Process and apparatus for the production of exposed printing plates

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An apparatus for the production of exposed printing plates comprising a mold having a first wall formed by the support of the printing plate to be produced and a second wall formed by a glass plate covered with an image-bearing transparency; means for introducing a predetermined amount of a fluid photopolymerizable material under pressure into the mold said predetermined, amount substantially corresponding to the volume of the resin layer of the exposed printing plate to be produced; first and second members which are movable relative to one another said first member, carrying the glass plate and said second member carrying the support, movement of the said two members toward each other …