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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Agfa Graphics NV, Mortsel, BE;
Inventors:
Tim Desmet, Mortsel, BE;
Johan Loccufier, Mortsel, BE;
Assignee:
AGFA NV, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 (2006.01); G03F 7/16 (2006.01); C09D 11/40 (2014.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01); C09D 11/107 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/1066 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); C09D 11/107 (2013.01); C09D 11/40 (2013.01); G03F 7/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method according for preparing a lithographic printing plate containing a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas includes the steps of jetting and curing droplets of a first curable fluid on a hydrophilic support thereby forming a printing area of the lithographic image; and jetting and curing droplets of a second curable fluid in a non-printing area of the lithographic image thereby forming a hydrophilic protective layer on the hydrophilic support.