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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Macdermid Printing Solutions, Llc, Waterbury, CT (US);
Kyle P. Baldwin, Acworth, GA (US);
Miguel A. Barboza, Fairburn, GA (US);
Kerry O'Brate, Decatur, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method is provided for processing a flexographic printing blank to produce a relief image printing element capable of printing cleanly. The method provides a flexographic printing blank comprising: (i) a support layer; (ii) at least one photocurable layer disposed on the support layer, and (iii) a laser ablatable mask layer disposed on the at least one photocurable layer. The laser ablatable mask layer is laser ablated to create an in situ negative in the laser ablatable mask layer. Thereafter, a barrier layer is disposed on the laser ablatable mask layer. The photocurable layer is exposed to actinic radiation through the barrier layer and the laser ablatable mask layer; and the imaged and exposed flexographic printing blank is developed to reveal the relief image therein. The resulting flexographic relief image printing element is capable of printing cleanly and of resisting paper fibers, dust, and ink during a print run.