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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles D. DeBoer, Palmyra, NY (US);
Robert G. Spahn, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/055 ;
Abstract
A direct write lithographic printing plate includes a base layer; a metal light absorbing layer provided over the base layer; and a melanophobic layer provided over the metal absorbing layer and selected to have a thickness which minimizes reflection of light from the metal layer so that light which passes through a selected portion of the melanophobic layer and into the metal light absorbing layer, is absorbed by such metal layer to provide a heat source which causes the removal, at the selected portion, of the melanophobic layer.