Abstract:
A method for making a lithographic printing plate precursor includes the steps of coating a composition having a pH≦5 on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, the composition including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles stabilized with an anionic dispersant, a hydrophilic binder and colloidal silica, characterized in that the silica carries a negative charge; and drying the coated composition.
Abstract:
A method for producing a lithographic printing plate is provided, wherein, in the non-alkaline development of a lithographic printing plate precursor having a protective layer, even if the protective layer components are mingled into the developer, the reduction in development removability of the image recording layer and the generation of development scum can be inhibited; an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor with excellent inking property, high scratch resistance, satisfied on-press developability and good fine line reproducibility is provided; and a lithographic printing method is provided, each of which is a method for producing a lithographic printing plate, comprising: imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, an image recording layer and a protective layer, and rubbing the plate surface by a rubbing member of an automatic processor in the presence of a developer at a pH of 2 to 10 to remove the protective layer and the image recording layer in the unexposed area; a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, an image recording layer removable with a printing ink and/or a fountain solution, and a protective layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol having a carboxyl group and/or a sulfonic acid group within the molecule; and a lithographic printing method comprising on-press development.
Abstract:
There is provided a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a binder polymer, (B) a polymerizable compound having an unsaturated group, and (C) a diaryl iodonium salt having at least two electron-donating groups. The iodonium salt (C) preferably has three or more electron-donating groups. This polymerizable composition is useful as a recording layer of a negative type planographic printing plate precursor.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support, an undercoat layer and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains a copolymer containing (a1) a repeating unit having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and (a2) a repeating unit having at least one functional group capable of interacting with a surface of the support, and the repeating unit (a1) is a repeating unit represented by the formula (A1) as defined herein.
Abstract:
A process for making a lithographic printing plate, comprising: an exposure step of imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor that comprises, above a hydrophilic support, a photosensitive layer comprising (A) a compound that generates a radical upon the application of light or heat, (B) a polymer having an aromatic carboxy group in a side chain, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) an infrared absorber; and a development processing step using one type of processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and an image-recording layer containing (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 to R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a group selected from an alkyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group, provided that at least one of R1 to R3 represents the group having a substituent containing an amido bond, the group having a substituent containing a urethane bond, the group having a substituent containing a urea bond or the group having two or more hydroxy groups.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes, in the following order: a support, an image-recording layer and a protective layer, and the image-recording layer contains (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a radical generator, and a polymer which exhibits electrical conductivity upon oxidation.
Abstract:
Negative-working imageable elements such as lithographic printing plate precursors, include a free-radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition that is capable of generating free radicals sufficient to initiate polymerization of the free-radically polymerizable component upon exposure to imaging radiation in the presence of a radiation absorbing compound, a radiation absorbing compound, an aerobic free radical inhibitor, optionally a polymeric binder that is not a free radically polymerizable component, and an anaerobic free radical inhibitor. The molar ratio of the anaerobic free radical inhibitor to the aerobic free radical inhibitor is at least 1:1. This combination of inhibitors provides increased shelf life and good latent image stability particularly when the element includes a polymeric topcoat layer that functions as an oxygen barrier.
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 plate-making method of a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image forming layer, includes: (a) a step of preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor that contains, in the image forming layer, a polymer particle containing a repeating unit having a polyalkylene oxide segment in a side chain and a repeating unit having a cyano group in a side chain; (b) a step of imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor; and (C) a step of developing the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor with an aqueous solution containing at least one water-soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of gum arabic and starch, with an automatic processor equipped with a rubbing member.