Abstract:
A positive-working or negative-working radiation-sensitive mixture includes as an IR absorbing component a carbon black pigment having a primary particle size smaller than 80 nm. The carbon black pigment is predispersed in a polymer containing acidic units having a pK.sub.a of less than 13. The radiation-sensitive component may include an ester of (i) a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide-4-sulfonic acid or a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide-5-sulfonic acid and (ii) a compound having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, such as 3 to 6 phenolic hydroxyl groups. After imagewise radiation exposure, the recording material including the radiation-sensitive mixture can be developed without difficulties in an aqueous alkaline solution without leaving residual coating on the areas that became soluble or that remained soluble upon exposure.
Abstract:
A positive-working, radiation-sensitive recording material capable of being used for the production of planographic printing plates, comprising: an aluminum support and a radiation-sensitive layer coated thereon, whereinthe aluminum support has been grained in nitric acid, then cleaned in sulfuric acid, anodized in sulfuric acid, and subsequently hydrophilized with a compound comprising at least one unit with a phosphonic acid or phosphonate group; andthe radiation-sensitive layer comprisesa) a radiation-sensitive 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide-4- or -5-sulfonic acid ester of a polycondensate having phenolic hydroxy groups, said polycondensate being obtained by reacting a phenolic compound with an aldehyde or ketone,b) a novolak or a polycondensation product obtained by reacting a polyphenol with an aldehyde or ketone, as an alkali-soluble resin,c) a vinyl-type polymer comprising at least one unit having a lateral hydroxyphenyl group,d) a clathrate-forming compound,e) a low-molecular weight compound which comprises at least one acidic hydrogen atom, andf) silica gel particles having a maximum diameter of 15 .mu.m.
Abstract:
A photosensitive recording material is described which has a layer base, a negative-working photosensitive layer containing a diazonium salt and a water-insoluble polymeric binder which is soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline solutions, and a discontinuous top layer which forms a rough surface and which is composed of particles of a water-insoluble polymer which is dispersible in water in the presence of anionic or anionic/nonionic dispersants and which has a content of free acid groups or acid groups neutralized by salt formation of less than 0.8 mmol/g, the mean height of the particles being 2 to 6 .mu.m, the maximum height less than 10 .mu.m, the mean horizontal diameter less than 40 .mu.m, the maximum diameter less than 80 .mu.m and the number of particles being 100 to 10,000 per cm.sup.2. The material is suitable for the production of planographic printing plates and requires only short vacuum times in a vacuum-operated copying frame. The material can be developed without residue after exposure, the rough surface remaining intact at the image areas.
Abstract:
A polymer comprising repeating units of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 , R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are, independently of one another, hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups, X is CO or SO.sub.2, and Y and Z are, independently of one another, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heterocyclic radicals, or Y and Z are linked to one another and are constituents of a five-membered or six-membered hetero-cyclic ring.
Abstract:
A mechanically and/or electrochemically grained and optionally anodized base material composed of aluminum or its alloys, to which a hydrophilic layer of at least one polymer containing basic and acidic groups is applied. This layer is followed by a further hydrophilic layer which contains at least one compound containing at least one phosphono group. In addition, the invention relates to a method of producing said carrier material and to photosensitive recording material for offset printing plates produced therewith.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a positive-working colored photosensitive recording material for the production of a color test image, composed of a temporary layer carrier, a photosensitive layer containing dyestuff or pigment, binder and quinonediazide compound and an adhesive layer which can be activated by means of heat, wherein a release layer based on polyvinyl alcohol is present on the surface of the temporary layer carrier, the photosensitive layer comprises, as the quinonediazide compound, an esterification product of a compound containing one or more phenolic hydroxyl groups and o-quinonediazide-sulfonyl chloride, and, as the binder, a novolak-free phenolic polymer resin and/or a reaction product of the phenolic polymer resin with a monoisocyanate, and the adhesive layer comprises a alkali-insoluble organic polymer and an alkali-soluble polyester. The invention also relates to a process for the production of a color test image using the recording material described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a developer concentrate which comprises water, at least one agent which is alkaline in water and an amphoteric surfactant and additionally at least one anionic surfactant, at least one complexing agent, at least one aminoalcohol and at least one N-alkoxylated mono- or polyfunctional amine. A ready-to-use developer can be prepared from this concentrate by dilution with tap water advantageously in the ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:10, preferably in the ratio of from 1:2 to 1:6. The developer or the replenisher is preferably used in the production of printing plates.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a recording material having a substrate and a radiation-sensitive, water-insoluble layer which contains a component absorbing IR radiation and which, after the action of infrared radiation, becomes soluble or at least swellable in an aqueous alkaline developer. A top layer which is opaque to white light but transparent to radiation in the IR range and can be removed with water or an aqueous solution is present on the radiation-sensitive layer. The recording material is substantially insensitive to daylight. By imagewise exposure to IR radiation and subsequent development with an aqueous alkaline developer, it is possible to produce a printing plate for offset printing from the recording material. If the top layer is washed off beforehand, the recording can also be carried out using conventional UV radiation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a sheet-like radiation-sensitive recording material whose surface is a discontinuous dulling layer comprising monodisperse particles is present. The dulling layer can be produced by spraying on a dulling liquid. An apparatus comprising an oscillation generator, which can transmit oscillations to the liquid in the apparatus, and has an orifice plate which has at least one hole with a diameter of from 5 to 250 .mu.m and from which the liquid emerges in the form of at least one laminar free jet which disintegrates into monodisperse drops is suitable for this purpose. The oscillation generator is preferably a piezoelectric ceramic.
Abstract:
A process for developing irradiated radiation-sensitive recording materials using an aqueous-alkaline developer which contains compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A is H, Na, K, NH.sub.4 or NR.sub.4, whereR is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical,W and X, independently of one another are H or --CH.sub.2 --COOA,Y is H or COOA andZ is H or OH,wherein the compound of the formula (I) contains at least 3 COOA units.