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EP0101266A3
EP0101266A3 EP83304532A EP83304532A EP0101266A3 EP 0101266 A3 EP0101266 A3 EP 0101266A3 EP 83304532 A EP83304532 A EP 83304532A EP 83304532 A EP83304532 A EP 83304532A EP 0101266 A3 EP0101266 A3 EP 0101266A3
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image
printing
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latent image
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Iii Franklin Sadler Love
Robert Charles Arnott
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Milliken Research Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
    • B41C1/1008—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials
    • B41C1/1033—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials by laser or spark ablation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
    • B41C1/1066—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by spraying with powders, by using a nozzle, e.g. an ink jet system, by fusing a previously coated powder, e.g. with a laser
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/06—Lithographic printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
    • B41N1/00—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/12—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor non-metallic other than stone, e.g. printing plates or foils comprising inorganic materials in an organic matrix
    • B41N1/14—Lithographic printing foils
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/24—Ablative recording, e.g. by burning marks; Spark recording

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacture Or Reproduction Of Printing Formes (AREA)
  • Printing Plates And Materials Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

A printing system incorporates a re-usable image-­ carrying printing surface. A material which forms a thin hydrophobic layer is arranged by various techniques over a substantially hydrophilic printing surface in a configuration which defines the desired latent image in terms of exposed, contiguous hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas. Depending upon the configuration of the layers, either an aqueous or oleo ink may be used to develop and print an image. If desired, the layer configuration may be replaced by a different configuration without substantial interruption to the printing process. No photo-induced chemical reaction or latent image developing steps are required at any time. In a typical apparatus, the hydrophilic surface of a printing roll (10) is cleaned (12-16) and coated with a hydrophobic material (20-24), and the hydrophobic material is physically removed from selected areas by a computer-addressable spark discharge (26-30), laser or other device to form a latent image. A fountain liquid is subsequently applied (40), followed by an ink (50), and the ink image is transferred to a substrate to be printed either directly (8) with the help of a pressure roll (6) or indirectly (6A) through an offset roll (6).
EP83304532A 1982-08-09 1983-08-05 Printing method and apparatus Withdrawn EP0101266A3 (en)

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US40662882A 1982-08-09 1982-08-09
US40669982A 1982-08-09 1982-08-09
US06/406,700 US4729310A (en) 1982-08-09 1982-08-09 Printing method
US06/407,001 US4718340A (en) 1982-08-09 1982-08-09 Printing method
US406628 1982-08-09
US406700 1982-08-09
US406699 1982-08-09
US407001 1982-08-09

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EP0101266A2 EP0101266A2 (en) 1984-02-22
EP0101266A3 true EP0101266A3 (en) 1985-04-03

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