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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a plate-making method and a computer-to-cylinder type lithographic printing method, each of which comprises filtering an oil-based ink; forming an image directly on a plate material by an ink jet process comprising ejecting said filtered oil-based ink using electrostatic field based on signals of image data; and fixing said formed image to prepare a printing plate. Also disclosed are a plate-making apparatus and a computer-to-cylinder type lithographic printing method suitable for these methods, respectively.