Patent ID: 8409790
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G03F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of making a relief image, the method comprising: (a) providing a film comprising an imageable material disposed on a carrier sheet; (b) contacting the imageable material with a receptor sheet; (c) forming a mask image on the receptor sheet by imagewise exposing the imageable material to infrared radiation to form exposed areas and transferring the exposed areas of the imageable material to the receptor sheet; (d) removing the carrier sheet from the mask image; (e) transferring the mask image to a photosensitive material that is sensitive to a curing radiation; (f) exposing the photosensitive material to the curing radiation through the mask image to form an imaged article, wherein the mask image is substantially opaque to the curing radiation; and (g) developing the imaged article to form the relief image.