Method for making printing plates and assembly useful therein
CA 1318548 C · Owner: The Mead Corporation · Inventors: Schwab, Gerhart; Shackle, Dale R.; Fromson, Howard A.
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A process for forming printing plates using an imaging sheet which carries a layer of microcapsules containing a photohardenable composition; the imaging sheet is preferably assembled with a printing plate support, exposed and subjected to pressure to rupture the microcapsules and differentially transfer the photohardenable composition to the support; the transferred composition is hardened to provide ink-receptive images useful in printing.
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- Granted June 1, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 1, 2010.
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