摘要:
A positive-working thermal imaging element, which can be imaged by thermal energy is made up of a hydrophilic substrate, and a composite layer structure composed of two layer coatings. The substrate has a roughened surface of average roughness Ra in the range from 0.1 to 0.8 µm, preferably 0.1 to 0.4 µm. The first layer of the composite is composed of an aqueous developable polymer mixture containing a photothermal conversion material which is contiguous to the hydrophilic substrate. The second layer of the composite is composed of one or more non-aqueous soluble polymers which are soluble or dispersible in a solvent which does not dissolve the first layer. The second layer may also contain a photothermal conversion material. The positive-working thermal imaging element is exposed with an infrared laser or a thermal print head. Upon aqueous development of the imaged positive-working thermal imaging element unexposed portions are ink-receptive.
摘要:
Thermally imageable elements useful as on-press developable lithographic printing plate precursors are disclosed. The elements comprise a substrate and a layer of an imageable composition over the substrate. The imageable composition comprises a photothermal conversion material, particles of a polyurethane polymer, and, optionally, a water soluble polymer. The polyurethane polymer comprises urethane.linkages in the main chain, but does not comprise side chain urethane groups.
摘要:
The present invention relates to IR-sensitive compositions suitable for the manufacture of printing plates developable on-press. The IR-sensitive compositions comprise:(a) a first polymeric binder which does not comprise acidic groups having a pKa value less than or equal to 8;(b) a second polymeric binder comprising polyether groups(c) an initiator system comprising(i) at least one compound capable of absorbing IR radiation selected from triarylamine dyes, thiazolium dyes, indolium dyes, oxazolium dyes, cyanine dyes, polyanifne dyes, polypyrrole dyes, polythiophene dyes and phthalocyanine pigments;(ii) at least one compound capable of producing radicals selected from polyhaloalkyl-substituted compounds; and(iii) at least one polycarboxylic acid represented by the following formula IR4-(CR5R6)r - Y - CH2COOH (I) wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S and NR7,each of R4, R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, -COOH and NR8CH2COOH,R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, -CH2CH2OH, and C1-C5 alkyl substituted with -COOH,R8 is selected from the group consisting of -CH2COOH, -CH2OH and -(CH2)2N(CH2COOH)2 and r is 0, l, 2 or 3, with the proviso that at least one of R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 comprises a -COOH group or salts thereof, and(d) a free radical polymerizable system comprising at least one member selected from unsaturated free radical polymerizable monomers, oligomers which are free radical polymerizable and polymers containing C=C bonds in the back bone and/or in the side chain groups,wherein the following inequality is met:oxi
摘要:
The invention is directed to various calibration techniques for calibrating an imagining device such as a display device, a printer, or a scanner. The techniques may involve characterizing the imaging device with a device model such that an average error between expected outputs determined from the device model and measured outputs of the imaging device is on the order of an expected error, and adjusting image rendering on the imaging device to achieve a target behavior. The invention can achieve a balance between analytical behavior of the imaging device and measured output. In this manner, adjustments to image rendering may be more likely to improve color accuracy and less likely to overcompensate for errors that are expected.
摘要:
In general, the invention provides scaling tools for compensating for scaling variations between two printing systems, such as an analog printing system and a digital printing system. An operator designates one of the systems as the reference printing system and the other printing system as the scalable printing system. The operator constructs a reference grid (10) with the reference printing system and a scaling grid (30) with the scalable printing system. By comparing the reference grid and the scaling grid, the operator finds one or more scaling factors (52, 66), which the operator may use to set the scale of the scalable printing system. The operator may print an image using the reference printing system and the scalable printing system, and the scalable printing system prints to the same scale as the reference printing system.
摘要:
A method of preparing an imaged element useful in lithographic printing that comprises: (a) electrostatically imaging at least one surface of a substrate with a toner composition, (b) heating the imaged substrate a first time using non-contact heating to a first substrate temperature Tp; and (c) heating the imaged substrate a second time to a substrate temperature TF, wherein the method does not comprise a development step between steps (b) and (c). This method is used to obtain an imaged element with adequate fuser toning while avoiding substrate buckling and distortion.
摘要:
Lithographic printing plates for wet or waterless offset printing are disclosed which can be imagewise exposed using a digitally controlled IR laser. The invention comprises a laser imagable lithographic printing plate comprising a substrate (201), a photosensitive coating (202) on the substrate, and a water soluble laser ablatable top coating (264) containing dyes or polymers that absorb infra-red, ultraviolet and visible light. Laminated transparent polymer films and/or peelable polymeric coatings films (203) can be interposed between the coated substrate and a water soluble and/or organic solvent soluble laser ablatable top layer to augment plate production or image inscription on the plate.
摘要:
A lithographic imaging member, such as a printing plate, has a support having thereon and ink-accepting melanophilic layer and an ink-rejecting siloxane surface melanophobic layer. Within the printing plate is a photothermal conversion material capable of converting irradiation, such as IR radiation, to heat in exposed regions. Also within one of the layers is a compound that upon imaging releases a moiety that facilitates degradation of the surface melanophobic layer. The released moiety can be fluoride ion or a fluoride ion-containing compound. In some imaging members, a barrier layer may be interposed between the two other layers. Such imaging members can be digitally imaged and used for printing without post-imaging processing.