Abstract:
A polymer having a polymerizable group and an alkyleneoxy groups on side chains thereof, and a polymerizable composition containing the polymer. The polymerizable composition preferably contains a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator. Also provided is a planographic printing plate precursor having a polymerizable layer on a hydrophilic support, the polymerizable layer containing a polymer having a polymerizable on a side chain thereof. The planographic printing plate precursor can form an image without being subjected to an alkali development. An undercoat layer containing a specific copolymer may be provided between the support and the photopolymerizable layer.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, and an image recording layer containing a microcapsule and (A) an active light absorber, removable by a printing ink and/or fountain solution on the support, characterized in that the microcapsule is a specific urethane type microcapsule, and a lithographic printing method using the same.
Abstract:
An image forming material includes an image forming layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, a light-heat converting agent and a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In general formula (1), R1 to R3 independently represent an organic group, where R1 represents a residue forming a ring containing a N1 atom, R2 and R3 may bond to each other to form a ring or at least one of R2 and R3 may bond to R1 to form a ring and X− represents a conjugate base of an organic acid or inorganic acid. The ring containing the N1 atom is preferably a piperidine ring.
Abstract:
The positive-type photosensitive composition according to the present invention contains a novolak resin (A), an alkali-soluble resin (B) selected from the group consisting of resins prepared by addition polymerization of a vinyl compound and condensation polymers such as imide, amide, urethane, urea, ester, and resol resins, an infrared absorbing agent (C), and a sulfonium salt (D). The positive-type photosensitive composition is superior in sensitivity, greater in layer strength, and readily dissociates by infrared ray exposure, and thus is useful as the recording layer for positive-type planographic printing plate precursors.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of making a planographic printing plate, involving: exposing to light having a wavelength of 750 to 1,400 nm a planographic printing plate precursor having on a support a photosensitive layer containing an infrared absorbent, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a binder polymer, and a protective layer in that order; and developing a planographic printing plate exposed in a developing solution substantially without heating and washing, wherein the developing solution contains an antigelling agent selected from the group consisting of monoalcohol compounds and monoketone compounds.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image-recording layer that contains (A) a radical polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable compound and (C) a lipophilic binder polymer substantially not containing an acid group and is capable of being removed with either or both of printing ink and dampening water, wherein the polymerizable compound has at least one structure selected from (1) an ethylene oxide chain, (2) an alcoholic hydroxy group and (3) an isocyanuric acid structure in the molecule thereof.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise scanning with a laser a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-recording layer containing a polymerization initiator, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound having no adherence to the hydrophilic support, and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound having adherence to the hydrophilic support and a molecular structure comprising a polyoxyalkylene group to polymerize the ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compounds within the exposed area; removing the image-recording layer within the unexposed area from the lithographic plate mounted on a cylinder of a printing press; and then printing an image with the lithographic plate mounted on the cylinder of the printing press. A presensitized lithographic plate is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of developing a photosensitive planographic printing plate which includes a support and a recording layer and which has been exposed to a light beam with a developer, wherein the photosensitive planographic printing plate is immersed in the developer while being conveyed, and development is accelerated by brushing the immersed photosensitive planographic printing plate with a brush member produced by winding, around a peripheral surface of an axially rotating roller, a brushing band composed of a sheet-like substrate containing a hairy material woven therein.
Abstract:
A planographic printing plate precursor comprises: a support; and a recording layer disposed on the support, the recording layer comprising a lower layer and an upper layer disposed on the lower layer, wherein the lower layer contains a resin having in a main chain structure a phenol skeleton and a urea bond, the upper layer contains a water-insoluble alkali-soluble resin and an infrared absorber, and the solubility of the upper layer in an aqueous alkali solution is increased by exposure. The planographic printing plate precursor can be produced directly through scanning exposure based on digital signals. It is superior in reproducibility of highly fine images and also superior in printing durability and chemical resistance of small-area image areas such as halftone dots and thin lines.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support; and at least one layer comprising an image-recording layer, the image-recording layer comprising (A) an infrared absorber, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer, wherein the image recording layer is capable of being removed with at least one of a printing ink and a fountain solution, wherein at least one of said at least one layer comprises a copolymer having (a1) a unit comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (a2) a unit comprising at least one functional group interacting with a surface of the support. And a lithographic printing method in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used. The copolymer preferably has a hydrophilic segment. The copolymer preferably is contained in an undercoat layer formed between the support and the image-recording layer.