Abstract: A flexible offset printing plate is formed from a directly imaged electrophotographic member comprising an inorganic coating of a photoconductive material on a polyester substrate. The photoconductive material is an oriented crystalline deposit about 3000 Angstroms thick which has been directly sputtered with radiofrequency energy in a process using a Langmuir sheath to produce a light sensitive, readily imaged abrasion-resistant, transparent coating. It is deposited on a sheet of dimensionally stable, transparent polyester film having a thickness of about 0.005 inch with an intervening sandwiched layer of ohmic material such as indium-tin oxide about 300 Angstroms thick. The transparency of the ohmic layer and the photoconductive coating on a transparent substrate result in a transparent plate.The electrophotographic member is imaged by charging, exposure and toning with a suitable toner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 1978
Date of Patent:
May 27, 1980
Assignee:
Coulter Systems Corporation
Inventors:
Manfred R. Kuehnle, Ferdinand Martinez, Stanley F. Ignasiak