发明授权
- 专利标题: Printing system employing deformable polymer printing plates
- 专利标题(中): 使用可变形聚合物印版的印刷系统
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申请号: US13185188申请日: 2011-07-18
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公开(公告)号: US08468939B2公开(公告)日: 2013-06-25
- 发明人: Jurgen H. Daniel , Dirk De Bruyker , David K. Fork , Christopher Chua
- 申请人: Jurgen H. Daniel , Dirk De Bruyker , David K. Fork , Christopher Chua
- 申请人地址: US CA Palo Alto
- 专利权人: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
- 当前专利权人: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Palo Alto
- 代理机构: Marger Johnson & McCollom PC
- 主分类号: B41N6/00
- IPC分类号: B41N6/00
摘要:
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 material, a reservoir corresponding to each cell to collect the deformable polymer material as needed when the deformable polymer material is one of either melted or softened, and a heater to cause the deformable polymer material to either melt or soften. A method of forming a printing plate provides an array of cells, first heats the array of cells such that the deformable polymer material does one of either melts or softens, actuates the cells in the array to assume a deformed state, cools the array of cells to solidify the cells in the deformed state, second heats the cells such that the deformable polymer material in selected ones of the cells does one of either soften or melt and return to a less deformed state to form a printing pattern, and cools the surface to solidify the deformable polymer material in the printing pattern. A method of forming a printing plate provides an array of cells, heats the array of cells such that the deformable polymer material softens, actuates selected ones of the cells to deform surfaces of the selected ones to form a printing pattern, and cools the array of cells to solidify the printing pattern into a printing plate.