Abstract:
A method for preparing a flexographic printing master wherein an optional floor (600), an optional mesa relief (700) and an image relief (800) are applied in this order on a flexographic printing support (1000) by depositing a plurality of layers of a curable fluid on top of each other characterized in that at least one layer of a curable fluid is deposited by aerosol jet printing
Abstract:
A relief print master is created by means of a printhead that jets droplets of a polymerisable liquid on a cylindrical sleeve. The droplets follow a spiral path (950,951) on the cylindrical sleeve. In a multiple printhead unit, there are different spiral paths associated with the constituting printheads in the multiple printhead unit. The distance between the spiral paths is not even. The invention provides a method and a system so that the distance between these spiral paths (950,951) becomes even by adjusting the distance (920,921) measured in the direction of the cylindrical support between marking elements of different rows of the multiple print head unit. The system can also be used for the creation of other types of print masters, such as offset print plates.
Abstract:
A single pass inkjet printing method including the steps of: a) providing a radiation curable inkjet ink set containing at least a first and a second radiation curable inkjet ink having a dynamic surface tension of no more than 30 mN/m measured by maximum bubble pressure tensiometry at a surface age of 50 ms and at 25°C; b) jetting a first radiation curable inkjet ink on an ink-jet ink-receiver moving at a printing speed of at least 35 m/min.; c) at least partially curing the first inkjet ink on the ink receiver within the range of 40 to 500 ms after the first inkjet ink landed on the ink receiver; d) jetting a second radiation curable inkjet ink on the at least partially cured first inkjet ink; and e) at least partially curing the second inkjet ink within the range of 40 to 500 ms after the second inkjet ink landed on the first inkjet ink. A single pass inkjet printer is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of preparing a lithographic printing plate in which no pre-heat step is used comprising the steps of: - providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a photopolymerizable image-recording layer, the image- recording layer comprising a monomer and a binder; - image-wise exposing the precursor in an exposure unit; - off press developing the exposed precursor with an aqueous solution in a processing unit; characterized in that the ratio of the total amount of monomer to the total amount of binder is at least 1 and the time lapse between exposing an image-area of the precursor and contacting the image-area with the aqueous solution is at least 1 minute.