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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:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joan Vermeersch, Deinze, BE;
Marc Van Damme, Heverlee, BE;
Johan Van Hunsel, Alken, BE;
Fred Marland, N. Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1562728 ; 1562744 ; 101395 ; 101456 ; 101457 ; 101458 ; 101462 ; 1014631 ; 101465 ; 101466 ; 101467 ; 430200 ; 430204 ; 430964 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the image-wise exposure of a heat-sensitive imaging element with a laser and developing said imaging element by rinsing it with plain water or an aqueous solution. To improve ink-uptake the imaging element is exposed on an external drum recorder whereby the pixel dwell time of the laser is above 0.1 .mu.s