Appeal No. 2005-1229 Page 2
Application No. 09/887,334
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a planographic printing method, an original
printing plate and a planographic printing press. In particular, the appellants' invention
relates to a simplified planographic printing method for making plates without any
development, an original printing plate used therefor, and a printing press therefor
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the dependent claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants' brief. Claim 13, the only independent claim under appeal,
reads as follows:
A planographic printing press, comprising:
a mounting section which mounts an original printing plate having photo
catalyst power;
a processing section which hydrophobically processes the entire surface
of said original plate on which a layer of a hydrophobic substance is provided;
an activation light irradiation section which irradiates activation light one of
on said original printing plate carrying the layer of said hydrophobic substance as
per image and on the entire surface thereof;
means for heating said original plate during irradiating said activation light
so that the temperature of the surface of said original plate becomes 40 through
200°C one of as per image and on the entire surface thereof, so that a
hydrophobic area and a hydrophilic area are formed on said original plate;
a section which supplies ink to said hydrophobic area and which supplies
a damping solution to said hydrophilic area; and
a printing section which prints by bringing a printing surface, on which said
hydrophobic area accepts the ink and said hydrophilic area accepts the damping
solution, into contact with a surface to be printed.
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