Ablation-transfer imaging/recording
US5156938A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/0052
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A unique method/system for simultaneously creating and transferring a contrasting pattern of intelligence on and from an ablation-transfer imaging medium to a receptor element in contiguous registration therewith is not dependent upon contrast imaging materials that must absorb the imaging radiation and is well adopted for such applications as, e.g., color proofing and printing, the security coding of various documents and the production of masks for the graphic arts and printed circuit industries; the ablation-transfer imaging medium, per se, comprises a support substrate and an imaging radiation-, preferably a laser radiation-ablative topcoat essentially coextensive therewith, such ablative topcoat having a non-imaging ablation sensitizer and an imaging amount of a non-ablation sensitizing contrast imaging material contained therein.
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