Patent ID: RE39835

Claim:
A method comprising: a) providing at least one solid photocurable printing element comprising: a support layer having an actinic radiation absorbing compound uniformly distributed throughout said support layer; a layer of solid photocurable material that has first and second opposing major faces, said first opposing major face disposed upon said support layer, wherein said layer of solid photocurable material comprises an oxygen scavenger; and a photoablative mask layer that is disposed on said second opposing major face, that is substantially opaque to actinic radiation, and is capable of being photoablated by a laser; b) transferring graphic data to said solid photocurable printing element by photoablating said photoablative mask layer with a laser, thereby providing ablated and unablated areas forming an image, said ablated areas exposing said second opposing major face of said solid photocurable layer; c) exposing said first opposing major face of said photocurable layer through said support layer; d) exposing said ablated areas of said solid photocurable material to actinic radiation effective to cure said solid photocurable material; and e) removing uncured photocurable material and said unablated areas of said photoablative mask layer from said element.