Patent ID: 7357078

Claim:
A method of making a multilayer printing blanket having a layer with a surface that is an outer surface of the printing blanket and in which particles of a solid are embedded, the method comprising: forming a multi layer printing blanket having a layer with a surface forming an outer surface of the printing blanket and into which particles of a solid material are to be embedded; rotating a first calender roller partially disposed in a receptacle containing the particles of the solid material to be embedded in the outer surface of the layer of the printing blanket, so that a plurality of the particles of the solid material are attached along all of the first calender roller as the first calender roller rotates through the receptacle; and passing the layer having the outer surface over and in contact with the first calender roller to transfer the particles of the solid material to all of the surface of the layer, while passing the layer between the first calender roller and a second calender roller positioned relative to the first calender roller to calender the layer and force the particles on the surface into the layer.