Patent ID: 8389203
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B41C,G03F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: placing a printing plate with photo-curable material thereon on an imaging device, wherein the plate initially has ablatable masking material on the photo-curable material; imaging the plate according to imaging data to format least an imaged portion of the plate, wherein the imaging includes ablating some of the ablatable masking material on the photo-curable material according to the imaging data to form a mask ablated according to the imaging data on the plate; and applying UV radiation to the at least imaged portion of the plate by exposing the plate with the ablated masking material thereon to the UV radiation using a plurality of UV emitting LEDs to cure photo-curable material on the at least imaged portion of the plate during the process of imaging of the printing plate, wherein the printing plate is a photopolymer flexographic plate initially having the ablatable masking material thereon, a photopolymer letterpress plate initially having the ablatable masking material thereon, or a photopolymer sleeve initially having the ablatable masking material thereon, such that imaging of one part of the plate and curing of an imaged portion of the plate occur simultaneously.