FABRICATION OF PHOTOPOLYMER DIES

摘要

A photopolymer die (1) for foil stamping, foil printing, embossing, debossing, or a combination thereof is disclosed. The die has a metal backing plate (2) on which is mounted a photopolymer layer (3) which has a number of micro-grooves (4) therein. Preferably the micro-grooves are arranged in a swatch like pattern. Preferably images (5) have adjacent regions (6) each with a different pattern of micro-grooves. The spacing between adjacent micro-grooves can be resolvable by the human eye, or can not.