Apparatus for making lithographic printing plates
AssigneeHoward A. Fromson
InventorsHoward A. Fromson, Robert F. Gracia
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Abstract
Lithographic printing plates are made by exposing to actinic light a lithographic plate having a water soluble light sensitive layer thereon to form an image in said layer. A solvent soluble, UV curable material is adhered to the image in said layer. The plate is developed before or after applying the UV curable material. The plate is exposed to UV source having an intensity greater than the imaging light to form a press-ready plate having a durable, reinforced cured image thereon.
Claims11
Process for making a lithographic printing plate which comprises:
- (a) exposing to actinic light a lithographic plate having a water soluble light sensitive layer thereon to form at least a latent image in said layer;
- (b) applying a solvent soluble UV curable material to the imaged plate from step (a);
- (c) applying water to the plate from step (b) to remove light sensitive layer and UV curable material in the non-image areas leaving UV curable material adhered to the image in the light sensitive layer;
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- (d) exposing the plate from step (c) to a UV source having an intensity greater than the imaging light used in step (a) to form a press-ready plate with a durable, reinforced cured image thereon.
Process for making a lithographic printing plate which comprises:
- (a) exposing to actinic light a lithographic plate having a water soluble light sensitive layer thereon to form an image in said layer;
- (b) developing the plate to remove the non-image areas from light sensitive layer;
- (c) applying a solvent soluble UV curable material to the developed plate from step (b) and adhering said material to the image on said plate;
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- (d) exposing the plate to a UV source having an intensity greater than the imaging light used in step (a) which is sufficient to cure the UV material adhered to the image to form a press-ready plate having a durable, reinforced cured image thereon.
Process for making a printed circuit which comprises:
- (a) exposing to actinic light a composite laminate having a conductive layer and a water soluble light sensitive layer thereon to form at least a latent image in said light sensitive layer;
- (b) applying a solvent soluble UV curable material to the imaged laminate from step (a);
- (c) applying water to the liminate from step (b) to remove light sensitive layer and UV curable material in the non-image areas leaving UV curable material adhered to the image in the light sensitive layer and bare conductive layer in the non-image areas;
- (d) exposing the plate from step (c) to a UV source having an intensity greater than the imaging light used in step (a);
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- (e) removing conductive layer from the non-image areas.
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