a printing blanket carcass , comprising a fabric stack substrate comprising at least one fabric ply . each ply has a plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns . a compressible layer comprising a moisture cured thermoset polymer matrix is deposed on top of the substrate . the compressible layer contains a plurality of closed cells distributed substantially uniformly therein such that said layer has substantially uniform compression characteristics . a top fabric stack , comprising at least one fabric ply each of said ply having plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns , is then deposed atop the thermoset compressible layer .