Global Patent Index - EP 0167352 A2

EP 0167352 A2 19860108 - Imaging method, apparatus, and product.

Title (en)

Imaging method, apparatus, and product.

Title (de)

Bilderzeugungsverfahren, Vorrichtung und Produkt.

Title (fr)

Procédé pour obtenir des images, appareil et produit.

Publication

EP 0167352 A2 19860108 (EN)

Application

EP 85304566 A 19850626

Priority

US 62576284 A 19840628

Abstract (en)

A method for generating a latent image on a substrate surface using a low current (e.g., less than about 2x10<-><3> amperes), non-pulsating electrical discharge. The method may be used, for example, to image lithographic plates, with a resolution of approximately 1,000 lines/inch, directly from a digital source of image data. The discharge is confined within a thin stream of a relatively inert gas (48) which is directed at the plate surface (20) with a velocity of at least about Mach 0.05.

IPC 1-7

B41C 1/10

IPC 8 full level

B41C 1/14 (2006.01); B41C 1/10 (2006.01); B41N 1/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41C 1/1041 (2013.01); B41C 1/1075 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0167352 A2 19860108; EP 0167352 A3 19870909; AU 4413585 A 19860102; CA 1241053 A 19880823; DK 290985 A 19851229; DK 290985 D0 19850627; JP S6189044 A 19860507

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85304566 A 19850626; AU 4413585 A 19850625; CA 485064 A 19850625; DK 290985 A 19850627; JP 14236885 A 19850628