EP1225040B1 - Method of imaging surfaces in printing machines - Google Patents

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EP1225040B1
EP1225040B1 EP01128385A EP01128385A EP1225040B1 EP 1225040 B1 EP1225040 B1 EP 1225040B1 EP 01128385 A EP01128385 A EP 01128385A EP 01128385 A EP01128385 A EP 01128385A EP 1225040 B1 EP1225040 B1 EP 1225040B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
    • B41C1/1066—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by spraying with powders, by using a nozzle, e.g. an ink jet system, by fusing a previously coated powder, e.g. with a laser

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  • the invention relates to a method for imaging of surfaces in printing machines, wherein the surface to be imaged consists of a hydrophilic material or provided with a hydrophilic coating surface to be imaged and hydrophobic material is applied to this hydrophilic surface at the motif-forming points by means of a jet printer.
  • a method for producing a printing plate which starts from a hydrophilic plate surface.
  • Data is provided which defines a graphic and / or text to be printed on a support.
  • the data is converted in a computer into machine data suitable for the operation of a machine.
  • the selected portions of the plate surface to be coated with an image-forming material are defined.
  • a jet printer is provided with a jet print head which applies the image forming material to the selected portions of the disk surface and leaves free the other portions of the disk surface.
  • the jet printing device provides a supply of photosensitive liquid imaging material which is curable to create hydrophobic areas on the plate surface. Thereafter, the imaging material is exposed to radiant energy to produce a cured image.
  • the plate is roughened. This is done here by a granulating device.
  • the application of the method according to the invention has the advantage that now the motivating points can form sharp edges and a running into each other of the coatings is excluded. It is irrelevant whether the hydrophobic material of the motif-forming elements is applied to the hydrophilic coating or the motif-forming sites are created by covering the hydrophobic surface with hydrophilic material.
  • the first embodiment is based on a conventional plate cylinder whose surface is provided with a hydrophilic surface.
  • this plate cylinder is provided with a pressure plate having a hydrophilic coating. It is also possible to provide the plate cylinder or the pressure plate only with such a coating in an upstream processing step.
  • An adhesion promoter is applied to the hydrophilic surface at the motif-forming points by an ink-jet printer.
  • a wetting agent customary in the printing industry is admixed.
  • the bonding agent has a fine-porous structure. This structure is selectively produced by adding a foaming agent in the required amount. By this foaming agent not only the finely porous structure is formed, but in particular also profiled an open-pored surface.
  • This open-pore surface forms the primer for the immediately after the application of the primer imaging takes place.
  • the imaging is done by the motivating, provided with the primer sites are occupied by a hydrophobic material.
  • the open porosity of the adhesion promoter not only increases the adhesion of the hydrophobic material, but also keeps it in the open pores of the surface and prevents its bleeding. Thus, the edges of the motivating bodies appear sharp-edged.
  • this plate cylinder is provided with a pressure plate having a hydrophobic coating. It is also possible to provide the plate cylinder or the pressure plate only with such a coating in an upstream processing step.
  • An adhesion promoter is applied to the hydrophobic surface at the non-motivating points by an inkjet printer.
  • This adhesion promoter has analogous properties to the adhesion promoter described in the first exemplary embodiment and thus adheres well to the hydrophobic surface.
  • hydrophilic material is applied to the open-pored surface of the adhesion promoter to produce the non-motif-forming elements. Due to the property of the primer, this material is well fixed on the surface and forms sharp transitions.

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Abstract

To form the printing matter and images on a printing surface, the printing surface is of a hydrophilic material or it has a hydrophilic coating. At the preparation stage, the text and images are formed on the printing surface by a jet printer, which uses a hydrophobic material. An adhesive is applied to the hydrophilic surface directly before the jet printing with a hydrophobic material. To prepare a printing plate, the adhesive on the hydrophilic surface can be applied by the jet printer, at a time gap before it prints with the hydrophobic material. The adhesive contains a cross linking agent, and has a fine pore structure so that the surface of the adhesive has open pores. A foaming agent can be mixed into the adhesive.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Bebildern von Oberflächen in Druckmaschinen, wobei die zu bebildernde Oberfläche aus einem hydrophilen Material besteht oder die zu bebildernde Oberfläche mit einer hydrophilen Beschichtung versehen und auf diese hydrophile Oberfläche an den motivbildenden Stellen mittels eines Strahldruckers hydrophobes Material aufgebracht wird.The invention relates to a method for imaging of surfaces in printing machines, wherein the surface to be imaged consists of a hydrophilic material or provided with a hydrophilic coating surface to be imaged and hydrophobic material is applied to this hydrophilic surface at the motif-forming points by means of a jet printer.

Aus der Druckschrift DE 43 39 493 A1 ist ein Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Druckplatte bekannt geworden, das von einer hydrophilen Plattenoberfläche ausgeht. Es werden Daten bereitgestellt, die eine auf einen Träger zu druckende Grafik und/oder einen Text definieren. Die Daten werden in einem Computer in für den Betrieb einer Maschine geeignete Maschinendaten umgewandelt. Die ausgewählten Abschnitte der Plattenoberfläche, die mit einem bilderzeugenden Material zu beschichten sind, werden definiert. Dazu wird eine Strahldruckeinrichtung mit einem Strahldruckkopf bereitgestellt, der auf die ausgewählten Abschnitte der Plattenoberfläche das bilderzeugende Material aufbringt und die anderen Abschnitte der Plattenoberfläche frei lässt. In der Strahldruckeinrichtung wird ein Vorrat an fotoempfindlichem, flüssigem Bilderzeugungsmaterial bereitgestellt, das zum Erzeugen hydrophober Bereiche auf der Plattenoberfläche härtbar ist. Danach wird das Bilderzeugungsmaterial mit Strahlungsenergie belichtet, um ein gehärtetes Bild zu erzeugen.From the document DE 43 39 493 A1 a method for producing a printing plate has become known, which starts from a hydrophilic plate surface. Data is provided which defines a graphic and / or text to be printed on a support. The data is converted in a computer into machine data suitable for the operation of a machine. The selected portions of the plate surface to be coated with an image-forming material are defined. To this end, a jet printer is provided with a jet print head which applies the image forming material to the selected portions of the disk surface and leaves free the other portions of the disk surface. The jet printing device provides a supply of photosensitive liquid imaging material which is curable to create hydrophobic areas on the plate surface. Thereafter, the imaging material is exposed to radiant energy to produce a cured image.

Um die hydrophile Oberfläche für das hydrophobe Material aufnahmefähig zu machen und ein Verlaufen der aufgebrachten Motive zu verhindern, wird die Platte aufgeraut. Das erfolgt hier durch eine Granulier-Einrichtung.In order to make the hydrophilic surface receptive to the hydrophobic material and to prevent bleeding of the applied motifs, the plate is roughened. This is done here by a granulating device.

Diese Lösung ist aufwendig und beim Bebildern in der Druckmaschine kaum zu realisieren.This solution is expensive and difficult to realize when imaging in the printing press.

Ausgehend von diesem Stand der Technik ist es Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein Verfahren zu schaffen, durch das ein Verlaufen der motivbildenden Stellen verhindert wird.Based on this prior art, it is an object of the invention to provide a method by which a bleeding of the motivating points is prevented.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Aufgabe durch die Merkmale des 1. und des 2. Anspruchs gelöst.According to the invention the object is achieved by the features of the first and the second claim.

Die Anwendung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens hat den Vorteil, dass sich nunmehr die motivbildenden Stellen scharfkantig ausbilden können und ein Ineinanderlaufen der Beschichtungen ausgeschlossen wird. Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob das hydrophobe Material der motivbildenden Elemente auf die hydrophile Beschichtung aufgebracht wird oder die motivbildenden Stellen durch Abdecken der hydrophoben Oberfläche mit hydrophilem Material erzeugt werden.The application of the method according to the invention has the advantage that now the motivating points can form sharp edges and a running into each other of the coatings is excluded. It is irrelevant whether the hydrophobic material of the motif-forming elements is applied to the hydrophilic coating or the motif-forming sites are created by covering the hydrophobic surface with hydrophilic material.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend an Hand von zwei Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert.The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to two exemplary embodiments.

Das erste Ausführungsbeispiel geht von einem konventionellen Plattenzylinder aus, dessen Oberfläche mit einer hydrophilen Oberfläche versehen ist. In einer anderen Ausführung ist dieser Plattenzylinder mit einer Druckplatte versehen, die eine hydrophile Beschichtung aufweist. Es ist ebenfalls möglich, in einem vorgelagerten Bearbeitungsschritt den Plattenzylinder bzw. die Druckplatte erst mit einer derartigen Beschichtung zu versehen.The first embodiment is based on a conventional plate cylinder whose surface is provided with a hydrophilic surface. In another embodiment, this plate cylinder is provided with a pressure plate having a hydrophilic coating. It is also possible to provide the plate cylinder or the pressure plate only with such a coating in an upstream processing step.

Auf die hydrophile Oberfläche wird an den motivbildenden Stellen durch einen Tintenstrahldrucker ein Haftvermittler aufgetragen. Um dessen Haftfähigkeit auf der hydrophilen Beschichtung des Plattenzylinders bzw. der Druckplatte zu sichern, ist ein in der Druckindustrie übliches Netzmittel beigemischt.An adhesion promoter is applied to the hydrophilic surface at the motif-forming points by an ink-jet printer. In order to ensure its adhesion to the hydrophilic coating of the plate cylinder or the printing plate, a wetting agent customary in the printing industry is admixed.

Der Haftvermittler besitzt eine feinporöse Struktur. Diese Struktur wird gezielt erzeugt, indem ein Schaumbildner in der erforderlichen Menge zugegeben wird. Durch diesen Schaumbildner wird nicht nur die feinporöse Struktur ausgebildet, sondern insbesondere auch eine offenporige Oberfläche profiliert.The bonding agent has a fine-porous structure. This structure is selectively produced by adding a foaming agent in the required amount. By this foaming agent not only the finely porous structure is formed, but in particular also profiled an open-pored surface.

Diese offenporige Oberfläche bildet den Haftgrund für die unmittelbar nach dem Aufbringen des Haftvermittlers erfolgende Bebilderung. Die Bebilderung erfolgt, indem die motivbildenden, mit dem Haftvermittler versehenen Stellen, durch ein hydrophobes Material belegt werden. Die Offenporigkeit des Haftvermittlers erhöht nicht nur die Haftung des hydrophoben Materials, sondern hält dieses auch in den offenen Poren der Oberfläche und verhindert dessen Verlaufen. Damit erscheinen die Randzonen der motivbildenden Stellen scharfkantig.This open-pore surface forms the primer for the immediately after the application of the primer imaging takes place. The imaging is done by the motivating, provided with the primer sites are occupied by a hydrophobic material. The open porosity of the adhesion promoter not only increases the adhesion of the hydrophobic material, but also keeps it in the open pores of the surface and prevents its bleeding. Thus, the edges of the motivating bodies appear sharp-edged.

Im zweitem Ausführungsbeispiel wird von einem konventionellen Plattenzylinder ausgegangen, dessen Oberfläche mit einer hydrophoben Oberfläche versehen ist. In einer anderen Ausführung ist dieser Plattenzylinder mit einer Druckplatte versehen, die eine hydrophobe Beschichtung aufweist. Es ist ebenfalls möglich, in einem vorgelagerten Bearbeitungsschritt den Plattenzylinder bzw. die Druckplatte erst mit einer derartigen Beschichtung zu versehen.In the second embodiment, it is assumed that a conventional plate cylinder whose surface is provided with a hydrophobic surface. In another embodiment, this plate cylinder is provided with a pressure plate having a hydrophobic coating. It is also possible to provide the plate cylinder or the pressure plate only with such a coating in an upstream processing step.

Auf die hydrophobe Oberfläche wird an den nicht motivbildenden Stellen durch einen Tintenstrahldrucker ein Haftvermittler aufgetragen. Dieser Haftvermittler weist analoge Eigenschaften zu dem im erstem Ausführungsbeispiel beschriebenen Haftvermittler auf und haftet damit gut auf der hydrophoben Oberfläche.An adhesion promoter is applied to the hydrophobic surface at the non-motivating points by an inkjet printer. This adhesion promoter has analogous properties to the adhesion promoter described in the first exemplary embodiment and thus adheres well to the hydrophobic surface.

Unmittelbar danach wird zum Erzeugen der nicht motivbildenden Elemente auf die offenporige Oberfläche des Haftvermittlers ein hydrophiles Material aufgebracht. Bedingt durch die Eigenschaft des Haftvermittlers wird auch dieses Material auf dessen Oberfläche gut fixiert und bildet scharfe Übergänge.Immediately afterwards, a hydrophilic material is applied to the open-pored surface of the adhesion promoter to produce the non-motif-forming elements. Due to the property of the primer, this material is well fixed on the surface and forms sharp transitions.

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  1. Method for producing images on surfaces in rotary offset printing machines, wherein
    - the surface to be provided with an image consists of a hydrophilic material or the surface to be provided with an image is provided with a hydrophilic coating and this hydrophilic surface is provided with an image in that hydrophobic material is applied to the motif-forming places by a jet printer or
    - the surface to be provided with an image consists of a hydrophobic material or the surface to be provided with an image is provided with a hydrophobic coating and this hydrophobic surface is provided with an image in that hydrophilic material is applied to the non-motif-forming places by a jet printer,
    characterised in that
    - an adhesive agent is applied to the hydrophilic surface exclusively as the motif-forming places directly before application of the hydrophobic material to these places or
    - an adhesive agent is applied to the hydrophobic surface exclusively at the non-motif-forming places before application of the hydrophilic material to these places.
  2. Method of producing images on surfaces in printing machines according to claim 1, characterised in that the adhesive agent is applied by the jet printer.
  3. Method of producing images on surfaces in printing machines according to claim 1, characterised in that the application of the adhesive agent takes place directly in time prior to application of the hydrophilic or hydrophobic material.
  4. Method of producing images on surfaces in printing machines according to claim 1, characterised in that the adhesive agent contains a wetting agent.
  5. Method of producing images on surfaces in printing machines according to claim 1, characterised in that the adhesive agent comprises a fine porous structure, wherein the surface of the applied adhesive agent is open-pored.
  6. Method of producing images on surfaces in printing machines according to claim 1, characterised in that a foam forming agent is admixed to the adhesive agent.
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