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:
Provided is an image recording material capable of being directly recorded by various kinds of lasers, excellent in alkali-developability by alkaline developer and capable of forming an image which is good in curability by exposure. The image recording material is characterized by including on a support: an image recording layer containing a binder polymer (A); a compound (B) having a polymerizable unsaturated group, and a polymerization initiator (C); and a layer containing an organic ionic polymer (a) formed of a non-metallic element and an inorganic layered compound (b) that are layered in this order. It is preferable that the image recording layer further contains a dye (D) having an absorption maximum in a region of 300 to 1,200 nm, and it is preferable that the binder polymer (A) is a polymer having an alkali-soluble group.
Abstract:
A photosensitive composition containing: (A) a sensitizing dye; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; (c) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and (D) a polymer binder, wherein the photopolymerization initiator exhibits a reaction rate constant with a semiquinone radical anion in the range of 2.0×102 to 1.0×108 (mol−1·l·s−1).
Abstract:
A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate of the present invention, which enables image recording by infrared-ray scanning exposure based on digital data and has excellent on-press developability, high resistance to scumming and a long press life, the heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate having on a support with a hydrophilic surface an image-forming layer made up of microcapsules in which a reactive group-containing hydrophobic compound is enclosed, a light-to-heat converting agent and a water-soluble compound which has a reactive group capable of reacting with the hydrophobic compound and is situated outside the microcapsules.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a planographic printing plate material comprising an aluminum support and provided thereon, a lower layer and an upper layer in that order, wherein the lower layer contains a first alkali soluble resin, the upper layer contains a second alkali soluble resin and a light-to-heat conversion material, the second alkali soluble resin being a modified novolak resin having in the side chain a heterocyclic ring group containing both —(C═O)— and —NH— in the ring or a ureido group represented by the following formula (1), and wherein at least one of the upper and lower layers contains a third alkali soluble resin which is a modified acryl resin having in the side chain a heterocyclic ring group containing both —(C═O)— and —NH— in the ring or a ureido group represented by the following formula (1), —NHCONHR Formula (1)
Abstract:
Provided is an infrared-sensitive planographic printing plate precursor, including a supporting plate, a recording layer formed on one face of the supporting plate, the recording layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and an infrared absorbent and forming an image by irradiation of infrared ray, and an organic polymer layer having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the range of 0.05 to 0.40 μm, or an anodic oxide film having basis weight of 0.05 to 3.0 g/m2 and an organic polymer layer formed in that order on face of the supporting plate opposite to the recording layer.
Abstract:
A planographic printing plate precursor comprises a support and two or more positive recording layers which are formed on the support, contain a resin and an infrared absorbing agent and exhibit an increase in solubility in an aqueous alkali solution by exposure to infrared laser light, wherein the positive recording layer closest to the support among these two or more positive recording layers contains at least two types of resins among which at least one type forms a dispersion phase. It is preferable that the dispersion phase be formed of (1) a high-polymer compound incompatible with a high-polymer matrix or (2) a granular polymer selected from a microcapsule and a latex, and contains an infrared absorbing agent and an acid generator.
Abstract:
A negative-type image recording material comprising a support having a rear surface and an image recording layer disposed on the support, the image recording layer having a front surface and including (A) a radical-generating agent and (B) a radically polymerizable compound, wherein a static friction coefficient between the front surface and the rear surface is less than 0.50. In order to achieve such a specified static friction coefficient, it is preferable that the image recording layer contains (D) a compound represented by the following formula (1): R1—X (1) wherein R1 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having a total of 8 to 32 carbon atoms, and X represents CO—Y—R2, NH—CO—NH—R2, SO2—Y—R2, or Y—R3 in which Y represents O, S, NR4 or a single bond.
Abstract:
A planographic printing plate precursor includes a substrate and an image recording layer provided thereon, the image recording layer being capable of recording through exposure to an infrared ray and containing at least (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a polymerization initiator comprising an onium salt formed by an onium cation and a carboxylic acid anion, where the carboxylic acid anion has an acid group, a hetero atom and an aromatic group, (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) a binder polymer. The planographic printing plate precursor is exposed imagewise with an infrared laser. Then, printing is carried out using the exposed planographic printing plate precursor, which is set in a printer without being subjected to any developing process, by feeding an oil based ink and an aqueous component onto the planographic printing plate precursor. Unexposed areas of the planographic printing plate precursor are removed during the printing process.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising: an alkali-soluble resin (A); an infrared absorbing agent (B); and a thiol compound (C), wherein a solubility thereof in an alkaline aqueous solution is changed by exposure with a infrared laser ray, and a positive or negative-type image recording layer containing the resin composition.