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US 10,569,528 B2Granted
Method for preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor
AssigneeAgfa NV
InventorsTim Desmet, Johan Loccufier
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Abstract
A method according for preparing a lithographic printing plate containing a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas includes the steps of jetting and curing droplets of a first curable fluid on a hydrophilic support thereby forming a printing area of the lithographic image; and jetting and curing droplets of a second curable fluid in a non-printing area of the lithographic image thereby forming a hydrophilic protective layer on the hydrophilic support.
Claims13
A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of:
- jetting and curing droplets of a first curable fluid on a hydrophilic support to form a printing area of a lithographic image;
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- jetting and curing droplets of a second curable fluid in a non-printing area of the lithographic image to form a hydrophilic protective layer on the hydrophilic support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.