COMPRESSIBLE PRINTING SLEEVE CARRIER AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

The present invention provides a compressible printing sleeve carrier for use in offset lithography which is formed from a composite fiber-reinforced compressible polymer. The printing sleeve carrier is formed by coating reinforcing filaments (22) with a compressible polymer (28) and winding the filaments around a mandrel (26) to form a hollow cylindrical base, where the first portion of the base adjacent the inner surface contains the wound reinforcing filaments coated with the compressible polymer and the second portion of the base adjacent the outer surface contains the compressible polymer.