Imaging method of a printing member having magnetic particles
AssigneeKarat Digital Press L.P.
InventorsRefael Bronstein, Murray Figov
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Abstract
A lithographic printing member comprises a base material and a coating provided thereon. The coating having one or more layers containing magnetic particles. Printing processes and products are also disclosed.
Claims3
A process for manufacturing a printing member, comprising providing in an ablatable lithographic printing plate or an ablatable masking film one or more layers containing magnetic particles, and imaging the plate or film in a magnetic field, said magnetic field being of magnitude and direction suitable to collect the magnetic particles and associated ablated materials from the image areas of said printing plate or said film, thereby to eliminate debris and the need for other plate processes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.