An easy to manufacture and install sound dampening pad for a printing
blanket sleeve is provided. The pad effectively attenuates noise
emanating from the sleeve during air pressurized mounting and dismounting
of the blanket sleeve to an underlying cylinder. The sound dampening pad
is fabricated from a flexible polymeric material and in one embodiment
has a generally J-shaped configuration with inner and outer surfaces. At
least a portion of the inner surface of the J-shaped configuration
includes a pressure sensitive adhesive thereon to secure the pad to the
inner surface of the sleeve.