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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Huub Van Aert, Mortsel, BE;
Leo Oelbrandt, Kruibeke, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate including the steps of dispensing in a predetermined pattern a latex of particles of a hydrophobic polymer onto an optionally modified hydrophilic surface of a lithographic base, characterized in that the hydrophobic polymer and the optionally modified hydrophilic surface of the lithographic base have mutually reactive groups.