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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Article and method for use in preparing a lithographic printing plate by imaging in a printer engine
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick R. Friedman, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/04 ; B41N 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/04 ; B41N 1/08 ;
Abstract
A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by an edge protector adhered along at least one edge of the plate substrate, the edge protector being of a flexible material, being coextensive with the edge, having face portions adhered to portions of the opposite faces adjacent the edge, and having an edge portion overlying the edge.