Direct-to-plate lithographic printing method using automatic plate-coating and -cleaning
CA 2361908 A1 · Owner: Agfa-Gevaert · Inventors: Goedeweeck, Rudi; Verschueren, Eric
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A direct-to-plate method of lithographic printing is disclosed wherein a printing press is used that is coupled to a coating apparatus and to a cleaning apparatus; wherein the coating apparatus applies an image-recording layer on a substrate so as to obtain a printing plate, which is mechanically transferred to the printing press; and wherein, after the print job the printing plate is, mechanically transferred to the cleaning apparatus wherein the substrate is recycled, so that the recycled substrated can be reused in a next cycle of coating, printing and cleaning. The off-press coating and the off-press cleaning step provide a fully automated printing method wherein the press down-time is …
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- Filed November 13, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 13, 2021.
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