Printing form and process for producing the printing form

US6779444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerald Erik Hauptmann · Bammental, DE
• Uwe Ernst · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Müller · Hirschberg, DE
• Bernd Vosseler · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29C45/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for producing a printing form includes forming a multiplicity of blind holes opening into a surface of a spatial or three-dimensional structure of the printing form, the blind holes serving for receiving a medium therein, and providing a propellant in the printing form for assisting in expelling the medium from the blind holes. A printing form produced by the process is also provided.