Abstract:
The present invention includes a radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing having a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base with a surface having pores and a image-forming layer having polymer particles coated on the aluminum base. The ratio of the average pore diameter to the average particle diameter is from 0.4:1 to 10:1. The present invention further includes a method of producing the imaged element. The method includes the steps of imagewise exposing the radiation-imageable element to radiation to produce exposed and unexposed regions and contacting the imagewise exposed radiation-imageable element and a developer to remove the exposed or the unexposed regions.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a printing member having a single radiation-absorptive multiphase layer over a substrate layer that may be imaged with or without ablation.
Abstract:
A polymer compound includes i) a polymerization unit represented by null(CHR3nullCR4(nullL1nullY1))xnull(CHR5nullCR6(nullL2nullY2))ynull; and ii) a silane coupling group represented by nullSnull(CH2)nnullSinull(R1)m(OR2)3-m, as a terminal of the polymer, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, n, x, y, L1, L2, Y1 and Y2 are defined in the specification. A lithographic printing plate base includes: a support; and a hydrophilic layer containing solid particles to a surface of which a hydrophilic polymer is chemically bonded.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a positive photosensitive composition, and in particular to a material for plate printing for heat mode printing. The positive photosensitive composition of the present invention comprises at least a diazo compound represented by the following General Formula 1, and a water-insoluble but alkaline water-soluble polymer: (where Z represents an organic group in which the pKa of dissociating H in Ph—NH—Z is 14 or less; and Q1 and Q2 represent organic groups, where Q1 and Q2 may be bonded to form an aliphatic ring or aromatic ring).
Abstract:
Provided is a plate-making method for producing a waterless lithographic printing plate, wherein the method comprises: (I) an exposing step of imagewise exposure of the precursor with a laser with a controlled condition that a portion of a laser-exposed area in a photo-thermal conversion layer in the precursor remains in the photo-thermal conversion layer of the finished printing plate, and (II) a developing step of removing a silicone rubber layer in the laser-exposed area to form an image on the printing plate. The precursor to be processed comprises (A) a support, (B) an undercoat layer formed by applying onto the support a coating liquid that contains a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer and water as a solvent, and then drying the coating liquid, (C) a photo-thermal conversion layer which comprises polyurethane and a photo-thermal converting agent; and (D) a silicone rubber layer, laminated in that order.
Abstract:
A method for making a reusable printing plate in which a hydrophobic image area is formed on a hydrophilic plate surface containing a photocatalyst. The method includes the steps of carrying out a hydrophobic agent application process in which a solution containing an organic compound having a property of reacting with the plate surface by a heating process and a property of being decomposed by the action of the photocatalyst when irradiated by light having a higher energy than a band gap energy of the photocatalyst is applied on the plate surface; carrying out an image area formation process in which a part of the plate surface is subjected to a heating process to form a hydrophobic image area; and carrying out a non-image area formation process in which the organic compound applied to an area other than the hydrophobic image area on the plate surface is removed.
Abstract:
A planographic printing plate precursor obtained by laminating on a substrate, a layer composed of a hydrophobic polymer which can be made hydrophilic by heating, and a layer of which exposed portions can be removed by heat mode exposure.
Abstract:
Provided is a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a support having thereon an undercoat layer and a heat-sensitive layer in this order, with at least one of the undercoat layer and the heat-sensitive layer comprising polymer hollow microspheres having voids on the inside, or a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a support having thereon a heat-sensitive layer, with the heat-sensitive layer comprising polymer hollow microspheres having voids on the inside.
Abstract:
A photosensitive lithographic form plate that can be directly prepared by using digital signals from a computer or the like by using an infrared laser or the like (i.e., a photosensitive lithographic form plate that can be directly prepared), through using an image-forming material that can be directly inscribed with heat generated by irradiation of a laser light and is suitable for use in a lithographic form plate. The image-forming material used in the present invention comprises an infrared light absorbing agent having a hydrophobic group which changes to hydrophilic due to heat. The image-forming material may further contain a macromolecular binder insoluble in water and soluble in an aqueous solution of an alkali, or a macromolecular binder that is decomposed by heat or with an acid and becomes soluble in water or an alkali. In an exposed portion of the photosensitive layer, the infrared light absorbing agent is decomposed due to heat by irradiation of infrared light, and an acid is generated.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a thermally curable polymer composition, and a photolithographic substrate coated therewith, the composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing polymer, an amino cross-linking agent and a thermal acid generator. The thermally curable polymer composition may be dissolved in a solvent and used as an undercoat layer in deep UV lithography.