Patent ID: 7841277

Claim:
A printing structure for printing on a medium by transferring ink from the printing structure onto the medium, comprising: a substrate having an outer surface, a first layer positioned on the outer surface of said substrate, the first layer having a first hardness; and a second layer positioned on the surface of said first layer opposite the substrate, said second layer having an outer surface that receives ink from the anilox roller, the second layer having a second hardness which is different than said first hardness, and where portions of said second layer have been removed to expose portions of said outer surface of said first layer such that ink is capable of being transferred to said exposed portions of said first layer and to said outer surface of said second layer at substantially the same time from the anilox roller, and said second layer having a thickness less than 50 microns such that ink from both top outside surfaces of said first and second layers is capable of being transferred to the medium during a printing operation at substantially the same time.