Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for seamless imaging of sleeves as used in flexography

US6985261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

17Claims

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Assignee

Esko Graphics A/S · DK

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2001
Grant date	Jan 10, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2201/04796
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An external drum laser imagesetter providing one or more imaging beams. The drum is rotated in a fast scan direction and the one or more beams are modulated while the beams are moved in a slow scan direction. In one embodiment, the imaging beams are deflected in a slow scan direction to compensate for the spiral advance.

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