Flat bed platesetter system
CA 2362170 A1 · Owner: Kodak Polychrome Graphics Company Ltd. · Inventors: Moulin, Michel
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention provides a flat bed platesetter system and a method for its use, particularly for imaging printing plates. For providing a precise continuous, rapid and format-independent system which is reliable the present , invention suggests to move the printing plate relative to a stationary bridge carrying a radiant energy emitting head by means of a low inertia carriage member effectively connecting the printing plate and drive means.
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- Filed February 17, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 17, 2020.
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