Patent ID: 6019042
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B41N,Y10S

Abstract:
A flat offset printing blanket produced from a severed segment of a continuous length of material, having a lithographic surface (6), at least one compressible layer (3), at least one reinforcing layer (1) with stretch characteristics wherein the stretch exhibited by the blanket along both length and cross-directions thereof does not exceed 3% and a difference in the static extension between the length and cross-directions does not exceed 1% when subjected to a static load of 10 Newtons per mm in both the length and cross directions of the blanket for a period of 10 minutes, and includes a fabric layer (2) on a side of the at least one reinforcing layer (1) which is opposite to the lithographic printing surface (6), and wherein said at least one compressible layer (3) is arranged between the lithographic surface (6) and the at least one reinforcing layer (1).