Patent · US Expired

Method, apparatus, and computer program for reducing plate material waste in flexography plate making

US6954291B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

8References

16Claims

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Assignee

Esko Graphics A/S · DK

Inventors

Thomas Klein · Wehr, DE
Hans Dewitte · Brugge, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2001
Grant date	Oct 11, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41C1/05
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Full-format screened data is processed in a computer-implemented method to identify zones that contain printable information. The zones are packed, imaged and made into flexo plates, and elements cut out from the plates for each zone of printable information. The plates use less flexo material than the full-format screened data. The cut elements are accurately placed on a flexo plate carrier to form a set of plates on a carrier for printing the full format screened data.

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