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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7223522 | Printing plate material and printing plate It is an object of the present invention to provide that printing plate materials of the present invention exhibit excellent printing durability, less “out of color” registration, and improved printing image quality. Disclosed is a printing plate material posses... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182021 | Printing plate material, printing plate material roll, printing plate manufacturing process, and printing process A printing plate material product, is provided with a printing plate material including a substrate and a image forming layer provided on the substrate; and a wireless memory tag mounted on a part of the printing plate material and including a semiconductor memory a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171902 | Direct drawing lithographic printing plate material There is disclosed a direct drawing type lithographic printing plate material comprising a support and an image-forming layer formed on the support, wherein the image-forming layer is formed on a roughened surface of the support and contains a binder and a pigment h... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163779 | Planographic printing plate material process, planographic printing plate and printing process Disclosed is a process of manufacturing a planographic printing plate from a planographic printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, at least one of an image formation layer and an ablation layer, the process comprising the steps of imagewise... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7108959 | Printing plate material in roll form of the on-press development type Disclosed is a printing plate material in roll form of the on-press development type comprising a support, a functional layer including a hydrophilic layer and a thermosensitive image formation layer provided on one side of the support, and a back coat layer provide... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7067232 | Printing Plate A printing plate for computer-to plate lithography having a laser-ablatable member supported by a substrate. At least one portion of the laser-ablatable member is formed form an acrylic polymer containing laser-sensitive particles. The laser-sensitive particles abso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036430 | Method for producing a flexographic printing plate formed by inkjetted fluid Apparatus and method for digitally building up flexographic plates by ink jetting plate pre-cursor material onto a substrate via an offset blanket and forming the plates by successively polymerizing the ink jet fluid. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6895860 | Planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on plate cylinder A planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on a plate cylinder of a printing press are disclosed, the planographic printing plate precursor comprising a flexible substrate and provided thereon, an ink repellent layer or a hydrophilic layer wherein... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6796236 | Planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on plate cylinder A planographic printing plate precursor and its fixing method on a plate cylinder of a printing press are disclosed, the planographic printing plate precursor comprising a flexible substrate and provided thereon, an ink repellent layer or a hydrophilic layer wherein... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786155 | Dimensionally stable paper substrate for a precursor to an imaged member The invention comprises a precursor to an imaged member comprising a dimensionally stable substrate including an imagable coating, on a surface thereon, wherein the non-coated dimensionally stable substrate comprises dimensionally stable paper comprising at least on... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6745693 | Variable data lithographic printing device and method A variable data lithographic printing device comprises surrounding a printing cylinder a photosensitive layer coater, an exposure source, optionally a developer, an inking applicator, optionally a transfer system, and optionally an eraser. During printing operation,... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6484634 | Block copy sheet for lithographic printing plate A block copy sheet for lithographic printing plate to be interposed between a plate cylinder and a lithographic printing plate having a front surface and a back surface, at least the back surface being made of a material other than metals, wherein the blo... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6461792 | Lithographic printing plate precursor Disclosed is a positive or negative lithographic printing plate precursor which can form an image at high sensitivity by heating or heat developed by light-heat conversion, requires no development processing after image writing, has good sensitivity and e... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6357351 | Substrate for planographic printing A method for preparing a substrate for a planographic printing member is disclosed. A liquid that contains water; a soluble alkali metal silicate, preferably sodium silicate; and a dispersed particulate material is coated on a support, to produce a hydrop... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6295927 | Lithographic base for use in non-impact printing According to the present invention there is provided a lithographic base including a support and a hydrophilic cross-linked layer having a total volume of pores of more than 0.0007 cm3 /g of the lithographic base. The hydrophilic cross-linked l... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6207349 | Lithographic imaging with constructions having mixed organic/inorganic layers The effects of interfacial transition between organic and inorganic layers of a lithographic printing member are ameliorated by incorporating an inorganic component within the matrix of the organic layer. In a first aspect, a lithographic printing plate h... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196129 | Wet lithographic printing plates Provided is an imaged wet lithographic printing plate which bears a hydrophilic layer and an oleophilic, water-insoluble layer in a desired imagewise pattern overlying the hydrophilic layer, wherein the oleophilic layer comprises a reaction product of a t... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6085656 | Method of lithographic imaging with reduced debris-generated performance degradation and related constructions The ability to clean ablation-type lithographic printing plates is enhanced by the formation of debris chemically compatible with a desired cleaning fluid. The debris may originate in the ablation layer of the printing member, or in a separate insulating ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6051365 | Waterless lithographic printing plates Provided is a media-fluid material set which comprises a media with a support that bears a hydrophilic receiving surface together with a fluid material comprising a liquid carrier medium and a reactive transition metal complex of a fluorinated organic aci... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5996496 | Laser-imageable lithographic printing members Apparatus and methods for imaging lithographic plates using laser devices that emit in the near-infrared region, and plates suitable for imaging with the apparatus and methods. Laser output either ablates one or more plate layers or physically transforms ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5870955 | Lithographic printing system with reusable support surfaces and lithographic constructions for use therewith Lithographic printing constructions are removable from a permanent support, which may be a metal sheet affixable (usually by clamps) to a plate cylinder, or may instead be the permanent surface of such a cylinder. In this way, the traditional "plate" is r... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5829353 | Method of modulating lithographic affinity and printing members made thereby The lithographic affinity characteristics of a material, such as a polymer, are affected--and thereby selectively modulated--through implantation of one or more metallic materials, typically in the form of ions and/or atoms (or molecules). The desired cha... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5649486 | Thin-metal lithographic printing members with visible tracking layers Laser-imageable, ablation-type lithographic printing members have a colorant that provides contrast between plate layers of similar tonalities. In particular, the colorant observably distinguishes the ablation layer from visible underlying layers, but whi... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5402725 | Lithographic base with a modified dextran or pullulan hydrophilic layer This invention provides a lithographic base comprising a support provided with a hardened hydrophilic layer wherein the hardened hydrophilic layer comprises a dextran or pullulan modified with a group containing amine or amide functions having at least on... | 04/04/1995 |
| 4974513 | Thermal direct master A thermal direct master for lithography, which comprises a water-resisting substrate and a thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon, which comprises as the main components an inorganic pigment, a binder agent, a thermofusible material and a hydrophi... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4379822 | Conductive barrier coat for electrostatic masters An electrostatic master for lithographic printing characterized by a base, a barrier coat thereon, and a photo-conductive layer. The barrier coat includes a hydrophobic thermoplastic film-forming resin having labile hydrogen-containing functional groups a... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4147549 | Lithographic printing plate having addition polymerized areas and binder areas A lithographic printing plate is prepared from a layer of a photopolymerizable composition comprising an oleophilic macromolecular organic binder and a leachable hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated compound by e posing the layer and then leaching the co... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4115603 | Process for producing lithographic printing plates having a paper base In a process for the manufacture of a lithographic printing plate having a paper base and a lithographic printing surface thereon comprising a resinous coating, lower coat weights leading to high coating speeds can be obtained by first smoothing the base ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114535 | Resilient lithographic masters for direct printing Lithographic masters for improved image quality in direct printing process are provided. The masters are formed with a relatively soft elastomeric or resilient layer on a suitable supporting master substrate. An image layer of up to 2.5 microns is support... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4112841 | Resilient lithographic masters for direct printing Lithographic masters for improved image quality in direct printing process are provided. The masters are formed with a relatively soft elastomeric or resilient layer on a suitable supporting master substrate. An image layer of up to 2.5 microns is support... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4097647 | Lithographic printing plate An improved lithographic printing plate having a lithographic surface thereon comprising a resinous coating, at least a major fraction of which is a self-insolubilizing or cross-linkable cationic resinous binder.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4078927 | Photoconductive printing master A planographic printing master comprising an ink releasing photoconductive insulating layer and an ink receptive particulate image pattern.... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4064312 | Nonimaged waterless lithographic master with a curable silicone elastomer and a cured ink releasable silicone layer A process for preparing a waterless lithographic printing master is provided. A suitable substrate, which is preferably ink accepting is first coated with a curable silicone which is curable at low or elevated temperature and a second different curable si... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4046946 | Lithographic printing plate The desirable attributes of both a barrier coat and a face coat and elimination of a coating step are obtained in manufacture of a lithographic printing plate having a paper base and a lithographic printing surface thereon, wherein said surface comprises ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4034671 | Method of using an offset lithographic combination master blanket sheet A combination master/blanket printing sheet for use with a lithographic offset duplicating press includes a master layer comprising material having hydrophilic properties which is imagable to provide pre-selected oleophilic areas for receipt of printing i... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4028111 | Light-sensitive lithographic printing plate A light-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a support with a hydrophilic surface having thereon a light-sensitive layer comprising a light-sensitive polyester containing o-quinonediazido groups as terminal groups.... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3971660 | Lithographic printing plate comprising hydrophilic layer of polyvinylacetate crosslinked with tetraethylorthosilicate A method of providing a printing plate comprises coating on a support a layer having a hydrophilic surface comprising the homogeneous reaction product of hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate and hydrolyzed tetraethyl orthosilicate. The coating may also contain pi... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3949142 | Dry planographic plate A new dry planographic plate having a non-ink receptive silicone rubber background area that does not require a fountain solution to repel printing ink and process of producing this new plate comprising applying the photoresponsive sensitizer to a polymer... | 04/06/1976 |