Flint Group Germany Gmbh

Andrew Knapp

Peter Fronczkiewicz

Martin Kunz

Torben Wendland

Markus Muehlfeit

Timo Bickert

Ruediger Lennick

A method for identifying a relief precursor or a relief comprising a carrier and a relief-forming layer, having the steps:

Method for identifying a relief precursor for producing a relief structure

A method of thermal development of flexographic printing elements, having steps of: fixing a relief precursor a movable support; repeatedly moving the support in a multitude of movement cycles; heating the relief precursor to a temperature sufficient to cause the uncured portions of the photopolymer layer to soften or liquefy; contacting with a development medium; Single movement cycles are carried out with different heating powers and different contacting with the developing medium such that one may improve the registration accuracy of the printing element, ease removal of functional layers, smoothen the relief plate precursor surface, and address heat build-up problem.

Method for thermally developing relief precursors

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