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(43) Date of publication: 03.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/44 (21) Application number: 98900616.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41C 1/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1998/000132 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/031544 (23.07.1998 Gazette 1998/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 17.01.1997 GB 19970000877 (71) Applicant: Kodak Polychrome Graphics Company Ltd. Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 (US)	(72) Inventors: PARSONS, Gareth, Rhodri Morley Leeds LS27 0JJ (GB) MONK, Alan, Stanley, Victor Great Sankey Warrington Cheshire WA5 3EA (GB) KOTTMAIR, Eduard D-82067 Ebenhausen (DE) (74) Representative: Pidgeon, Robert John, et al  Appleyard Lees 15 Clare Road Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 2HY Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 2HY (GB)