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 thermal negative type presensitized plate provided with an image recording layer hardened by infrared rays on an aluminum support, wherein the aluminum support has on the surface thereof, a grain shape with a structure in which a grained structure with medium undulation with a specified aperture diameter and a grained structure with small undulation with a specified aperture diameter are superimposed. For the presensitized plate, contact characteristics between the image recording layer and the support and scum resistance on a non-image area are kept compatible with each other at a high level, a thermal diffusion depression effect by which an energy generated by exposure can be efficiently used to form an image is excellent, and sensitivity is high.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having provided thereon an image-recording layer containing a substance that absorbs light to generate heat, an aqueous alkali solution-soluble resin having phenolic hydroxy group and a polyvinyl acetal resin including an acid group having a pKa of not more than 5.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface having provided thereon an image-forming layer containing a hydrophobic high molecular compound having at least either a functional group represented by formula (1) or a functional group represented by formula (2): 1 wherein Xnull represents an iodonium ion, a sulfonium ion or a diazonium ion.
Abstract:
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate in which press life, deletion performance, photosensitive layer removability and image reproducibility are compatible with one another, while retaining scumming prevention performance, which comprises an aluminum support hydrophilized after anodic oxidization, an intermediate layer provided thereon containing an alkali-soluble polymer adjusted in a number-average molecular weight (Mn) to the range of 300 to 5,000 by using an initiator in combination with a chain transfer agent in radical polymerization, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer.
Abstract:
A positive working photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising an aluminum substrate and a positive working photosensitive layer, the aluminum substrate having been anodized and rendered water-wettable, wherein an intermediate layer containing a polymer comprising (A) a unit interacting with an alumina layer and (B) a unit interacting with a water-wettable layer is provided between the aluminum substrate and the photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer and the water-wettable aluminum substrate have good adhesion so that the printing plate has a satisfactory press life.