Patent ID: 6346961
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B41C

Abstract:
A device for producing a printing form, including at least one radiation source directed towards a material whereon an image is to be formed, and a device for positioning the radiation source in a direction parallel to the surface of the material, comprising a slide movable parallel to the surface of the material between the at least one radiation source and the material whereon the image is to be formed, said slide being formed with at least one opening and, when an image is being formed on the material, being positionable for allowing free passage through said at least one opening to a beam from the at least one radiation source, and, when no image is being formed on the material, being positionable as a shield between the material and the at least one radiation source, said device further including a plurality of the radiation sources arranged in a common housing at equally spaced intervals along a line in a positioning direction, and said slide being formed with a plurality of said openings corresponding to the plurality of the radiation sources.