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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W. Hallman, Palisades Park, NJ (US);
Hui Zhu, Yonkers, NY (US);
Ken-Ichi Shimazu, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
S. Peter Pappas, Wood Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/11 ; G03F 7/16 ; G03F 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/11 ; G03F 7/16 ; G03F 7/20 ;
Abstract
A method for forming an image on a printing plate intermediate having a radiation transparent removable coating layer is disclosed. An image mask, opaque to ultraviolet radiation, is applied to the coating layer with an ink jet system. After the plate intermediate is exposed with ultraviolet radiation, the image mask and coating layer are removed, and plate intermediate developed.