Across
- 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.
- 5. A measure of the hardness of a printing plate
- 7. A thin protective coating applied by the plate manufacturer to the surface of sheet photopolymer plates
- 8. A method of plate registration and mounting which uses video cameras to locate, magnify and align small registration marks on photopolymer printing plates.
- 10. Exposure Exposure of a photopolymer with ultraviolet light to create the plate floor.
Down
- 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.
- 3. Distortion of the surface of image characters on a printing plate into a cup shape
- 4. The amount of photopolymer material washed away in a set period of time
- 6. A measure of distance equal to 1/1000 of an inch
- 9. The variation in thickness within one plate, usually expressed in mils