Platemaking

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Across
  1. 2. The raised image on a flexographic printing plate.The relief of a plate makes up about 1/4 to 1/2 of the total thickness.
  2. 5. A measure of the hardness of a printing plate
  3. 7. A thin protective coating applied by the plate manufacturer to the surface of sheet photopolymer plates
  4. 8. A method of plate registration and mounting which uses video cameras to locate, magnify and align small registration marks on photopolymer printing plates.
  5. 10. Exposure Exposure of a photopolymer with ultraviolet light to create the plate floor.
Down
  1. 1. A removable cylinder covering on which plates are mounted. Cylinder sleeves can be removed and stored, with plates left mounted, after a press run.
  2. 3. Distortion of the surface of image characters on a printing plate into a cup shape
  3. 4. The amount of photopolymer material washed away in a set period of time
  4. 6. A measure of distance equal to 1/1000 of an inch
  5. 9. The variation in thickness within one plate, usually expressed in mils