Patent ID: 6076464
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B41F,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for making printing plates for newspaper, said system comprising a linear arrangement of a plate feeder, an exposure unit, and a developer,wherein the exposure unit can directly form images on the printing faces of a plate material in accordance with image drawing signals from a computer to make a printing plate large enough for at least several pages, andwherein on the downstream side of the developer are provided:a borer for forming positioning notches and positioning holes in the plate material--for several pages of newspaper--which has been discharged from the developer;a cutter for cutting the plate material--for several pages of newspaper from the borer into several plate materials--each the size one page of newspaper;a first bender for forming bends, for mounting the printing plate on a rotary press, in the plate material--for several pages of newspaper--which has not been cut by the cutter after being bored by the borer; andat least one second bender for forming bends, for mounting the plate material on the rotary press, in a plurality of one page size plate materials obtained by cutting the plate material by the cutter after boring by the borer.