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Class 101/401.1 - Blanks and processes


Subclass of Class 101 - Printing
Definition: Devices consisting of printing or impression blanks, plates,
No. of applications: 63
Last issue date: 05/24/2012


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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120125213CLICHE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME
Provided is a cliche and a method of manufacturing the cliche which can increase or maximize productivity and production yield. The manufacturing method of the cliche includes providing a substrate, forming organic patterns protruding on the substrate, and forming an in...
05/24/2012
20120103216MULTIPLE-LAYER FLAT STRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF A PRINTING BLANKET OR A PRINTING PLATE FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC AND LETTERPRESS PRINTING WITH LASER ENGRAVING
The invention is directed to a multiple-layer flat structure (1) in the form of a printing blanket or a printing plate for flexographic and letterpress printing with: a printing layer (2) which is made from a polymeric material and is provided with laser e...
05/03/2012
20120048134Apparatus and Method for Adjusting Anti-marking Jackets
In a printing press a method is provided. The method comprises coupling an adjustment tool to a transfer cylinder substantially parallel to an axis of the transfer cylinder and coupling a first end of a flexible jacket to a first attachment structure coupled to the tran...
03/01/2012
20120042797APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A PRINTING SLEEVE
An apparatus for preparing a printing sleeve (10) includes a support (31); a drum rotatably mounted on the support, the drum adapted to receive the printing sleeve; a radiation source; a controller (60) programmed to operate the radiation source to ...
02/23/2012
20120031290CLICHE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLICHE, AND PATTERN FORMED BY ROLL PRINTING METHOD
The present invention relates to a cliché, a manufacturing method of a cliché, and a pattern formed by a roll printing method to prevent deteriorations due to sagging and a disconnection of an end portion or a rounded angular portion, the cliché having a surface form...
02/09/2012
20120031291PRINTING MEMBERS FOR DIRECT IMAGING AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a printing member for imaging with an inkjet printer using pigment-based aqueous inkjet ink. The printing member may include a substrate and a hydrophilic coating layer. The coating layer may include acidic colloidal silica w...
02/09/2012
20120017787RELIEF PRINTING PLATE, PLATE-MAKING METHOD FOR THE RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PLATE-MAKING APPARATUS FOR THE RELIEF PRINTING PLATE
According to an aspect of the invention, on the relief printing plate where a relief serving as a halftone dot is formed on a surface of a plate material, an elliptical frustoconical relief is formed as the relief as well as the minor direction of the elliptical frustum...
01/26/2012
20120017788PLATE CYLINDER, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING PLATE CYLINDER
A plate cylinder includes a cylindrical member, and a pattern forming plate configured by forming a predetermined pattern for printing on a flat plate-shaped substrate using microfabrication. The pattern forming plate is bent, and wound around and joined to an outer per...
01/26/2012
20120000384Multi-Layer Compressible Foam Sheet and Method of Making the Same
Various methods for providing multi-layer compressible foam sheets for backing relief image printing elements are described. The use of multi-layer compressible foam sheets as backing layers allows for customization of the compressible layer, for example to impact the p...
01/05/2012
20110315032TRANSFER PRINT STRUCTURE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
A transfer print structure is provided. The transfer print structure comprises a substrate; a color ink layer including a functional region; and an adhesive device combining the functional region with the substrate....
12/29/2011
20110308413RADIALLY EXTENSIBLE, SLEEVE-SHAPED PRINTING BLANKET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PRINTING BLANKET
A printing blanket for fastening on a printing blanket cylinder and a method for the production thereof are disclosed. The printing blanket includes at least one inner carrier layer, a first intermediate layer designed as a woven fabric layer and an outer cover layer. T...
12/22/2011
20110308411NON-PRINTING REGISTRATION MARKS ON A PRINTING PLATE
Creating one or more printing plate segments includes exposing a printing plate segment with imaging data to form an imaged plate segment, and marking the floor of the printing plate segment or the back of the printing plate segment with one or more registration marks a...
12/22/2011
20110303110SLEEVE FOR FLEXO PRINTING
Use of a sleeve for flexographic printing, comprising:

a base sleeve;

an intermediate layer enlarging the printing length, provided on the base sleeve and having a thickness of from 2 to 20 mm;

12/15/2011

20110277648IMAGING APPARATUS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING
An apparatus and a method for straightening a surface of a flexible media (108) mounted on an imaging drum (104) of an imaging device (100), is presented. A flexible media is mounted on an imaging drum. The flexible media is scanned by an optical di...
11/17/2011
20110277649DIRECT ENGRAVING OF FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES
A system for engraving flexographic printing plates, is presented. A flexographic plate (104) is mounted on an imaging drum 404. Printable areas (204, 304) on the flexographic plate are engraved by an imaging source (408) configured to engrav...
11/17/2011
20110277650FILM TRANSFER DEVICE
A film transfer device guides a transfer film at least partly around a transfer cylinder having a channel. As a result of entrainment of the transfer film by an edge region of the channel during indexing, considerable impairment to web tension occurs, requiring an index...
11/17/2011
20110271857PRINTING SYSTEM EMPLOYING DEFORMABLE POLYMER PRINTING PLATES
A printing plate has a substrate, an array of cells on the substrate, wherein each cell corresponds to an element of a print image, a deformable polymer material localized into the cells such that each cell is at least partially formed from the deformable polymer materi...
11/10/2011
20110259219A Method of Printing
The present invention relates to a method of printing on a polymeric film using a gravure printing press, a method of making rollers for a gravure printing press and a set of gravure rollers. The invention enables standardised process colours such as, CYMK colours to be...
10/27/2011
20110252990PRINTING RELIEF PLATE
A printing relief plate, within a screen tint region, includes main halftone dot convexities, halftone dot convexities, and other halftone dot convexities, in which the heights of printing surfaces of the halftone dot convexities to which ink is applied differ from each...
10/20/2011
20110232516SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA AND USE THEREOF
The invention relates to a system (21) for transferring data to disk-like data storage media (23, 23′), which system comprises a pick-up (22, 22′) which is at least partially in the form of an inner cylinder and is intended to arrange the data s...
09/29/2011
20110219972INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTERS
A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support: applying image-wise on the flexographic printing support subsequent layers of radiation curable liquid by an inkjet printing device whereby one or more ap...
09/15/2011
20110219973IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTERS
A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support; providing an inkjet printing device; applying a mesa relief on the flexographic printing support with the inkjet printing device; and applying an image re...
09/15/2011
20110203468PRINTING ROLL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
In order to propose a dry process technique of producing a printing roll having safe and beauty concave portions for printing image area without discharging environmental contaminating substance and a new technique for improving quality of printed matters, this inventio...
08/25/2011
20110188124METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PRINT SHEET, IMAGE PRINT SHEET AND PRINTING APPARATUS
Present invention provides an image print sheet printable in high accuracy without reducing productivity. After a lenticular sheet 101 and a reception layer sheet 102 on which a detection pattern 103 is printed are inserted in an attachment apparatu...
08/04/2011
20110174176CLICHE FOR OFF-SET PRINTING AND PRODUCT MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME
The present invention relates to a cliche for offset printing for forming a mesh pattern, and more specifically, to a cliche for offset printing comprising a mash pattern with a plurality of intersection units, wherein the plurality of intersection units are formed in a...
07/21/2011
20110139026INK-JET PLATEMAKING METHOD
An ink-jet platemaking method is provided which takes advantage of the high convenience and high productivity characteristic of platemaking by ink-jet printing and which mitigates or improves the liquid gathering caused by droplet coalescence and printing durability, wh...
06/16/2011
20110126727Raised Image Plate Construction with Regions of Varying Support Thickness Beneath the Image Areas
Optimum transfer of an optically discernible image from an ink supply to a substrate is effected. In one embodiment, a three dimensional image is created on the surface of an ink transfer medium layer. The height at a specific location of the three dimensional image cor...
06/02/2011
20110117500Carrier Sheet for a Photosensitive Printing Element
An improved apparatus for thermally developing a flexographic printing element to reveal a relief image on the surface and a method of using the apparatus to develop a flexographic printing element. The apparatus typically comprises means for softening or melting a cros...
05/19/2011
20110104615CURING OF PHOTO-CURABLE PRINTING PLATES WITH FLAT TOPS OR ROUND TOPS BY VARIABLE SPEED EXPOSURE
An apparatus for curing a printing plate made of or having photo-curable material, a method of curing such a printing plate, and a printing plate cured by the method. One embodiment of the method includes curing a printing plate made of or having photo-curable material ...
05/05/2011
20110094402TEMPLATE AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD
According to one embodiment, a template is provided. The template includes an unevenness provided on a first major surface. A side wall of the unevenness has a trench aligned in a depth direction of the unevenness....
04/28/2011
20110083570PROCESS FOR REFURBISHING CYLINDER ROLLS AND BASES FOR PRINTING MACHINES
The present invention relates to a refurbished cylinder roller and a process for refurbishing cylinder rollers for use in printing machines. More particularly, the present invention also relates to a process for refurbishing metallic gravure cylinder rollers by replacin...
04/14/2011
20110005416BLANKET FOR PRINTING ROLLER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
The present invention relates to a blanket for a printing roller which can enhance adhesive force to an printing liquid and a method for fabricating the same. The blanket for a printing roller includes a base film, a buffer portion formed on a backside of the base film,...
01/13/2011
20100326302PRINTING CYLINDER OR PRINTING CYLINDER SLEEVE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT
A method for producing a printing cylinder or a printing cylinder sleeve includes providing a plurality of cylindrical discs with an essentially cylindrical outside surface and respectively one central opening for positioning the cylindrical discs around a core, and mac...
12/30/2010
20100307708METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPPORT FOR PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE
Unlike related art in which a variety of recycling aluminum materials are directly inputted into a pre-rolling melting furnace, the present invention provides the step of melting used planographic printing plates roughened by hydrochloric acid-based electrolysis in anot...
12/09/2010
20100242761METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL DEVELOPMENT HAVING A TEXTURED SUPPORT SURFACE
The invention is a method and apparatus for forming a relief structure by thermally developing a photosensitive element containing a composition layer capable of being partially liquefied. During thermal development, the photosensitive element is supported on a base mem...
09/30/2010
20100224091TRAILING EDGE PATTERN FOR RELIEF PLATE FEATURE
An improved relief printing plate and method for producing said plate is disclosed. Disabling a pattern of halftone pixels associated with the trailing edge of a full tone image feature reduces the likelihood that a trailing edge inking void will be present when the rel...
09/09/2010
20100180783METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LATERAL PROTECTION FOR THE SELF-ADHESIVE UNDERCOATING PLASTIC SHEET OF A COATING (METAL-BACK PRINTING BLANKET) OF A TYPOGRAPHIC PRINTING ROLL
Described herein is a method for providing a metal-back printing blanket with self-adhesive plastic sheet, made to adhere to the metal layer of the printing blanket with adhesive of the PSA (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive) type, comprising a step of sealing one or more edg...
07/22/2010
20100126368Variable Cutoff Alignment Apparatus and Method of Aligning Printing Cylinders during a Cutoff Change
A variable cutoff cylinder alignment apparatus is provided. The variable cutoff cylinder alignment apparatus includes a plate cylinder support box for supporting an exchangeable variable cutoff plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder support box for supporting an exchangeabl...
05/27/2010
20100000432DATA CARRIER PRINTED BY INTAGLIO PRINTING
The invention relates to a printed data carrier having a printed surface and at least one printed partial surface enclosed thereby on all sides, the surface and the partial surface being printed by intaglio printing and contrasting visually due to an ink layer of varyin...
01/07/2010
20090288569PROCESS AND APPARATUS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE HEATER
This invention provides an apparatus and process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having an exterior surface and a composition layer capable of being partially liquefied. The apparatus includes a displaceable heater for heating the composition l...
11/26/2009
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