Method for Gumming a Lithographic Printing Plate
AssigneeAgfa Graphics NV
InventorsEmiel Verdonck, Joseph Vander Aa
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Abstract
A method for gumming a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate including a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas, and b) jetting a gum solution with an inkjet printer to produce a hydrophilic protective layer on the non-printing areas. An inkjet printer includes a gum solution for producing a hydrophilic protective layer on the non-printing areas and a fluid for the formation of the printing areas of a lithographic image on a lithographic printing plate precursor.
Claims12
1-12. (canceled)
A method for gumming a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a lithographic printing plate including a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas;
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- b) jetting a gum solution with an inkjet printer to produce a hydrophilic protective layer on the non-printing areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.