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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Josef Schneider, Diedorf, DE;
Alfons Schuster, Augsburg, DE;
Michael Schönert, Augsburg, DE;
Rainer Stamme, Augsburg, DE;
Josef Schneider, Diedorf, DE;
Alfons Schuster, Augsburg, DE;
Michael Schönert, Augsburg, DE;
Rainer Stamme, Augsburg, DE;
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach am Main, DE;
Abstract
In order to simplify the sequence of creating a mask, in particular for producing a printing plate, and at the same time to improve the quality of the printing plate produced by means of a mask, the use of laser-induced thermal transfer is provided. The structure information is applied directly to the surface of a printing plate carrier during the creation of a mask, by means of a thermal transfer film and a laser image-setting unit, so that by means of the structure information applied, differentiation with regard to image points and non-image points can be carried out directly in order to produce a printing plate.