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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 30 ; 430204 ; 430264 ; 430301 ; 430302 ; 430494 ; 358298 ; 358475 ; 358480 ;
Abstract
A method for making a lithographic printing plate from an original containing multiple tones comprising the steps of frequency modulation screening the multiple image to obtain screened data representing tones of the multiple tone image in terms of halftone dots; reproducing the halftone dots on a lithographic printing plate precursor having a surface capable of being differentiated in ink accepting and ink repellant areas upon scanwise exposure and an optional development step, by means of a scanwise exposure, wherein the scanwise exposure for rendering a halftone dot is intensity modulated.