Provided are a printing blanket and a printing method that enable printing on a printing member having a curved surface at an edge. The printing blanket includes a base member made of an elastic material having a three-dimensional shape with a recessed portion or a hole portion in a center of the base member and a ridge line surrounding the recessed portion or the hole portion, and a printing surface arranged on a surface of the base member on an outer side from the ridge line.

The present disclosure relates to a print process in which ink is transferred as a thin layer to a thin polymeric substrate and then the non-image areas of the polymeric substrate are laser-cured. After the curing of the non-imaged area the remaining ink (non-cured ink) undergoes complete transfer to a print-media-of-interest forming the digital print.

A transfer member includes: an inner layer; and an outer layer that is adhered to the inner layer and has a hardness lower than a hardness of the inner layer.

The present teachings include a transfer member, a multilayer imaging blanket and a variable data lithography system. The transfer member includes a fluorosilicone surface layer. The surface layer includes mixing a first part and a second part. The first part includes a vinyl terminated trifluoropropyl methylsiloxane, an IR absorbing filler, silica and a first solvent. The second part includes an organo platinum complex having vinyl groups, a methyl hydrosiloxanetrifluoropropyl methyl siloxane having hydrosilane groups an inhibitor and a second solvent. The molar ratio of vinyl groups to hydrosilane groups is 0.7:1.0 to about 1.3:1.0 in the mixture. The mixture of the first part and second is coated on a substrate to form the fluorosilicone surface layer.

The present teachings include a transfer member, a multilayer imaging blanket and a variable data lithography system. The transfer member includes a fluorosilicone surface layer. The surface layer includes mixing a first part and a second part. The first part includes a vinyl terminated trifluoropropyl methylsiloxane, an IR absorbing filler, silica and a first solvent. The second part includes an organo platinum complex having vinyl groups, a methyl hydrosiloxanetrifluoropropyl methyl siloxane having hydrosilane groups an inhibitor and a second solvent. The molar ratio of vinyl groups to hydrosilane groups is 0.7:1.0 to about 1.3:1.0 in the mixture. The mixture of the first part and second is coated on a substrate to form the fluorosilicone surface layer.

The invention relates to a multilayer sheet material 10 in the form of a printing blanket or of a printing plate, in particular for the printing of conical or cylindrical vessels made of, for example, plastic, styropore, paperboard, metal, etc., with a multiple-ply printing layer 1,2 made of at least one polymeric material and at least one other layer 3, 4, where the individual layers form, with one another, an adhesive bond that is not amenable to non-destructive separation.

The upper ply 1 of the printing layer, which during the printing procedure faces toward the object to be printed, comprises from 40 to 80 phr of butadiene rubber (BR) and from 20 to 60 phr of butyl rubber (IIR), and the lower ply 2, which during the printing procedure faces away from the object to be printed, comprises from 80 to 100 phr of butyl rubber (IIR).

The invention relates to a multilayer sheet material 10 in the form of a printing blanket or of a printing plate, in particular for the printing of conical or cylindrical vessels made of, for example, plastic, styropore, paperboard, metal, etc., with a multiple-ply printing layer 1,2 made of at least one polymeric material and at least one other layer 3, 4, where the individual layers form, with one another, an adhesive bond that is not amenable to non-destructive separation.

The upper ply 1 of the printing layer, which during the printing procedure faces toward the object to be printed, comprises from 40 to 80 phr of butadiene rubber (BR) and from 20 to 60 phr of butyl rubber (IIR), and the lower ply 2, which during the printing procedure faces away from the object to be printed, comprises from 80 to 100 phr of butyl rubber (IIR).

A structural underblanket unit (10) for blanket cylinders (100) of printing machines, comprising a first layer (11) made of rubber, a second layer (12) made of polyester and a third layer (13) made of fabric. The layers (11, 12, 13) are solidly bonded to one another so as to define a multilayer structural unit (10) having an overall transversal thickness (S) corresponding to the sum of the transversal thicknesses (S11, S12, S13) of said layers, the order of bonding of said layers being any whatsoever. A process for adjusting a distance of a printing blanket (101) from a wall (102) of a blanket cylinder of a printing machine.

A structural underblanket unit (10) for blanket cylinders (100) of printing machines, comprising a first layer (11) made of rubber, a second layer (12) made of polyester and a third layer (13) made of fabric. The layers (11, 12, 13) are solidly bonded to one another so as to define a multilayer structural unit (10) having an overall transversal thickness (S) corresponding to the sum of the transversal thicknesses (S11, S12, S13) of said layers, the order of bonding of said layers being any whatsoever. A process for adjusting a distance of a printing blanket (101) from a wall (102) of a blanket cylinder of a printing machine.

An apparatus and method for printing directly onto print media including smooth non-absorbent media substrates (e.g., polymer films) inks having a wide range in viscosity, so that flexographic, gravure, and lithographic inks can all be contemplated. The proposed method is able to print with variable data/imaging. Dampening fluid may be patterned onto an imaging roll by coating the imaging roll with a layer of the dampening fluid and selectively evaporating off a patterned portion via a laser imaging device. The imaging roll then contacts the print substrate and transfers the patterned dampening fluid onto the substrate via film splitting. The substrate then passes through an inker station where ink is deposited directly to the substrate for attachment thereto except where rejected by the dampening fluid.