending upon the configuration of a pad transfer printer to be used. A typical air flow is between 700 and 950 ml/minute. However the air flow may be adjusted and optimized according to the apparatus used. The relative air humidity should be high enough to prevent the drying of the ink but it may not interfere with the contact lens formation. Preferably the relative humidity of the air is between 50 and 100%, more preferably is between 60% and 90% and even more preferably is between 75 and 80% at standard pressure and temperature wherein by standard temperature is meant a range from 15 to 30 degrees Celsius, preferably from 23 to 28 degrees Celsius. The humidified air can be created either by using humidifying means such as a laboratory bubbler, or any industrial humidifier designed to connect to a duct or directly into the air surrounding the printer. For example a Mobile Environmental Control System from JS Humidifiers plc may be used to provide temperature and humidity controlled air. In a preferred embodiment JetSprayÖ humidifiers also from JS Humidifiers plc may be employed. JetSprayÖ humidifiers are easy to handle and have low maintenance cost. Within the humidifier compressed air is atomised to produce fine sprays that rapidly evaporate to raise the humidity directly in the air or in air handling units to the desired level. A JetSprayÖ humidifier comprises a suitable number of atomising nozzles mounted onto one or more custom-designed manifolds, installed across the airflow. Moisture distribution is assured by the choice of nozzle capacity, suitable spacing on the manifold, correct positioning and flexible orientation of the nozzles. In even a more preferred embodiment a laminar flow of humid air is created in the proximity of the pad/s clichķ and molds while printing. After applying the ink on at least a molding surface of at least a mold, the printed ink may be at least partially pre-cured by means of an appropriate curing means either thermally or preferably by UV or other actinic radiation such as ionized radiation (e.g. gamma ray or X-ray irradiation), microwave irradiation, and the like, to form a colored film in accordance with the invention. Curing means may be common lamps preferably with one or most preferably with several optical fiber probes, in such a way that one lamp provide even illumination for several molds at the same time. Preferably the lamp is a UV mercury lamp, especially a doped medium pressure mercury lamp, whereby a medium pressure lamp HPA 2020 from Philips or a comparable medium pressure lamp from the company Heraeus may be used for example. In alternative a Hamamatsu lamp or Dr Groebel lamp may be employed alone or in combination with appropriate cut filters and/or condensers. The optical fiber probes conveniently have a length of 0.3 to 6 m and are advantageously formed as liquid optical fibers, since these are particularly well suited to the transmission of UV light. Preferably pre-curing times range from 0.1 to 10 seconds preferably from 0.5 to 5 seconds and more preferably from 1 to 2 seconds. Following pre-curing, a hydrogel lens-forming material is dispensed into a lens forming cavity of the printed mold preferably by using an automatic dispenser. The contact lens may then be formed by spin casting as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,166 or preferably by cast molding. For cast molding, a mold generally comprises at least two mold halves, i.e. first and second mold halves. The first mold half defines a first molding (or optical) surface and the second mold half defines a second molding (or optical) surface. The first and second mold halves are configured to receive each other such that a lens forming cavity is formed between the first molding surface and the second molding surface. The molding surface of a mold half is the cavity-forming surface of the mold and in direct contact with lens-forming material. The printed mold surface or mold half is allowed to sit for 10 seconds, preferably 5 seconds before mating then with corresponding other mold half and closing molds by using a pneumatic closing system. Therein the lens forming material is actinically or thermally cured whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens. According to a preferred embodiment a printing unit comprises at least a clichķ, at least a set of transfer pads, optionally at least a water based ink supply means, at least a humidification means and at least a curing means. In this case the contact lens forming mold/s has/have to be placed in the printing unit just before or during or just after the ink has been picked from the clichķ by the transfer pads. The mold/s is/are removed from the printing unit only after the pre-curing of the ink printed on the lens forming mold/s. Outside the printing unit the lens forming mold/s is/are filled with a hydrogel lens-forming material. The hydrogel lens-forming material is then actinically or thermally cured whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens. According to this embodiment the air humidification and air temperature is carefully controlled within the printing unit. The humid air may be blown on the pad/s every time the pad/s is/are inked or a constant relative humidity and temperature may be kept in the printing unit by means of a automitised laminar air flow wherein temperature and relative air humidity are constantly or periodically measured and adjusted to the proper value. According to an even more preferred embodiment the printing unit is part of a partially or fully automated colored contact lens production line. By an appropriate transport subsystem in the production plant, at least one lens forming mold, preferably several at the same time are moved along a predetermined path into the printing unit wherein one mold at the time or several molds at the same time are printed thereupon according to the methods described here above. The lens forming mold/s may continuously be moving through the printing unit, however preferably the mold/s are stationary during at least one step of the printing process. Preferably the mold/s is/are in stationary position for no longer than 30 seconds; more preferably for no longer than 10 seconds and most preferably for no longer than 5 seconds. Any known suitable transfer pad printing structure may be used in the present invention. Pad printing structures include, but are not limited to Tampo-type printing structures (Tampo vario 90/130), rubber stamps, thimbles, direct printing pads, or transfer print pads as they are known in the art. These print pads preferably comprise silicone or polyurethane. The elasticity of these polymers allows the inks to stick to the pad temporarily and fully release from the pad when it contacts a contact lens mold. Clichķs used in the present invention may be made of ceramics or metals (e.g., steel). Where a clichķ is made of a steel, it would be desirable to neutralize the pH of a water-based ink (e.g., adjusted pH to 6.8ś7.8) by adding a buffer (such as, for example, phosphate salts). Images can be etched into a clichķ according to any methods known to a person skilled in the art, for example, by chemical etching or laser ablation or the like. The clichķs may be cleaned after use, such as soaking in an appropriate solvent, sonication, or mechanical abrasion. A cleaning is particularly preferred in case of shallower clichķs selected (20 μm depth), where ink buildup might cause a more rapid degradation of the pattern. A contact lens forming mold to be used in the present invention generally comprises at least two mold halves, i.e. first and second mold half. The first mold half defines a first optical surface and the second mold half defines a second optical surface. The first and second mold halves are configured to receive each other such that a lens forming cavity is formed there in between the first molding surface and the second molding surface. The molding surface of a mold half is the cavity-forming surface of the mold and in direct contact with lens-forming material. Lens forming molds may be made by all materials known in the art for making molds. Example are polymeric materials, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, PMMA, Topas« COC grade 8007-S10 (clear amorphous copolymer of ethylene and norbornene, from Ticona GmbH of Frankfurt, Germany and Summit, N.J.), or quartz, glasses or sapphire. The molds may be one-way or reusable molds. Reusable molds following the production of a lens, may be cleaned rapidly and effectively from the uncrosslinked prepolymer and other residues, using water or a suitable solvent, and can be dried with air. In a preferred embodiment, where a lens-forming material is a solution, solvent-free liquid, or melt of one or more prepolymers optionally in presence of other components, reusable molds are used and the lens-forming material is cured actinically under a spatial limitation of actinic radiation to form a colored contact lens. In this case, the lens-forming material is put into a mold consisting of two mold halves, the two mold halves preferably not touching each other but having a thin gap of annular design arranged between them. The gap is connected to the mold cavity, so that excess lens material can flow away into the gap. The two opposite surfaces (anterior surface and posterior surface) of a contact lens are defined by the two optical surfaces while the edge is defined by the spatial limitation of actinic irradiation rather than by means of mold walls. Typically, only the lens-forming material within a region bound by the two molding surfaces and the projection of the well defined peripheral boundary of the spatial limitation is crosslinked whereas any lens-forming material outside of and immediately around the peripheral boundary of the spatial limitation is not crosslinked, and thereby the edge of the contact lens should be smooth and precise duplication of the dimension and geometry of the spatial limitation of actinic radiation. A water based ink to be used in combination with this invention is an ink in which the solvent is water. The ink may also (but preferably does not) comprise an organic solvent in addition to water. The water based ink comprises at least one colorant or pigment. The choice of pigments is not critical. The pigments may be any coloring substance or combination thereof that provides a desired color. The water based ink preferably further comprises a water-soluble binder polymer having ethylenically unsaturated groups. Preferably the binding polymer is a water-soluble, actinically crosslinkable prepolymer selected from the group consisting of: a water-soluble crosslinkable poly(vinyl alcohol) prepolymer; a water-soluble vinyl group-terminated polyurethane; derivatives of a polyvinyl alcohol, polyethyleneimine or polyvinylamine; a water-soluble crosslinkable polyurea prepolymer; crosslinkable polyacrylamide; crosslinkable statistical copolymers of vinyl lactam, methyl methacrylate and a comonomer; crosslinkable copolymers of vinyl lactam, vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol; polyether-polyester copolymers with crosslinkable side chains; branched polyalkylene glycol-urethane prepolymers; polyalkylene glycol-tetra(meth)acrylate prepolymers; crosslinkable polyallylamine gluconolactone prepolymers, and mixtures thereof. Even more preferably the water-soluble, actinically crosslinkable prepolymer is one of the polymerizable components of the lens-forming material. More preferably the water based ink further comprises an initiator, preferably a photoinitiator, in an amount sufficient to provide the ink a cure time being about 50% or less, preferably 40% or less, more preferably 25% or less, even more preferably 15% or less, of initial cure time. Any suitable photoinitiators can be used in the ink formulations. The photoinitiator presently preferred by the inventors is Irgacure 2959, Irgacure 907, Irgacure 500, Irgacure 651, Irgacure 369, Darocure 1173, or Darocure 4265. Most preferably the water based ink further comprises a surfactant. Examples of preferred surfactants are acetylenic diol-based surfactants such as Surfynol« 420 surfactant (ethoxylated acetylenic diols). The concentration of Surfynol« 420 surfactant in an ink of the invention is preferably from about 0.03% to about 0.16% by weight. In a preferred embodiment, an ink to be used in combination with the present invention comprises: water in an amount of from about 30% to 98% by weight, preferably from about 50% to 93% by weight; a water-soluble and actinically-curable binder polymer in an amount of from about 2% to 40% by weight, preferably about 6% to 30%; and at least a colorant in an amount of from about 0.5% to 30% by weight, preferably about 1.5% to 20%; a rapid diffusive surfactant (preferably an acetylenic diol-based surfactant, more preferably Surfynol« 420 surfactant) in an amount of from about 0.03% to about 0.20% by weight; and a photoinitiator in an amount of from about 0.4% to about 2.4% by weight, more preferably from about 0.55% to about 2.1% by weight, even more preferably from about 0.7% to about 1.5% by weight. The water based ink has preferably a viscosity of greater than about 100 centipoise (cps), more preferably above 200 cps, even more preferably above 350 cps. The viscosity of an ink solution can be as high as about 5,000 centipoise (cps), but is preferably between about 900 to about 3500 cps. Any lens-forming materials known in the art may be used in the invention. Preferred lens-forming materials are capable of forming hydrogels. A lens-forming material may be made up of vinylic monomers like HEMA (hydroxyethylmethacrylate) or may comprise one or more prepolymers, optionally one or more vinylic monomers and/or macromers and optionally further include various components, such as photoinitiator, visibility tinting agent, fillers, and the like. It should be understood that any silicone-containing prepolymers or any silicone-free prepolymers can be used in the present invention. While the selection of a lens-forming material is largely determined upon the final modality of use of the final contact lens, the presently preferred lens material is a modified polyvinyl alcohol prepolymer as disclosed in EP-A-641806, for example nelfilcon (Ciba Vision Corp). Nelfilcon is particularly preferred because it is water soluble and finished lens of optical quality can be produced from it within a few seconds, without the necessity for subsequent extraction or finishing steps. The ōfront or anterior surfaceö of a contact lens, as used herein, refers to the surface of the lens that faces away from the eye during wear and it is typically substantially convex. The ōrear or posterior surfaceö of a contact lens, as used herein, refers to the surface of the lens that faces towards the eye during wear and it is typically substantially concave. While, either the front or rear surface of the contact lens or both may be printed, it is preferable to apply the ink to the front surface of the lens. However, there are special cosmetic effects achievable by providing a pattern on both the anterior and posterior surfaces. For instance, a colored pattern of one color can be applied to the back surface of the lens or the corresponding mold-half (for instance, white) and the same or different colored pattern can be applied to the front surface of the lens or the corresponding mold-half (for instance, dark blue). This then would result in a lens that could have either a multi-color textured appearance for extremely lifelike appearance, or a brighter tint using a white background to reflect back out at the observer. If the ink is applied to both sides of a lens by printing up both sides of the mold, a pattern is affixed to both the back surface and the front surface molds as aforedescribed. Part of the lens-forming monomer mixture is supplied to each of the mold halves and each is partially polymerized thus fixing the patterns to the front and back surfaces of the lens. The two mold halves are combined, and the combination is interpolymerized to complete the cure and the formation of the lens with the patterns on both surfaces. In addition the lens forming material may comprise small amount of a pigment to impart a uniform transparent, colored tint to the whole lens. A contact lens can be clear before it is printed upon. Alternatively, a contact lens can be tinted prior to being printed upon. That is, a colorant may have been added to that lens using methods that are well known in the art before that lens is printed upon using the printing method of the invention. The production of a colored contact lens according to the described method allows a prolonged ōpick-up to drop off timeö of the ink on the pad/s and give rise to improved image quality. For example, For the same ōpick-up to drop off timeö a contact lens whereupon the pattern of Preferred ink ōpick-up to drop off timeö ranges between 0.5 to 10 seconds, more preferably between 2 and 5 seconds. Most preferably the colored image generated according to the present invention on the contact lens shall pass a sterilization-surviving test and at least a finger rubbing test to prove the ink adherence and to give a first indication of the mechanical stability of the lenses. The finger rubbing test is performed by removing the hydrated contact lens from a packaging solution, e.g., buffered saline, and digitally rubbing the lens between either two fingers or a finger and a palm for up to about 10 seconds. Visible and microscopic (ś10ū) observation of colorant bleeding, smearing, or delamination indicates failure of the rub test. Failure of the rub test gives also a first indication of poor mechanical properties of the lens. ōPassing a sterilization-surviving testö means that no significant decoloring or delamination or the like can be observed after a sterilization step such as autoclave, or irradiation with UV light, x-ray, or the like. Preferably the lens shall also pass an adhesion test, which consist of rubbing the lens with cotton and determining the amount of color which sticks to it. Surprisingly It has been observed that not only the adherence of the ink to lens is dependent on the air humidity. In fact, the mechanical properties of the lenses, especially the lens formed by a water-based monomer are dependent on the relative air humidity during printing and to the pre-curing and curing times and dosages. In particular higher relative air humidity gives rise to mechanically more stable lenses. The following table illustrates these effects. Temperature was about 26 degrees Celsius and the lens forming material was nelfilcon.
Even more preferably the colored contact lenses generated according to the present invention shall pass a mechanical test (e.g., modulus, maximum stress at break, maximum elongation at break, and toughness of contact lens materials). The following table illustrates this effect. Temperature was about 27 degrees Celsius and lens forming material was nelfilcon, UV dosage was kept constant.
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