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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2024
Applicant:

Esko-graphics Imaging Gmbh, Itzehoe, DE;

Inventors:

Jörg Wolterink, Oelixdorf, DE;

Thomas Hänsel, Elmshorn, DE;

Wolfgang Sievers, Kremperheide, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/24 (2006.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/201 (2013.01); G03F 7/2004 (2013.01); G03F 7/203 (2013.01); G03F 7/2032 (2013.01); G03F 7/24 (2013.01); H05K 3/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for exposing a printing plate including at least a front source array of LEDs that emits a radiation field incident on the front side of the plate and a back source array of LEDs that emits a radiation field incident on the back side of the plate. A controller connected to the front source and the back source causes movement of at least the front radiation field relative to the plate fixed on a substrate that receives the printing plate in a fixed configuration between the front source and the back source. The apparatus commences a first exposure step of one side of the plate with one of the sources and then a second exposure step of the opposite side of the plate with the other source, imposing a user-definable time delay (t) between commencing the first exposure step and commencing the second exposure step.


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