Radiation imagery chemistry: process – composition – or product th – Imaging affecting physical property of radiation sensitive... – Making printing plates
Patent
1999-06-23
2000-07-18
Baxter, Janet
Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product th
Imaging affecting physical property of radiation sensitive...
Making printing plates
430326, 430330, 430944, 4302711, 4302731, G03F 700, G03F 726, G03F 114
Patent
active
060905298
ABSTRACT:
A method for directly imprinting a plate in flexographic, or `raised image`, printing uses a plate having an imprinting layer of a foam material. When an area of the imprinting layer is heated with a laser operating at an operating wavelength then a quantity of the foam material in the imprinting layer melts and re-solidifies. The re-solidified material has significantly less volume than the foam material had before it was melted. This leaves a recessed area in the printing surface. The method requires less energy than would be necessary to remove material from the printing surface by laser ablation. Furthermore, fewer noxious gases are produced by the method than are produced in ablative methods.
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Baxter Janet
Creo SRL
Lee Sin J.
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