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US 2003/0188649 A1Published application
Flexible printing plate
AssigneePhototype Engraving Company
InventorWilliam E. Hounshell
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Abstract
Printing plate and method includes a printing member adhesively attached to a nonmetallic base suited for placement directly onto a printing cylinder.
Claims31
A printing plate for use on a cylinder, comprising:
- a printing member having printing and nonprinting surfaces;
- a nonmetallic base having top and bottom surfaces, wherein the bottom surface is positioned directly onto the cylinder;
- and
- an adhesive layer juxtaposed between the printing member and the nonmetallic base such that the adhesive layer bonds the nonprinting surface of the printing member directly to the top surface of the nonmetallic base.
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A method for constructing a plate for printing, comprising:
- adhesively adhering a printing member directly to a nonmetallic base such that an adhesive layer results between the printing surface and the nonmetallic base.
A method for printing, comprising:
- attaching a plate directly to a rotatable cylinder, the plate having a printing member directly adhered to a nonmetallic base such that an adhesive layer results between the printing member and the nonmetallic base;
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- printing with the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.