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To: NEIL MACK who wrote (10002)	9/25/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: SG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11098

Patent No 21 in 2 years United States Patent 5,812,179 Pensavecchia, et. al. Sept. 22, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apparatus for laser-discharge imaging including beam-guiding assemblies Abstract Laser guiding and focusing apparatus for imaging lithographic printing members responsive to the output of laser devices. Radiation passes through at least one discrete layer of a printing member and ablates one or more underlying layers, resulting in an imagewise pattern of features on the printing member. The radiation is obtained from a laser diode and its dispersion reduced to produce an image spot with maximum depth-of-focus tolerance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inventors: Pensavecchia; Frank G. (Hudson, NH); Sousa; John G. (Hudson, NH); Kline; John F. (Londonderry, NH); Williams; Richard A. (Hampstead, NH). Assignee: Presstek, Inc. (Hudson, NH). Appl. No.: 525,872 Filed: Sept. 8, 1995 Neil, isn't Frank Pensavecchia the one that PRST built a golf hole for at the Hudson facility? I love a guy that likes golf that much. My buddy is an engineer, very driven and knows all the scores and the totals at the end of a round and during. He is also scratch. I hope Frank is enjoying the last days of fall in the North-East. It is no wonder that Kodak is having problems introducing an ablation no-process plate with the tremendous head start and patent portfolio of PRST. Funny how you and I have been saying this for what seems like a life time now. That the thermal no-process plates and digital direct to press would eventually be the norm in the industry. It seems that the giant Heidelberg is also commited to the same. Most of the 1 1/2 halls taken up at IPEX by them was a commitment to the digital work flow. Good luck to each and all SG