Patent · US Expired

Creating a mask for producing a printing plate

US6899814B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

4Claims

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Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Josef Schneider · Diedorf, DE
Alfons Schuster · Augsburg, DE
Michael Schonert · Augsburg, DE
Rainer Stamme · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2001
Grant date	May 31, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41C1/1091
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to simplify the sequence of creating a mask, in particular for producing a printing plate, and at the same time to improve the quality of the printing plate produced by means of a mask, the use of laser-induced thermal transfer is provided. The structure information is applied directly to the surface of a printing plate carrier during the creation of a mask, by means of a thermal transfer film and a laser image-setting unit, so that by means of the structure information applied, differentiation with regard to image points and non-image points can be carried out directly in order to produce a printing plate.

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