Patent · US Expired

Method of pre-exposing relief image printing plate

US7632625B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 2004
Grant dateDec 15, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/2022
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method of selectively pre-exposing a photosensitive printing element prior to imagewise exposure in order to remove oxygen from the photosensitive layer prior to imagewise exposure. The invention is usable in a computer-to-plate process to produce flexographic relief image printing elements.

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