Abstract:
A polymer, which contains a structural unit having a carboxyl group represented by the following formula (1) at a side chain of the structural unit, wherein no deposition is formed, when the polymer is dissolved in an alkali aqueous solution having a pH of 10 or more and kept at 25° C. for 60 days: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an (n+1)-valent organic linking group containing an ester group represented by —O(C═O)—; A represents an oxygen atom or NR3—; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or an monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and n indicates an integer of from 1 to 5.
Abstract translation:在聚合物溶解在pH为10的碱性水溶液中的情况下,在结构单元的侧链含有具有下述式(1)表示的羧基的结构单元的聚合物,其中没有形成沉积物 或更高,并保持在25℃下60天:其中R 1表示氢原子或甲基; R 2表示含有由-O(C-O) - 表示的酯基的(n + 1)价有机连接基团; A表示氧原子或NR 3 - ; R 3表示氢原子或具有1至10个碳原子的一价烃基; n表示1〜5的整数。
Abstract:
A method of making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which comprises the steps of (1) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and (ii) a coating provided thereon which comprises hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles; (2) exposing the precursor to IR-light or heat, thereby inducing coalescence of the thermoplastic polymer particles at exposed areas of the coating; (3) applying a hydrophilic protective layer on the coating; and then, (4) while the precursor is mounted on a print cylinder of a printing press, developing the precursor by supplying an aqueous dampening liquid and/or ink to said precursor while rotating said print cylinder whereby the coating and the hydrophilic protective layer are removed from the support on the non-exposed areas. According to the above method, the hydrophilic protective layer can be applied by coating a solution by means a spray nozzle or a jet nozzle and wherein the applied hydrophilic protective layer improves clean-out in an on-press development.
Abstract:
A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having provided thereon (A) an ink-receiving layer and (B) a hydrophilic layer comprising 80 to 99 parts by weight of a colloidal particulate oxide or hydroxide of at least one element selected from a group consisting of beryllium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, titanium, boron, germanium, tin, zirconium, iron, vanadium, antimony and a transition metal, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of a polyacrylic acid having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 50,000, and at least one of the ink-receiving layer and the hydrophilic layer including a light-heat converting agent.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising, in this order, a support, an undercoat layer and a photosensitive layer containing an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound and a binder polymer, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polymer compound having an acid group, and Ra, ΔS and a45 of a surface of the support are satisfied with the following conditions (i) to (iii), respectively: (i) Ra: 0.2 to 0.40 μm, (ii) AS: 35 to 85%, (iii) a45: 25 to 55%, in which Ra, ΔS (%) and a45 are defined herein.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and a removable image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent having the absorption maximum within an infrared region and a visible dye having the absorption maximum within a visible region to shift the absorption maximum of the visible dye within the exposed area with a change of at least 50 nm in the wavelength and a change of at least 15 in color in terms of ΔE, and to make the image-forming layer irremovable within the exposed area; removing the image-forming layer within the unexposed area of the lithographic plate mounted on a cylinder of a printing press; and then printing an image with the lithographic plate mounted on the cylinder of the printing press. The other processes are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A polymerizable composition contains (A) a dye which is soluble in an organic solvent and in an alkaline aqueous solution and has an absorption in 700 to 1200 nm, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (D) a binder polymer.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing process comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent, a polymerization initiator and a binder polymer to polymerize the polymerizable compound within the exposed area; removing the image-forming layer within the unexposed area while mounting the lithographic plate on a cylinder of a printing press; and then printing with the lithographic plate while mounting the lithographic plate on the cylinder of the printing press. The polymerization initiator is a salt of an anion with a sulfonium ion. According to the present invention, a specific anion or a specific sulfonium ion is used in the polymerization initiator.
Abstract:
A method to reduce effluence during or immediately after imaging of a printing plate is described. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises: (a) applying to a substrate a coating composition comprising a photothermal converter and at least one polymer comprising thiosulfate groups to obtain a coating; and (b) applying a water soluble topcoat to the coating. Preferably, the water soluble topcoat does not comprise a photothermal converter. In another embodiment of the invention, the method comprises applying to a substrate a composition comprising: (a) a photothermal converter; (b) at least one polymer comprising thiosulfate groups; and (c) an additive selected from the group consisting of diazonium, iodonium, copper(I), alkoxypyridinium or maleimide additives.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor which is capable of being on-machine developed by supplying at least one of an ink and a fountain solution and comprises a hydrophilic support having provided thereon an image-forming layer containing the following components (1) to (3), wherein the image-forming layer further contains a filler: (1) an infrared absorbing agent; (2) a compound capable of generating an acid or a radical; and (3) a compound capable of undergoing addition polymerization with the acid or radical.
Abstract:
Various imaging members including lithographic imaging members (such as printing plates) have an aqueous-based imaging layer applied to a support. Directly over the imaging layer is a protective layer that is applied as a non-aqueous inverse emulsion comprising highly hydrophilic, water-swellable microgel particles dispersed in a water-immiscible organic solvent. This protective layer provides physical durability but it is still readily removed during or after imaging with water or fountain solutions.