CYLINDRICAL PRINTING BLANKET WITH TAPERED PLASTIC SLEEVE

摘要

A cylindrical printing blanket (50) that is mounted upon a tapered fiberglass reinforced plastic sleeve (1). The printing blanket includes a printing face layer (10), a compressible layer (15) and a reinforcing layer (12) disposed therebetween, while the tapered sleeve has a narrower end and a thicker end. A primer is disposed between the printing blanket and tapered sleeve for bonding the base layer to the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is tapered sufficiently to facilitate mounting of the printing component on a printing cylinder to provide a substantially smooth printing face layer for printing.