PRINTING PLATE WITH COMMUNICATING PRINTING ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF PRINTING WITH THIS PLATE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B41M3/14 B41F3/00 

FIELD: polygraphy.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for making various printed products, in particular, securities paper money, bank checks, obligations, lottery tickets etc. The printing plate has a printing surface, in operation, coming in contact under pressure with taking up surface to transfer an ink layer kept in printing elements on the latter. At least, two printing elements are intercommunicated above the printing surface via an ink distribution appliance. The said appliance serves to distribute ink between the printing elements by taking up surface pressure on the printing layer when it gets deformed into the printing elements under printing pressure. The printing method consists in that the ink is redistributed between communicated printing elements after they get filled with ink in the contact between the printing plate working surface and taking up surface, the redistribution being initiated by the pressure of taking up surface onto the printing layer.

EFFECT: higher printing quality, higher protection of imprints against imitation, higher-quality color imprint.

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