Printing blankets having non-extensible backing plies such as, for example, metalback blankets, are provided which have a construction that is adapted to be mountable onto blanket cylinders having a gap containing a conventional single reel rod lock-up mechanism. The blankets include first and second relief areas positioned such that when the blankets are mounted onto a blanket cylinder, the relief areas substantially align with the point at which the lead and trail ends of the blankets are inserted into a gap in the blanket cylinder to secure the ends in the lock-up mechanism.

Disclosed herein are sacrificial coating compositions comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer; at least one hygroscopic agent; at least one surfactant; at least one non-reactive silicone release agent; and water. In certain embodiments, the at least one non-reactive silicone release agent is chosen from polyether modified polysiloxane and nonreactive silicone glycol copolymers. In certain embodiments, the at least one non-reactive silicone release agent may be present in an amount ranging from about 0.001% to about 2%, based on the total weight of the composition, such as from about 0.03% to about 0.06%. Also disclosed herein is a blanket material suitable for transfix printing comprising a sacrificial coating composition, as well as an indirect printing process comprising a step of applying a sacrificial coating composition to a blanket material.

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.

A printing rubber blanket includes base layer, a surface rubber layer provided on one surface of the base layer and metal layer provided on the other surface of the base layer on the opposite side of the surface rubber layer. The metal layer includes a passivation layer on at least a surface thereof on the opposite side of the base layer.

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.

This invention discloses digitally printed plate, the manufacturing method and applications thereof, is characterized in that the digitally printed plate is of respectively from top to bottom surface lacquer layer, texture layer, second wear layer, first wear layer, pattern layer, bottom lacquer layer, base layer. The digitally printed plated has various patterns, with sufficient materials, printing unrepeatable stereoscopic pattern is possible, so it can satisfy customers' personalized customization requirements, without wasting abundant time or cost, and with process reduced, production efficiency is improved, enabling order manufacturing order insert and sample making at any time.

A method of manufacturing a printing blanket without wrinkles in a sheet is provided, the printing blanket including an elastic body and a sheet bonded to a surface thereof, the method being configured to press a surface of the sheet against a surface to be printed, to perform printing, and including: fixing the sheet at a periphery of a region of the sheet to be bonded to the elastic body; mounting the elastic body to oppose a bonding surface of the elastic body to a bonding surface of the fixed sheet; applying an adhesive to at least one of the bonding surface of the sheet or the bonding surface of the elastic body; and pressing the bonding surface of the sheet and the bonding surface of the elastic body against each other to bring the sheet into close contact with the elastic body through intermediation of the adhesive while stretching the sheet along the surface of the elastic body.

A rubber blanket for a printing cylinder of a printing machine, comprising at least an upper printing layer made of compact elastomeric material, at least a lower layer having a contact surface in contact with the printing cylinder, and at least one fabric reinforcement layer interposed between the upper layer and the lower layer, the lower layer being made of expanded elastomeric material.

A method of manufacturing a printing blanket without wrinkles in a sheet is provided, the printing blanket including an elastic body and a sheet bonded to a surface thereof, the method being configured to press a surface of the sheet against a surface to be printed, to perform printing, and including: fixing the sheet at a periphery of a region of the sheet to be bonded to the elastic body; mounting the elastic body to oppose a bonding surface of the elastic body to a bonding surface of the fixed sheet; applying an adhesive to at least one of the bonding surface of the sheet or the bonding surface of the elastic body; and pressing the bonding surface of the sheet and the bonding surface of the elastic body against each other to bring the sheet into close contact with the elastic body through intermediation of the adhesive while stretching the sheet along the surface of the elastic body.

An ink transfer medium, in particular a printing blanket, in particular a printing blanket for flexographic printing, has a cover layer for transferring an ink via a printing side and an adhesive layer for fastening the ink transfer medium to a base, in particular to a cylinder of a printing machine. The ink transfer medium is characterized by a support layer which is disposed between the cover layer and the adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is disposed directly on that side of the support layer that faces away from the printing side, and wherein the support layer is a film/foil.