Abstract:
A method and apparatus for inking a "waterless" planographic printing plate utilizes an ink application unit and a separating agent application unit. These two units supply conventional ink and a separating agent either directly or indirectly to the planographic printing plate.
Abstract:
Printed products obtained by the planographic printing process whereby printing inks are transferrred by means of a lithographic printing plate to a printing stock, and a corresponding planographic printing process for forming the products. Printing inks which predominantly contain water as a solvent and/or dispersing agent and having a dynamic viscosity of 10 to 250 Pa.s, and printing plates whose information-bearing, i.e., printing, areas are hydrophilic and whose non-printing areas are hydrophobic, are used.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a spark-recording type printing method and a spark-recording material for use in the method, which printing method comprises the processes of: forming an image on a spark-recording material by the spark-recording method, said spark-recording material comprising a support and a layer of metal deposited thereon by vacuum evaporation, and, if necessary, being provided with a colored layer interposed between said support and metal layer, and if further necessary, being provided with a protective layer which is easy to desensitize and/or a desensitized layer which requires no desensitization treatment as formed on said metal layer; and conducting offset printing by employing said spark-recording material having an image formed thereon as a master either after subjecting it to desensitization treatment when it is not provided with said desensitized layer or directly when it is provided with said desensitized layer.
Abstract:
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 inking roller in its initial state of high viscosity and exposed to activating radiation in an imagewise manner to convert the material to a state of low viscosity and thereby reduce the viscosity of the ink in a configuration corresponding to the pattern of radiation. Contacting the irradiated inking roller with a receiving member results in transfer of the ink in imagewise configuration from the inking roller to the receiving member.
Abstract:
A simple machine for making multiple printed copies from a zinc oxide preliminary copy, including a glass cylinder and a transport drum which presses against the cylinder. The machine has a stack holder which is initially filled with a stack of paper sheets and a zinc oxide preliminary copy on top of the paper sheets. Sheet feeding apparatus first moves the preliminary copy onto the transport drum so it moves between the drum and glass cylinder to heat the dark areas on the preliminary copy which represent the image, so that these image regions are transferred to the glass cylinder. Inking rollers then apply ink to the image areas on the cylinder while successive sheets of paper to be printed upon are fed between the roller and glass cylinder.
Abstract:
A planographic printing system and method. The planographic printing system comprises an ink supply device, a planographic printing plate and a printing stock, the planographic printing plate gains ink from the ink supply device, so as to transfer graphic-text information from the planographic printing plate to surface of the printing stock, the planographic printing plate comprises a substrate, an ink repulsive layer attaching to the surface of the substrate and a graphic-text layer attaching to partial surface of the ink repulsive layer, the ink repulsive layer comprises fluoropolymer and silicon-containing nano-particle dispersed in the fluoropolymer, the fluoropolymer comprises fluorine-containing structural unit and optional acrylate-based structural unit. The present invention may achieve a graphic-text area which is affinity to water-based printing ink and a blank area which is repulsion to water-based printing ink on the surface of the printing plate by using water-based printing ink only without water or fountain solution.
Abstract:
A false positive testing device (FPTD) that contains a coating based on a one hundred percent solids varnish and a transparent reagent, that uses oxidative free radical polymerization as a drying mechanism, and that can be transferred to various types of porous substrates by conventional lithographic offset printing and/or dry offset printing. The substrates with the FPTD can be verified by using common currency detection protocols, such as testing with ultraviolet lights and/or counterfeit detection iodine based pen/pad stamps.
Abstract:
A non-ablative negative-working imageable element has first and second polymeric layers under a crosslinked silicone rubber layer. These elements can be used in a simple method to provide lithographic printing plates useful for waterless printing (no fountain solution). Processing after imaging is relatively simple using either water or an aqueous solution containing very little organic solvent to remove the imaged regions. The crosslinked silicone rubber layer is ink-repelling and only the first layer that is closest to the substrate contains an infrared radiation absorbing compound to provide thermal sensitivity.
Abstract:
A false positive testing device (FPTD) that contains a coating based on a one hundred percent solids varnish and a transparent reagent, that uses oxidative free radical polymerization as a drying mechanism, and that can be transferred to various types of porous substrates by conventional lithographic offset printing and/or dry offset printing. The substrates with the FPTD can be verified by using common currency detection protocols, such as testing with ultraviolet lights and/or counterfeit detection iodine based pen/pad stamps.