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US 8,941,028 B2Granted
System for direct engraving of flexographic printing members
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsMitchell S. Burberry, Lee W. Tutt, Lawrence A. Rowley
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Abstract
A system for engraving a flexographic relief member includes a laser scanning apparatus providing a focused radiation beam. The flexographic relief member includes a laser engraveable flexographic member; a thin engraveable control layer on top of the flexographic member; and wherein the engraveable control layer has an engraving sensitivity lower than the flexographic member.
Claims7
A system for engraving a flexographic relief member comprising:
- a laser scanning apparatus providing a focused laser beam;
- wherein the flexographic relief member comprises:
- a laser engraveable flexographic member;
- a thin engraveable control layer on top of the flexographic member wherein the engraveable control layer has a thickness of 1-10 microns;
- wherein the engraveable control layer has an engraving sensitivity lower than the flexographic member;
- and
- wherein the focused laser beam ablates both the control layer and the engraveable flexographic member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.