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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/06 ; G03F 7/095 ; G03F 7/30 ; G03F 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/06 ; G03F 7/095 ; G03F 7/30 ; G03F 7/38 ;
Abstract
A material is disclosed which is suitable for making a flexographic printing plate and comprises in the order given a base, a photopolymer layer and a photothermographic or thermographic recording layer which contains an organic silver salt. By image-wise exposing the recording layer, a photomask is obtained through which the photopolymer layer can be subsequently exposed. Using a suitable solvent, the (photo)thermographic recording layer can be removed and the unexposed areas of the photopolymer layer can be washed out simultaneously in a single development step. The relief image thus obtained can be used as a print master for flexographic printing.