Printing blanket containing high strength filaments

A printing blanket comprising, a base ply, a printing face, and a high strength woven layer disposed between said base ply and printing face, said woven layer being defined by warps and wefts wherein at least said warps are made of flexible synthetic filaments having a breaking tenacity ranging between 18 and 26 grams per denier and an elongation at break ranging between 3 and 5 percent, said layer having approximately half as many wefts as warps with the lesser number of wefts serving to reduce any tendency for crimping of said layer and blanket, said blanket having optimum stability and minimum elongation under operating tension.