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US 6,180,036 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing pre-inked thermoplastic medium
AssigneeIdentity Group, Inc.
InventorsRavi Venkataraman, Russell Moss
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pre-inked thermoplastic foam which is utilized to form a relief image which includes open cells in the area that is designed to transfer ink and enclosed or sealed cells in the area which is designed to be impermeable to ink or other print medium. The present invention also includes the method of using and manufacturing the pre-inked foam.
Claims14
A method of forming a printing plate comprising of:
- placing an open-celled thermoplastic material in contact with an ink constituent thereby forming a partially saturated open-celled thermoplastic medium;
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- sealing selective areas of said partially saturated open-celled thermoplastic medium to thereby form a background image on said printing plate.
A method of manufacturing a pre-inked stamp comprising the steps of:
- contacting an open-celled thermoplastic medium with an ink constituent to form a partially saturated thermoplastic material;
- creating an image associated with a set of electronic data;
- converting said electronic data into a mirror image of said image;
- forming said mirror image of said image on a print surface of said partially saturated thermoplastic material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.