Applicator, in particular print head, for applying a coating agent, in particular a paint, to a component, in particular to a motor vehicle body component, with a) a nozzle chamber having a plurality of nozzles for dispensing the coating agent in the form of continuous jets or droplets, the coating agent flowing in use through the nozzle chamber to the nozzles so that the nozzle chamber is filled with the coating agent in use, b) a plurality of displaceable valve needles which are assigned to the individual nozzles and selectively open or close the respective nozzle as a function of the position of the valve needle, c) an actuator chamber for accommodating actuators for displacing the valve needles, and d) a sealing element, in particular a sealing membrane, which fluidically separates the actuator chamber from the nozzle chamber in order to avoid contamination of the actuator chamber with the coating agent in the nozzle chamber, d1) wherein the sealing element is designed such that the individual valve needles can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needle, d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needles, characterized in e) that the sealing element has at least one row of holes of holes for the individual valve needles. a) a nozzle chamber having a plurality of nozzles for dispensing the coating agent in the form of continuous jets or droplets, the coating agent flowing in use through the nozzle chamber to the nozzles so that the nozzle chamber is filled with the coating agent in use, b) a plurality of displaceable valve needles which are assigned to the individual nozzles and selectively open or close the respective nozzle as a function of the position of the valve needle, c) an actuator chamber for accommodating actuators for displacing the valve needles, and d) a sealing element, in particular a sealing membrane, which fluidically separates the actuator chamber from the nozzle chamber in order to avoid contamination of the actuator chamber with the coating agent in the nozzle chamber, d1) wherein the sealing element is designed such that the individual valve needles can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needle, d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needles, characterized in d1) wherein the sealing element is designed such that the individual valve needles can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needle, d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles at the adjacent valve needles, e) that the sealing element has at least one row of holes of holes for the individual valve needles.