Abstract:
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making lithographic printing plates including the following steps:a) preparing a heat mode imaging element having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polymer, soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, a compound capable of converting light to heat and a top layer on the same side of the lithographic base as the first layer which top layer is unpenetrable for an alkaline developer containing SiO.sub.2 as silicate;b) exposing imagewise the heat mode imaging element to actinic light;c) developing the imagewise exposed heat mode imaging element with the alkaline developer so that the exposed areas of the top layer and the underlying areas of the first layer are dissolved and the unexposed areas of the first layer remain undissolved characterized in that said top layer includes an organic quaternary ammonium salt.
Abstract:
According to the present invention there is provided a heat sensitive imaging element comprising a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface, an image forming layer including a hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer latex and a compound capable of converting light into heat being present in said image forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto, characterized in that the heat-sensitive imaging element comprises a barrier layer between the lithographic base having a hydrophilic surface and the image forming layer, said barrier layer and said image forming layer being removable in an aqueous solution with a pH of at least 5.
Abstract:
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: (1) image-wise exposing an imaging element having of a flexible film support in the order given (i) a uniform ink-repellant layer comprising a cross-linked hydrophilic binder and (ii) a photosensitive layer comprising a diazonium salt or a diazo resin; (2) and developing a thus obtained image-wise exposed imaging element by mounting it on a print cylinder of a printing press and wiping it with a disposable absorbing tissue moistened with water or fountain solution.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a lithographic base comprising on a hydrophobic support a subbing layer and a hydrophilic layer containing a hydrophilic (co)polymer or (co)polymer mixture and being hardened with a hydrolyzed tetraalkyl orthosilicate crosslinking agent characterized in that said subbing layer contains a hydrophilic binder and silica, the surface area of the silica being at least 300 m.sup.2 per gram.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a lithographic base comprising on a hydrophobic support a subbing layer contiguous to a hydrophilic layer containing a hydrophilic (co)polymer or (co)polymer mixture and being hardened with a hydrolyzed tetraalkyl orthosilicate crosslinking agent characterized in that said subbing layer contains a hydrophilic binder and silica and is applied at a solids content of more than 200 mg per m.sup.2 but less than 750 mg per m.sup.2.
Abstract:
A method of making a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises the steps of (i) providing a web of a lithographic support having a hydrophilic surface; (ii) applying on the hydrophilic surface of the web a coating comprising a phenolic resin; (iii) drying the coating; (iv) a heating step wherein the web temperature is maintained above the glass transition temperature of the phenolic resin Tg during a period of between 0.1 and 60 seconds; (v) a cooling step wherein the web temperature is reduced at an average cooling rate which is higher than if the web would be kept under ambient conditions but not higher than 30° C./s; and (vi) winding the precursor on a core or cutting the precursor into sheets. The heating step and the cooling step provide a significant improvement of the aging behavior of the precursor. A stable sensitivity is obtained shortly after coating.
Abstract:
A method for making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed wherein the method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a photosensitive coating on a substrate having a hydrophilic surface, (ii) image-wise exposing said photosensitive coating, (iii) developing said exposed coating to form an image on said substrate and optionally gumming the plate and (iv) baking the image on the plate, wherein said baking step is carried out within a dwell-time of less than 1 minute and wherein the chemical resistance of the coating against printing liquids and press chemicals is improved. This baking step is preferably carried out by exposing the printing plate to an infrared radiation source, preferably in a dynamic configuration.
Abstract:
A method for removing ink-accepting areas of a lithographic printing master is disclosed which enables to recycle the lithographic substrate of the printing master. The method comprises after a cleaning step a treatment of the recycled substrate with an aqueous solution having a pH
Abstract:
A direct-to-plate method of lithographic printing is disclosed which enables to recycle the lithographic substrate of the printing master. The method comprises the steps of (a) making a negative-working imaging material by coating on a hydrophilic substrate a coating solution comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and a hydrophilic binder; (b) making a printing master having ink-accepting areas by image-wise exposing the imaging material; (c) applying ink and fountain solution to the printing master; (d) removing the ink-accepting areas from the printing master by supplying an amide and preferably also an alkanolamine. The above steps are preferably carried out on-press.
Abstract:
A direct-to-plate method of lithographic printing is disclosed which enables to recycle the lithographic substrate of the printing master. The method comprises the steps of (a) making a negative-working imaging material by coating on a hydrophilic substrate a coating solution comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and a hydrophilic binder; (b) making a printing master having ink-accepting areas by image-wise exposing the imaging material; (c) applying ink and fountain solution to the printing master; (d) removing the ink-accepting areas from the printing master by supplying a aliphatic or aromatic compound having a structure comprising at least 6 carbon atoms. The above steps are preferably carried out on-press.