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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
May. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bartholomeus Verlinden, Tongeren, BE;
Bert Vackier, 's-Gravenwezel, BE;
Jan Claes, Mortsel, BE;
Bart Verhoest, Wilrijk, BE;
Assignee:
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430204 ; 430248 ; 396604 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making an offset printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process comprises the step of washing the imaging element by applying a curtain of an aqueous medium onto the surface of the element at its silver halide emulsion layer side, across the width of the element, substantially transverse to its processing direction, and in countercurrent to the processing direction of the element.