Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided that, using laser exposure, exhibits an excellent capacity for plate inspection, an excellent on-press development performance or gum development performance, and an excellent scumming behavior, while maintaining a satisfactory printing durability. There is also provided a method of lithographic printing that uses this lithographic printing plate precursor. The lithographic printing plate precursor comprises an image recording layer having (A) a nonionic polymerization initiator that contains at least two cyclic imide structures, and (B) a compound that has at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive material formed by sequentially layering an undercoat layer and a photosensitive layer on a support, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polymer containing (a) a structural unit containing at least one selected from a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid salt and (b) a structural unit containing at least one carboxylic acid ester; the photosensitive layer contains (A) an infrared absorbent, (B) an organoboron compound, (C) an onium salt compound and (D) a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated group; and a ratio of (a) with respect to (a) and (b) is 30 to 90% by mol. The invention also provides a negative-working planographic printing plate precursor that uses the negative-working photosensitive material.
Abstract:
A thermal negative type lithographic printing original plate has a photosensitive layer featuring high sensitivity, excellent reproducibility in FM screening, and excellent print durability and chemical resistance at a minute image portion. A photosensitive composition for the photosensitive layer contains an alkali soluble resin having a monomer unit represented by the formula (I), a silane coupling agent represented by the formula (II), an infrared absorber, a radical polymerizable initiator, and a polymerizable compound having an ethylenic double bond and an amount of the silane coupling agent is from 15 to 40% of the photosensitive composition by mass.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a lithographic printing plate without any deterioration in plate making performance caused by deformation and breakage of fine particles. An inorganic compound dispersion as a coating liquid is applied onto a surface of a strip-shaped flexible support at a pressure P applied to the coating liquid of 1.5×105 Pa or less to form a coating layer. Also, an inorganic compound dispersion as a coating liquid is applied onto a surface of a strip-shaped flexible support at a shearing stress τ applied to the coating liquid of 1.5×105 Pa or less to form a coating layer.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an image-recording layer and a protective layer containing a stratiform compound, wherein at least one of the image-recording layer and the protective layer contains a polymer containing as a repeating unit, a structural unit having an ammonium structure.
Abstract:
An image-forming method includes: exposing a negative type image-forming material including a support and an image-recording layer containing a binder polymer containing at least one group capable of being converted to a sulfonate upon a reaction with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite, a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, and a compound having an ethylenically unsubstituted bond; and removing an unexposed area of the image-recording layer with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a planographic printing plate material comprising an aluminum support and provided thereon, an image formation layer containing a cyclic ureide moiety-containing phenolic resin in which a phenolic resin has a cyclic ureide moiety through a linkage group, the cyclic ureide moiety being derived from a cyclic ureide and the linkage group being derived from a linkage compound having both a monohalogenated alkyl group and one selected from a vinyl group, a carbonyl group, an ester group and a sulfonic acid ester group.
Abstract:
The invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor comprising: a hydrophilic support; and an image recording layer that is provided on the support, the image recording layer comprising: an infrared ray absorbing agent (A); a polymerization initiator (B); a polymerizable monomer (C); and a specific polymer compound (D) having an alkyleneoxy group in its molecule and having, in a side chain thereof at least one specific group. The invention further provides a printing method using the planographic printing plate precursor, wherein no specific development process is required for performing printing.
Abstract:
A thermal lithographic printing plate overcoat composition comprising (a) a water-soluble polymeric dye having an absorption band between about 300 and about 600 nm; and (b) micro-particles or nano-particles is provided. A negative-working thermal lithographic printing plate comprising (a) a hydrophilic substrate; (b) a near infrared imaging layer disposed on the hydrophilic substrate; and (c) an overcoat layer disposed on the imaging layer, said overcoat layer comprising a water-soluble polymeric dye having an absorption band between about 300 and about 600 nm; and micro-particles or nano-particles is also provided. Finally, a water-soluble polymeric dye having an absorption band between about 300 and about 600 nm is provided.
Abstract:
A planographic printing plate precursor which prevents deformation and destruction of fine particles dispersed in an image forming layer thereof and has high developing performance and a high speed thin layer coating aptitude is provided. A method for producing and handling a planographic printing plate precursor having an image forming layer containing a photosensitive composition having fine particles dispersed therein is provided. The pressure acting on the image forming layer during or after formation of the image forming layer is 1.5×105 N/m2 or less. The pressure conditions are achieved by controlling any one of the pressure PL, which acts on the coating liquid during formation of the image forming layer, the sum of the PL and shear stress τ, the pressure PF, which acts at the time of transfer of the support after formation of the image forming layer, the pressure PR, which acts at the time of winding the long strip support, the pressure PP, which acts at the time of stacking the sheets of the planographic printing plate precursor, and the pressure PK, which acts at the time of storing the stock roll of the planographic printing plate precursor. The fine particles are preferably polymer fine particles.
Abstract translation:提供了防止分散在其图像形成层中的微粒的变形和破坏并具有高显影性能和高速薄层涂布能力的平版印刷版原版。 提供了一种制备和处理具有包含其中分散有细颗粒的感光组合物的图像形成层的平版印刷版原版的方法。 在形成图像形成层期间或之后作用于图像形成层的压力为1.5×10 5 N / m 2以下。 压力条件是通过控制在形成图像形成层期间作用于涂布液体上的压力PL中的任何一个,PL和剪切应力τt之和,在转印时作用的压力PF 在形成图像形成层之后的支撑件,在卷绕长条形支撑件时起作用的压力PR,在层叠平版印刷版原版的片材时起作用的压力PP和压力PK ,其在存储平版印刷版原版的卷轴时起作用。 细颗粒优选为聚合物细颗粒。