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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Ablation-type lithographic printing members having improved exposure sensitivity and related methods
Applicants:
Sonia Rondon, Nashua, NH (US);
Kevin Ray, Windham, NH (US);
Inventors:
Sonia Rondon, Nashua, NH (US);
Kevin Ray, Windham, NH (US);
Assignee:
Presstek, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 1/08 (2006.01); B41C 1/10 (2006.01); B41N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/1033 (2013.01); B41C 2201/02 (2013.01); B41C 2210/262 (2013.01); B41N 1/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ablation-type printing plates having improved exposure sensitivity are produced using an imaging layer—i.e., the plate layer that absorbs and ablates in response to imaging radiation—whose composition includes a large proportion of crosslinker.