Abstract: A printing blanket carcass, comprising a fabric stack substrate comprising at least one fabric ply. Each ply has a plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns. A compressible layer comprising a moisture cured thermoset polymer matrix is deposed on top of the substrate. The compressible layer contains a plurality of closed cells distributed substantially uniformly therein such that said layer has substantially uniform compression characteristics. A top fabric stack, comprising at least one fabric ply each of said ply having plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns, is then deposed atop the thermoset compressible layer.