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 (2-5) 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 (2-5) so that the nozzle chamber is filled with the coating agent in use, b) a plurality of displaceable valve needles (6-9) which are assigned to the individual nozzles (2-5) and selectively open or close the respective nozzle (2-5) as a function of the position of the valve needle (6-9), c) an actuator chamber for accommodating actuators (10-13) for displacing the valve needles (6-9), 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 (6-9) can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needle (6-9), d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needles (6-9), characterized in e) that the sealing element has at least one row of holes of holes for the individual valve needles (6-9). a) a nozzle chamber having a plurality of nozzles (2-5) 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 (2-5) so that the nozzle chamber is filled with the coating agent in use, b) a plurality of displaceable valve needles (6-9) which are assigned to the individual nozzles (2-5) and selectively open or close the respective nozzle (2-5) as a function of the position of the valve needle (6-9), c) an actuator chamber for accommodating actuators (10-13) for displacing the valve needles (6-9), 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 (6-9) can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needle (6-9), d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needles (6-9), characterized in d1) wherein the sealing element is designed such that the individual valve needles (6-9) can be displaced independently of one another without a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needle (6-9), d2) wherein the sealing element has a three-dimensional structure (19; 19A, 19B) which prevents a displacement of one of the valve needles (6-9) from affecting the opening and closing of the nozzles (2-5) at the adjacent valve needles (6-9), e) that the sealing element has at least one row of holes of holes for the individual valve needles (6-9). <EOS>