Patent · US Expired

Offset lithographic plate

US5304443A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1992
Grant dateApr 19, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G13/28
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lithographic plate blank for imaging on a laser printer comprises a sheet of flexible electrically non-conductive material and an image receiving etchable layer coating bonded on a surface thereof, the coating including zinc oxide, a resin binder, and an electrical property regulating agent and being effective to provide the plate with a surface resistance of between 10.sup.11 and 10.sup.14 ohms per square and a dark decay rate of at least 15 volts per second. A method of preparation of a blank plate and a method of preparation of an imaged plate are disclosed.

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