Class 101/471 - Light

Subclass of Class 101 - Printing
Definition: Process of manufacture or use in which the caloric energy
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 09/11/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7268910	Just-in-time raster image assembly A print drive is present in an electronic pre-press workflow that includes a raster image processor (“RIP”) and an output device to receive, store, combine and transmit raster data processed by the raster image processor. A prepress imposition scheme is created ...	09/11/2007
7171373	Database driven workflow management system for generating output material based on customer input Disclosed is a workflow management system for creating and delivering output material. A customer record is generated to include fields specifying at least one product, customer preferences, and a selected output method to deliver generated output material on the pr...	01/30/2007
7149709	Internet based print order system An automated print order system for institutional business cards and stationery products generally comprises a requestor interface for entry of a distributed user's print order and a processor interface for fulfillment of the user's print order. The requestor interf...	12/12/2006
7143056	Method for automated print ordering utilizing the internet An automated print order system for institutional business cards and stationery products generally comprises a requestor interface for entry of a distributed user's print order and a processor interface for fulfillment of the user's print order. The requestor interf...	11/28/2006
7076450	Method for automated print ordering utilizing the internet An automated print order system for institutional business cards and stationery products generally comprises a requestor interface for entry of a distributed user's print order and a processor interface for fulfillment of the user's print order. The requestor interf...	07/11/2006
7000543	Method and apparatus for loading and unloading flexographic plates for computer-to-plate imaging A method and apparatus to aid the loading and unloading of flexographic plates to and from an imager. The apparatus includes a magazine containing a plurality of compartments each for holding a single flexographic plate, the compartments arranged vertically, and mov...	02/21/2006
6929411	Selectable control of raster image processor Digital printing technologies often rely on raster image processors (RIPs or RIP engines) to convert vector image data to raster, or bit-map, data, which allows a printer to render the image as a pattern of dots or pixels. One problem that the present inventors reco...	08/16/2005
6916596	Laser imaged printing plates Laser-imageable flexographic printing plates and a method of making same are disclosed. A thin polymeric film doped with a UV absorber is laminated to a photopolymer layer. The film is ablated from the photopolymer using a laser operating at a selected wavelength to...	07/12/2005
6300040	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...	10/09/2001
6224708	Process for producing a printing form A process for producing a printing form on a form cylinder, which process operates reliably even in the case of large form cylinders and high laser powers, contains the process steps of drawing a blown film tube onto the form cylinder, transferring surfac...	05/01/2001
6085657	Redirecting printing media in a prepress printing environment An imagesetting or platesetting system and method for transporting one or more sheets of media having varying stiffness and thickness includes the steps of: transporting the sheets through the system in a first direction (A); recording an image onto the s...	07/11/2000
5964156	Optimizing workflow in a prepress printing system A method for automatically processing a job in a prepress printing environment includes the steps of: moving an image receiving substrate from a storage bin to a staging area; moving the image receiving substrate from the staging area into a drum; imaging...	10/12/1999
5713288	Method and apparatus for use in offset printing In a printing method, an electrically encoded image to be transferred to a printing substrate during a printing process is provided in an electronic memory. A flexible carrier web is attached under tension to a cutting cylinder identical in dimensions to ...	02/03/1998
5698366	Method for preparation of an imaging element Imaging elements are prepared by a method in which an image is generated on a donor element and then transferred from the donor element to a receiver element by the steps of lamination and peeling. The donor element comprises a support, an image-forming l...	12/16/1997
5566618	Method and apparatus for use in offset printing A method used in offset printing utilizes an electrically encoded image, stored in an electronic memory, to be transferred to a printing substrate during a coating application in an offset printing process. An offset printing blanket is attached under ten...	10/22/1996
4767694	Method of preparing a blanket with reserved spaces utilizing photocopying procedure The invention relates to a method of preparing a varnish blanket. Instead of a proof being used for pre-location of required varnish-free zones on a blanket for blanked-out in-line varnishing in rotary presses, the zones required not to be varnished are t...	08/30/1988
4533611	Process for preparing a planographic printing plate Disclosed is a process for preparing a planographic printing plate by electrophotographic or electrographic means by producing a charge image on a photoconductive or highly insulating layer, developing the image onto the free surface of a dielectric inter...	08/06/1985
4486518	Duplicating film mask with radiation absorbing benzophenone in processed positive-working radiation sensitive layer on transparent substrate A non-silver, positive-working, essentially alkali-insoluble, radiation-sensitive composition, which becomes alkali-soluble on exposure to radiation, comprising a non-silver, positive-acting, essentially alkali-insoluble radiation-sensitive component a ra...	12/04/1984
4465931	Thermal duplicating apparatus A thermal duplicating apparatus for forming a duplicate image of an original image by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive recording medium is provided. The present apparatus utilizes a flexible cylinder which is substantially transparent to ...	08/14/1984
4395946	Rotary printing presses with inplace laser impression of printing surface A rotary printing press includes a laser beam imaging device to enable a rotary printing member to be prepared while it is located in the printing press. This arrangement has particular advantages when it is used with a lithographic or a gravure printing ...	08/02/1983
4391194	Method for addressing cards and envelopes A method for printing addresses on envelopes or cards from a plurality of master cards each having an address and other indicia imprinted thereon with heat conducting material, such as carbon. Master cards and envelopes or cards to be printed are delivere...	07/05/1983
4370542	Cable marking method and apparatus A method for marking an identification at pre-selected intervals along a length of cable by laser marking device comprises the steps of sequentially moving longitudinally spaced-apart portions of the cable along a marking platen and positioning and operat...	01/25/1983
4258125	Method of making hand proofs of color prints A table has a mechanically driven draw bar squeegee mounted thereon to spread ink and other substances in a uniform manner. There is an interchangeable plurality of such squeegees which may be sequentially placed in said table to enable successive layers ...	03/24/1981
4151796	Device for automatically controlling deviations in liquid feed in offset presses A method of automatically controlling deviations in the liquid ink and dampening liquid feed in an offset printing press includes irradiating a layer formed of liquid ink and ingredients of a dampening liquid deposited on a plate cylinder of the press wit...	05/01/1979
4148057	Direct laser printing and forming apparatus Direct laser printing and forming apparatus is provided wherein a surface to be printed is coated with an ink which is setable upon being irradiated by energy. The surface to be printed may be selectively irradiated by a source of a directable beam of ene...	04/03/1979
4132168	Presensitized printing plate with in-situ, laser imageable mask A presensitized planographic printing plate which is imaged by exposure to conventional ultraviolet light sources through a mask which is formed on the surface of the plate by means of a laser beam....	01/02/1979
4123578	Transfer letter system A composite strip material for forming graphics such as letters, numbers, symbols or pictures. The strip includes an accepting tape comprising a layer of latent adhesive material in face-to-face contact with a layer of microgranules lightly adhered to a d...	10/31/1978
4114926	Barrier coat for use in thermographic imaging assembly Premature color formation and fogging in composites used in two sheet thermographic imaging systems are prevented by providing a polymeric barrier coating between the two interactive layers. The barrier coat serves to keep the volatilizable organic acid i...	09/19/1978
4098188	Printing plate This invention relates to a printing plate comprising a support bearing either (A) a layer comprising particles each containing a hydrophilic metal core and an oleophilic metal casing or (B) a layer comprising particles each containing an oleophilic metal core...	07/04/1978
4095234	Recording apparatus for providing lustrous printing In a recording apparatus which prints desired symbols on a record receiving member with heat ray absorbing colored material, a heat ray source is provided for heating a printed surface. A roller assembly including a roller impregnated with luster is dispo...	06/13/1978
4080897	Selective tack imaging and printing Methods of imaging and printing are provided whereby a transparent self-supporting substrate is coated with a transparent abhesive polymer and an image formed by inking said polymer and simultaneously subjecting said polymer to electromagnetic radiation t...	03/28/1978
4063949	Process for the preparation of planographic printing forms using laser beams This invention relates to an improvement in the process for the preparation of a planographic printing form in which a recording material comprising a support of anodically oxidized aluminum and a recording layer thereon is imagewise irradiated with a las...	12/20/1977
4049843	Image transfer layers for infrared transfer processes An improved image resolution in thermo-transfer duplicating processes is accomplished by means of dispersing a plurality of thermally conductive particles in the dye-wax layer of transfer material used in such processes and applying an electrical or magne...	09/20/1977
4039832	Apparatus for thermographic duplication of information comprising a curve or cam member for axial movement of dye carrier An apparatus for duplicating information from a master provided with information, such as text lines or the like, comprising a drum rotatable in a stand, to which drum the master is applied, and the master during rotation of the drum is exposed to directe...	08/02/1977
4020762	Laser imaging a lanographic printing plate A planographic printing plate which is imaged by means of a laser beam in combination with overall exposure to ultraviolet light and developed by means which are conventional in lithographic art....	05/03/1977
4005654	Process for shallow relief printing A printing process is provided whereby a resilient image having a relief of from about 4 to 50 microns is formed on the surface of a hard, non-resilient substrate to form a printing member. The printing member is then contacted with a gravure donor member...	02/01/1977
3999918	Apparatus for making a printing plate from a porous substrate A thermoplastic plate, for example one of polypropylene or nylon, fabricated so it has an open-cell structure, has a radiation transparent cover sheet applied to one face thereof. The cover sheet has an energy absorbing coating (e.g. of carbon and nitroce...	12/28/1976
3986874	Driographic imaging method The present invention is a driograhic imaging method which employs an ink comprised of an organic material which is convertible from a state of high viscosity to a state of low viscosity by exposure to high energy radiation. The ink is applied to an inkin...	10/19/1976

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