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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Anthony R. Lubinsky, Webster, NY (US);
Diane C. Freeman, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet plate maker and proofer apparatus ( ) and method adapted for printing a proof of a work to be printed, and making a printing plate ( ) for printing the work, including a first element ( ) including circuitry ( ) controllably operable for generating ink drops of a first predetermined volume for printing the proof on a proofing receiver, and a second element ( ) including circuitry ( ) controllably operable for generating liquid drops of a second predetermined volume for image wise making or completing the printing plate ( ), the second predetermined volume being different from the first predetermined volume. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a first print head ( ) connected in fluid communication with a source of ink ( ) for printing the proof of the work, and a second print head ( ) in fluid communication with a source of a liquid ( ) for making the printing plate, the print heads ( ) being disposed for ejecting drops of the ink and the liquid for making the printing plate onto a proofing receiver and a treated plate, respectively, positionable on a platen ( ) relatively moveable with respect to the print heads ( ). The first element ( ) is connected in electrical communication with the first print head ( ) and includes a first clock ( ) connected to a signal generator ( ) operable for producing a drive signal for generating the ink drops of the first predetermined volume for printing the proof on the proofing receiver. The second element ( ) includes a second clock ( ) connected to the signal generator ( ) and operable in conjunction therewith for driving the second print head ( ) for generating the liquid drops for making the printing plate ( ).