Printing – Planographic – Multicolor
Patent
1991-01-09
1992-11-17
Crowder, Clifford D.
Printing
Planographic
Multicolor
101183, 101365, 101467, 101DIG47, B41C 110, B41C 105, B41F 700, B41F 3100
Patent
active
051633680
ABSTRACT:
Printing apparatus has at least one print station including a blanket cylinder in rolling contact with an impression cylinder, a print cylinder for supporting a lithographic plate, the plate cylinder being in rolling contact with the blanket cylinder, at least one discharge source for applying an image to a plate supported by the plate cylinder, and a motor for moving the energy source relative to the plate cylinder so that when the plate cylinder is rotated, the discharge source scans a raster on the surface of the plate supported by the plate cylinder. The apparatus may be configured as an in-line or central-impression type press. A controller responsive to picture signals representing an original document repeatedly actuates each discharge source momentarily during the scan thereof so that the discharge source forms on the plate surface an image comprised of dots corresponding to the original document. The controller includes a dot-position look-up table for storing the x and y coordinates of substantially all dot positions on the plate and is arranged to actuate each energy source to form image dots at selected ones of the dot positions when said picture signals are present. The apparatus also includes provision for regulating the ink applied to the plate at each print station.
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Gardiner John P.
Howard Lawrence A.
Kline John F.
LaPonsey Stephen M.
Lewis Thomas E.
Crowder Clifford D.
Presst, Inc.
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