Abstract:
A positive heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising an anodically oxidized aluminum support having laminated thereon an undercoating layer containing a polymer having a constituent having an acid radical and a constituent having an onium group, an interlayer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, and a heat-sensitive layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and an infrared-absorbing dye in this order from the support, and the solubility of the heat-sensitive layer in an alkali aqueous solution increases by heating.
Abstract:
An image forming method for developing a negative type image forming material after image exposure by an infrared laser. The negative type image forming material is provided with a photosensitive layer, which has sensitivity to an infrared laser. The negative type image forming material is developed with a weak alkaline aqueous solution having a pH in a range from 7 to 12 and containing a carbonate and a surfactant.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor of the present invention comprises a water-resistant support, a hydrophilic layer and an image-forming layer, in this order, said hydrophilic layer comprising a fine particulate hydrophobicizing precursor and a hydrophilic binder polymer, and said image forming layer comprising a light-heat converting substance and a microcapsule encapsulating a hydrophobic substance, wherein the hydrophilic binder polymer is a composite material of a hydrophilic organic polymer and a polymer having a group including: at least one atom selected from a metal atom and semimetal atom; and an oxygen atom connecting with the at least one atom selected from a metal atom and semimetal atom.
Abstract:
A negative-working image forming process which comprises the steps of: (1) flood exposing with actinic radiation a photosensitive assembly that comprises: (a) a hydrophilic support which can be used as a lithographic base and having thereon; (b) a first layer comprising: (i) at least one polymer that is soluble or dispersible in an aqueous alkaline solution; (c) a second layer on top of the first layer, the second layer comprising at least one o-quinonediazide compound; whereby the flood exposure causes the at least one o-quinonediazide compound to be converted to the corresponding indenecarboxylic acid compound; and (d) at least one photothermal conversion material in either the first layer or the second layer or both; (2) imagewise exposing the flood exposed photosensitive assembly with infrared radiation to thereby convert the indenecarboxylic acid compound in the second layer in the imagewise exposed areas to the corresponding indene compound; and (3) developing the imagewise exposed photosensitive assembly with an alkaline developing solution to dissolve out the imagewise unexposed areas of the second layer and the areas of the first layer underlying the imagewise unexposed areas of the second layer and thereby produce a negative working image.
Abstract:
The positive planographic printing plate precursor of the present invention is a precursor comprising (I) a positive recording layer including a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble polymer compound and a light to heat converting agent, on a support having a hydrophilic surface in which a hydrophilic graft polymer chain is present. The precursor may further comprise (II) a lower layer including a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble polymer compound between the recording layer and the support.
Abstract:
The positive image-forming material comprises a resin including a repeating unit corresponding to a specific monomer having an null-heteromethyl structure.
Abstract:
This invention describes a heat sensitive composition comprising: (A-I) a compound which is represented by the following general formula (I) and generates a radical when heated, and (B-I) a compound having physical and chemical properties that are changed irreversibly by a radical, RnullSO2nullMnullnullnullGeneral formula (I) wherein R represents an alkyl group or aryl group, and Mnull represents a counter cation selected from sulfonium, iodonium, diazonium, ammonium and azinium; and a negative planographic printing plate precursor which can be recorded by heat mode using this composition. This invention also describes a planographic printing plate precursor comprising a substrate having disposed thereon a photosensitive layer containing (C-II) a light-heat converting agent, (B-II) a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated group, and (A-II) an onium salt having at least two cation parts in one molecule.
Abstract:
A coating fluid for printing plates which can be suitably used to make printing plates that permit images to be written in response to input digital data and that can be easily regenerated and reused. This coating fluid for printing plates comprises at least a carrier liquid, thermoplastic resin particles and an IR absorber, and the IR absorber has a decomposition starting temperature higher than the melt starting temperature of the thermoplastic resin particles.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a lithographic printing plate precursor that can record images by laser beam scanning exposure based on digital signals and can be printed by easy development processing or development processing on a printing machine, comprising a support having thereon an ink-receptive light-heat conversion layer containing a compound converting laser light to heat and a hardened hydrophilic layer in this order, wherein a part of said light-heat conversion layer remains at a laser light-irradiated area of the lithographic printing plate precursor, and a plate-making method of a lithographic printing plate using the same.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises an electrochemically grained aluminium substrate, the grained surface of which is coated with a layer of gel-like amorphous colloidal oxides and hydroxides of aluminium and their hydrates incorporating metallic aluminium and inter-metallic aluminium alloys—generally at a level of below 5%—this layer being produced during the electrochemical graining process. The layer is typically present in an amount of from 0.1-20 g/m2 and at a layer thickness of 0.1-4.0 &mgr;m, the particle sizes in the said layer generally falling in the range of from 10 to 2000 nm. Methods are disclosed for the preparation of said precursors via the electrochemical graining of aluminium substrates. The invention provides lithographic printing plate precursors which may be imagewise exposed by means of a high intensity laser beam to provide printing plates showing high durability on press and giving images which show good resolution and are free from background staining.