Abstract: A method for applying ink to a printed circuit board to form a pattern, the method may include flooding the printed circuit board with ink, such that the ink advances within edges of the pattern; freezing the ink before the ink exceeds the edges of the pattern; and vibrating the printed circuit board during a vibration period that at least partially overlaps at least one of the flooding and the freezing.

Abstract: A method for selective processing of a panel, the method may include receiving a panel that has a bottom side and a top side and comprises a first group of drilled holes and a second group of drilled holes; at least partially sealing a bottom of any through hole of the first group; filling, by a selective filing process, any drilled hole of the first group that has a top opening to provide at least partially filled drilled holes of the first group without filling the second group of drilled holes; and plugging, by a selective plugging process, a top of any drilled hole of the first group.

Abstract: A laser imageable flexographic printing plate precursor comprises a thermoset elastomeric upper layer that is at least partially ablatable and comprises a radiation sensitive compound, and a non-ablatable elastomeric underlayer. This flexographic printing plate precursor can be imaged to provide a printing plate that is primarily useful for “high quality” printing because the resulting relief image is generally not greater than 600 ?m and has an extremely even “floor”. The imaged flexographic printing plate also can have a high visual contrast between the imaged areas and the non-imaged background areas.