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Flexographic printing element comprising an IR-ablatable layer with improved sensitivity

US6521390B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

3References

15Claims

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Assignees

BASF Drucksysteme GmbH · DE
Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Alfred Leinenbach · Ludwigshafen, DE
Sabine Philipp · Mörfelden, DE
Eddy Daems · Mortsel, BE
Hieronymus Andriessen · Beerse, BE
Luc Leenders · Herentals, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2000
Grant date	Feb 18, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S430/145
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Photosensitive printing element for preparing flexographic printing plates via computer-to-plate technology with a support, a photopolymerizable layer and an IR-ablatable layer substantially opaque to actinic radiation which comprises at least one heat-combustible polymeric binder, at least one IR-absorbing material and at least one aliphatic diester, and a process for making a flexographic printing plate using such an element.

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