The Digital Immersion or Dip Coating solution is a carbon black, solvent-based Laser Ablative Resist Solution (LARS) having a unique combination of solvents for complete coverage of Gravure cylinders. The solution is optimized to coat approximately 5-15 m of the resist coating. This thickness of coating is required to allow the time controlled chemical etching of the copper cylinder. The unique combination of the carbon black pigment and binders used in our formulations create excellent resistance to the chemicals used for copper etching while simultaneously providing excellent sensitivity and image fidelity to the Nd:YAG laser used during the imaging step.

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