Abstract:
A negative-working photosensitive material is provided which includes: a support; an undercoat layer; and a photosensitive layer including a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a binder polymer, wherein the support, the undercoat layer, and the photosensitive layer are sequentially layered, the undercoat layer includes a polymer including a structural unit (a) including at least one of a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid salt and a structural unit (b) including at least one carboxylic acid ester; and the content of the structural unit (a) in the polymer is from 30% to 90% by mole. Also, a negative-working planographic printing plate precursor including the negative-working photosensitive material is provided.
Abstract:
The invention provides a printing plate material having high sensitivity, excellent initial printability, excellent stability under room light, i.e., good workability or storage stability under room light, and reduced contamination of a printing press. The printing plate material comprises a support having a hydrophilic surface, and provided thereon, an on-press developable image formation layer (A) and an on-press developable overcoat layer (B) in that order, wherein the on-press developable image formation layer (A) contains (a1) through (a3) as shown below, and the on-press developable overcoat layer (B) contains (b) as shown below:(a1) a radically polymerizable compound with an ethylenically unsaturated bond (a2) a polymerization initiator capable of generating a radical on reaction with an infrared absorber (a3) an infrared absorber (b) water-insoluble particles formed of a composite of a water-insoluble compound (b1) having no ultraviolet absorbing capability and a compound (b2) having an ultraviolet absorbing capability.
Abstract:
A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed comprising on a grained and anodized aluminum support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with hydrophilic layer, a coating comprising: (i) an infrared absorbing agent and at least one colorant; (ii) a first layer comprising a heat-sensitive oleophilic resin; and (iii) a second layer between said first layer and said hydrophilic support wherein said second layer comprises a polymer comprising at least one monomeric unit that comprises at least one sulfonamide group; wherein the surface of said grained and anodized aluminum support has a mean pit depth equal or smaller than 2.2 μm.
Abstract:
A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and (ii) a coating provided thereon which includes hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles; exposing the coating to heat, thereby inducing coalescence of the thermoplastic polymer particles at exposed areas of the coating; and developing the precursor by applying a gum solution to the coating, thereby removing non-exposed areas of the coating from the support. According to the above method, the plate precursor can be developed and gummed in a single step.
Abstract:
An initiator composition and infrared radiation-sensitive composition include an onium cation and a boron-containing anion as well as a metallocene. These compositions can be used to provide negative-working imageable elements that can be imaged and developed to provide lithographic printing plates that have desired imaging speed, excellent run length, and shelf life without the need for a post-exposure baking step and oxygen barrier overcoat.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a planographic printing plate material as well as a printing method in which excellent properties of on-press development, exposure image visualization, scratch resistance, background contamination resistance, and printing durability are exhibited. Disclosed is a planographic printing plate material possessing a hydrophilic layer and an image formation layer provided on a plastic support, wherein the image formation layer contains polyolefin wax having a melting point of 105-120° C. and a melt viscosity of 1-1200 mPa·s, the hydrophilic layer contains spherical silica particles having a particle diameter of 5.0-7.0 μm, and a content ratio of the spherical silica particles having a particle diameter of 5.0-7.0 μm is not less than 60% by volume, based on a total volume of particles having a particle diameter of 2-10 μm contained in the hydrophilic layer.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor capable of forming an image without undergoing alkali development, which comprises a hydrophilic support and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizing layer, wherein the photopolymerizing layer contains a polymer compound having at least one of an ether group, an ester group and an amido group in its molecule, particularly, in its side chain.
Abstract:
A method of deactivating an on-press ink and/or fountain solution developable lithographic printing plate is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a laser. The plate is exposed with a laser, deactivated, and then on-press developed with ink and/or fountain solution. The deactivation is carried out by overall applying to the plate a deactivating agent, heat, or a radiation that has different wavelength from the laser and does not cause hardening of the photosensitive layer. The deactivation allows the plate to be handled on press under white light or other light that is unsafe for a non-deactivated plate.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing process comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent, a polymerization initiator and a binder polymer to polymerize the polymerizable compound within the exposed area; removing the image-forming layer within the unexposed area while mounting the lithographic plate on a cylinder of a printing press; and then printing with the lithographic plate while mounting the lithographic plate on the cylinder of the printing press. The polymerization initiator is a salt of an anion with a sulfonium ion. According to the present invention, a specific anion or a specific sulfonium ion is used in the polymerization initiator.
Abstract:
A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support, including a photopolymerizable layer, a top layer, and optionally, an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the photopolymerizable layer includes a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a binder; b) image-wise exposing the coating in a plate setter; c) optionally, heating the precursor in a pre-heating unit; d) washing the precursor in a pre-washing station by applying water or an aqueous solution to the coating, thereby removing at least a portion of the top layer; and e) developing the precursor in a gumming station by applying a gum solution to the coating of the precursor, thereby removing the non-exposed areas of the photopolymerizable layer from the support and gumming the plate in a single step.