Method by use of the letterpress

A method of transferring an image to a surface by use of a letterpress comprising:

• forming a photosensitive resin layer as a non-adhesive protective film on a manuscript film,
• pressure bonding a supporting substrate coated with an adhesive on the resin layer wherein said adhesive is adjacent to said resin layer,
• irradiating using a parallel light beam through said manuscript film to expose said resin layer to said light beam for a given time,
• forming a hardened area corresponding to an image of said manuscript film on said resin layer,
• removing said non-adhesive protective film,
• rinsing the resin layer with water,
• removing said resin layer other than said hardened area to form a letterpress corresponding to the image of said manuscript film on said supporting substrate,
• coating a convex surface shape of said letterpress directly with dye, and
• press-printing a shape of the convex surface on a transfer material so as to transfer the convex surface shape of said letterpress onto said transfer material.

A method of transferring an image to a surface by use of a letterpress comprising:

• forming a photosensitive resin layer as a non-adhesive protective film on a manuscript film,
• pressure bonding a supporting substrate coated with an adhesive on the resin layer wherein said adhesive is adjacent to said resin layer,
• irradiating using a parallel light beam through said manuscript film to expose said resin layer to said light beam for a given time,
• forming a hardened area corresponding to an image of said manuscript film on said resin layer,
• removing said non-adhesive protective film,
• rinsing the resin layer with water,
• removing said resin layer other than said hardened area to form a letterpress corresponding to the image of said manuscript film on said supporting substrate,
• coating a convex surface shape of said letterpress with a photosensitive resin containing a non-photosensitive adhesive mass,
• press transferring the convex surface shape on to an engraved surface and exposing said convex surface shape to light, thereby forming a mask for resist for blast engraving on the engraved surface.