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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841278 | Method and apparatus for treating a re-imageable printing form, machine for processing printing material and method for treating a surface making contact with printing material A method for treating a re-imageable printing form includes surface modifying a surface of the printing form acting as a printing area in a nanoscopic range by chemically functionalizing the surface through covering with molecules, in particular amphiphilic molecule... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7422840 | Apparatus and process for forming a printing form having a cylindrical support The invention pertains to an apparatus and a process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having a cylindrical support, and in particular, to an apparatus and a process for thermally treating the photosensitive element to form a relief pattern a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7358034 | Method of processing on-press developable lithographic printing plate A method of deactivating and on-press developing an exposed lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer developable with ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a radiation. The p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348132 | Laser sensitive lithographic printing plate having specific photopolymer composition High speed violet or ultraviolet laser sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising on a hydrophilic substrate a specific photosensitive composition is described. The photosensitive layer comprises a polymeric binder, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348207 | Method of manufacturing organic EL device, organic EL device, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing an organic EL device that is capable of reducing the manufacturing cost by effectively using the material is provided. In the method of manufacturing the organic EL device including a white-light-emitting layer and a color filter, the white... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348131 | Laser sensitive lithographic printing plate having a darker aluminum substrate A laser sensitive lithographic printing plate comprises an electrochemically grained, anodized, hydrophilically treated aluminum substrate with a reflection optical density of 0.30 or higher; a free radical polymerizable photosensitive layer; and a water soluble or ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341815 | Planographic printing plate precursor A positive planographic printing plate precursor includes a support having disposed thereon a lower thermosensitive layer containing a water-insoluble but alkali-soluble polymer compound and an upper thermosensitive layer containing a water-insoluble but alkali-solu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7252891 | Wiring transfer sheet and method for producing the same, and wiring board and method for producing the same A wiring transfer sheet including a carrier base and a wiring layer formed thereon is produced so that an exposed area of a surface of the carrier base on which the wiring layer is formed has a plurality of concavities. By transferring the wiring layer to an electri... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7214469 | Lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor and a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor, which is capable of an image recording by infrared laser scanning and an on-press development and excellent in ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213516 | Method of processing laser sensitive lithographic printing plate A method of developing a laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening u... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200927 | Method for producing a wiring transfer sheet A wiring transfer sheet including a carrier base and a wiring layer formed thereon is produced so that an exposed area of a surface of the carrier base on which the wiring layer is formed has a plurality of concavities. By transferring the wiring layer to an electri... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194956 | Offset printing method and printing apparatus using heat and light to make a printing plate hydrophilic and hydrophobic There is prepared a printing plate on which a material being hydrophilic due to light energy at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature due to heat energy which is lower than the first temperature is provided. First, the whole surface of th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183038 | Lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises an image-forming layer containing a polymerization initiator and a polymerizable compound, and a hydrophilic support, wherein the lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7152530 | Printing form and method for modifying its wetting properties A printing form (10) having a surface (12) of pure silicon or of a silicon ceramic, which bears a pattern composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, the hydrophilic regions having a first chemical state and the hydrophobic regions having a second... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146909 | Image forming material An image forming material, a lithographic printing plate precursor and a lithographic printing method, in which a color image with good visibility is obtained by laser exposure, are provided, wherein the image forming material and the lithographic printing plate pre... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143694 | Method and apparatus for cleaning and erasing printing surfaces, in particular printing surfaces of forme and blanket cylinders in a printing machine The amount of cleaning media needed for cleaning the printing forme is determined with regard to the level of coverage with ink and/or image carrier material of a printing surface and/or from image data about the printing surface. An erasing and hydrophilizing appar... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132212 | Presensitized plate A presensitized plate comprising a support for a lithographic printing plate including an anodized layer formed on an aluminum plate and a recording layer recordable by infrared laser exposure on the support, wherein in a section of the anodized layer after the reco... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7089856 | On-press development of thermosensitive lithographic printing member Method of on-press developing a thermosensitive lithographic printing member with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a thermosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of ha... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074545 | Printing plate material Disclosed are a printing plate material capable of being developed on a printing press and its manufacturing method which comprises the steps of subjecting an aluminum plate to electrolytic surface roughening treatment, subjecting the electrolytic surface roughened ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060416 | Positive-working, thermally sensitive imageable element Alkali soluble copolymers, imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors that contain the alkali soluble copolymers, and methods for forming images using the imageable elements are disclosed. The alkali soluble copolymers comprise, in polymeriz... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059246 | Process for obtaining image information of an illustrated printing form, device for this and printing press A process is provided for obtaining or refreshing the illustration of a printing form, preferably in wet-offset printing. Instead of clearing the illustration over the entire area, the printing form is acted on during the production. For this, a processing agent can... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051652 | Wet offset printing form A wet offset printing form has atop layer containing a photocatalytically and thermally modifiable material. The material can be brought photocatalytically into a hydrophilic state by irradiation with light and into a lipophilic state by heating. The hydrophilic sta... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044053 | Method and materials for improving resolution for ctp-inkjet Improved resolution plates based on hydrophilic organic coated substrates, where a hydrophobic layer is present during inkjet imaging and where after heating to fuse the inkjet image, the hydrophobic layer does not irreversibly fuse into the organic coating, but can... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014985 | Presensitized plate A thermal negative type presensitized plate provided with an image recording layer hardened by infrared rays on an aluminum support, wherein the aluminum support has on the surface thereof, a grain shape with a structure in which a grained structure with medium undu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997108 | Plate-making type printing press, multi-color printing press and plate-making type printing method The plate-making printing press is constructed by installing a plate-making apparatus in a printing press that supplies ink and dampening water to a printing plate and performs printing on a medium. In order to realize a high-precision plate-making operation, the pr... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6972167 | Planographic printing plate A negative type planographic printing plate in which recording can be performed directly from digital data of a computer or the like using an infrared laser. Sensitivity of the plate is high, ablation by a recording layer during recording is suppressed, a developing... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6946205 | Wiring transfer sheet and method for producing the same, and wiring board and method for producing the same A wiring transfer sheet including a carrier base and a wiring layer formed thereon is produced so that an exposed area of a surface of the carrier base on which the wiring layer is formed has a plurality of concavities. By transferring the wiring layer to an electri... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6933093 | Radiation sensitive coating composition useful for lithographic printing plates and the like The invention relates to a composition, which is primarily energy sensitive in the near infrared and infrared region, and which comprises a dual polymer system, an infrared absorbing material that absorbs at the desired wavelength, an acid generating compound, and, ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926789 | Wiring transfer sheet and method for producing the same, and wiring board and method for producing the same A wiring transfer sheet including a carrier base and a wiring layer formed thereon is produced so that an exposed area of a surface of the carrier base on which the wiring layer is formed has a plurality of concavities. By transferring the wiring layer to an electri... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912956 | Printing plate material Disclosed is a printing plate material comprising a substrate and a component layer provided thereon, the substrate having a center line average surface roughness Ra of from 0.2 to 1.0 μm, and an oil-retention volume A2 of from 1 to 10, wherein the center li... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911295 | Planographic printing plate precursor The positive planographic printing plate precursor of the present invention is a precursor comprising (I) a positive recording layer including a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble polymer compound and a light to heat converting agent, on a support having a hydrophil... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905803 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed, which comprises an image-forming layer which contains a hydrophilic resin, an acid precursor and at least one component selected from fine particles containing a compound having a vinyloxy group and microcapsules... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902866 | Thermosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising specific acrylate monomers Negative thermosensitive lithographic printing plates comprise on a hydrophilic substrate an oleophilic thermosensitive layer comprising a polymeric binder, urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having at least 6 (meth)acrylate groups, a non-urethane (meth)acrylate monome... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902865 | Non-alkaline aqueous development of thermosensitive lithographic printing plates Negative thermosensitive lithographic printing plates developable with a non-alkaline aqueous developer and method of developing such plates. The plate comprises on a substrate a thermosensitive layer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a free radical i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890688 | Lithographic template and method of formation and use This invention relates to a lithographic template, a method of forming the lithographic template and a method for forming devices with the lithographic template. The lithographic template (10, 110, 210) is formed having a substrate (12, 112, 212) and a... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6868787 | Printing plate precursor and printing plate Disclosed is a printing plate precursor composed of a substrate and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer having a center line average roughness Ra of from 150 nm to less than 1000 nm and having effective protrusions of from 500 to less than 3000 per mm2,... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866985 | Method for producing a printing plate, in particular for letterpress printing and a printing plate for letterpress printing With the method according to the invention for producing a printing plate, in particular for flexoprinting, a layer of a curable elastomer is applied to a carrier (15) with a cylindrical surface area (26), subsequently the elastomer layer is cured to a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6851366 | Reusable printing form Presented is a reusable printing form including a printing area that has a metal oxide surface, in particular a native oxidized titanium surface, which is treated with at least one amphiphilic organic compound whose polar region has an acidic character. In an advant... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851365 | Method for producing multicolor printing A method for producing multicolor printing, by using printing plates provided digitally with images and/or print, represents an efficient solution for multi-color printing, in particular in a large format. Printing plates, which had been used in a printing press, ar... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851364 | Printing plate material and production and regenerating methods thereof A printing plate material which can be adapted to digitization of the printing process and recycled and a method for renewing it. As the printing plate material, there can be used one which includes a substrate on the surface of which a coat layer containing a titan... | 02/08/2005 |
