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Highly reflective substrates for the digital processing of photopolymer printing plates

US7005232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 2003
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/091
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved digitally imageable relief printing element having an increased direct-cure imaging speed upon exposure to lasers and other digital sources of actinic radiation. The printing elements of the invention comprise a reflective layer beneath a photosensitive resin layer so that instead of being absorbed by the reflective layer, photons of actinic radiation are reflected back up into the photosensitive layer, thereby speeding up the curing rate of the printing element.

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