A structure that forms a visual representation may include a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an interlayer being disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The interlayer may have a first side adjacent to the first outer layer and a second side adjacent to the second outer layer. The interlayer includes a plurality of cuts extending from the first side of the interlayer towards the second side of the interlayer. Each of the plurality of cuts may have an angle with respect to a plane formed by a surface of the first side of the interlayer. Each angle for at least a portion of the plurality of cuts is based on one or more pixel values of at least one image that forms the basis of the visual representation.

A structure that forms a visual representation may include a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an interlayer being disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The interlayer may have a first side adjacent to the first outer layer and a second side adjacent to the second outer layer. The interlayer includes a plurality of cuts extending from the first side of the interlayer towards the second side of the interlayer. Each of the plurality of cuts may have an angle with respect to a plane formed by a surface of the first side of the interlayer. Each angle for at least a portion of the plurality of cuts is based on one or more pixel values of at least one image that forms the basis of the visual representation.

The invention relates to a coating material for coating a metal or non-metal printing plate, comprising a liquid starting material which can be polymerised using UV light in order to form a polymer matrix, and comprising a filling material which can be covalently incorporated into a polymer matrix of the starting material. The filling material is of a sub-microscale size, wherein absorption of IR radiation can be brought about by the filling material in the starting material, said absorption being higher than an absorption without filling material. The invention also relates to a printing plate comprising a cylindrical main body, wherein a polymer layer is applied to at least parts of a circumferential surface of the main body, with the polymerisation thereof being induced by UV light, wherein the polymer layer has a sub-microscale filling material, and wherein a higher absorption of infrared radiation is brought about using the filling material in the polymer layer than in the polymer layer without filling material.

The invention relates to a coating material for coating a metal or non-metal printing plate, comprising a liquid starting material which can be polymerised using UV light in order to form a polymer matrix, and comprising a filling material which can be covalently incorporated into a polymer matrix of the starting material. The filling material is of a sub-microscale size, wherein absorption of IR radiation can be brought about by the filling material in the starting material, said absorption being higher than an absorption without filling material. The invention also relates to a printing plate comprising a cylindrical main body, wherein a polymer layer is applied to at least parts of a circumferential surface of the main body, with the polymerisation thereof being induced by UV light, wherein the polymer layer has a sub-microscale filling material, and wherein a higher absorption of infrared radiation is brought about using the filling material in the polymer layer than in the polymer layer without filling material.

Provided is a laminate comprising: a support; a printing original plate; and a protection film, wherein the printing original plate comprises a cured resin obtained by curing a photosensitive resin through an entire surface exposure on a side facing the protection film.

Provided is a laminate comprising: a support; a printing original plate; and a protection film, wherein the printing original plate comprises a cured resin obtained by curing a photosensitive resin through an entire surface exposure on a side facing the protection film.

Provided are a flexo printing plate, which makes it possible to print an image without unevenness by inhibiting bouncing that occurs in a case where the distal end of an image portion of a printing plate contacts a printing target, and a method for producing a flexo printing plate. A region that extends 0.5 mm to 5 mm from a distal end side of the image portion in a printing direction is a lowered region having a height shorter than a height of the image portion other than the region, and the lowered region is gradually lowered toward a non-image portion in a direction orthogonal to the edge on the distal end side of the image portion.

Provided are a flexo printing plate, which makes it possible to print an image without unevenness by inhibiting bouncing that occurs in a case where the distal end of an image portion of a printing plate contacts a printing target, and a method for producing a flexo printing plate. A region that extends 0.5 mm to 5 mm from a distal end side of the image portion in a printing direction is a lowered region having a height shorter than a height of the image portion other than the region, and the lowered region is gradually lowered toward a non-image portion in a direction orthogonal to the edge on the distal end side of the image portion.

The present invention is to provide a flexographic printing plate having excellent ink uniformity in an image area, particularly, in a solid portion regardless of a printing speed, a method for manufacturing the flexographic printing plate, and a flexographic printing plate precursor used in the manufacturing of the flexographic printing plate. The flexographic printing plate of the present invention is a flexographic printing plate having a relief layer provided with a non-image area, and an image area having an uneven structure formed on the surface, in which a concave portion constituting the uneven structure is formed of at least one of a plurality of grooves having a fixed width extending in one direction or a plurality of hole groups constituted of a plurality of bottomed holes having the same diameter scattered in the one direction, a depth of the concave portion is 2 to 20 μm, each of the plurality of grooves and the plurality of hole groups is arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the one direction, and the grooves and the bottomed holes respectively have two or more kinds of widths and diameters.

The present invention is to provide a flexographic printing plate having excellent ink uniformity in an image area, particularly, in a solid portion regardless of a printing speed, a method for manufacturing the flexographic printing plate, and a flexographic printing plate precursor used in the manufacturing of the flexographic printing plate. The flexographic printing plate of the present invention is a flexographic printing plate having a relief layer provided with a non-image area, and an image area having an uneven structure formed on the surface, in which a concave portion constituting the uneven structure is formed of at least one of a plurality of grooves having a fixed width extending in one direction or a plurality of hole groups constituted of a plurality of bottomed holes having the same diameter scattered in the one direction, a depth of the concave portion is 2 to 20 μm, each of the plurality of grooves and the plurality of hole groups is arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the one direction, and the grooves and the bottomed holes respectively have two or more kinds of widths and diameters.