Abstract:
A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a coating provided thereon, said coating comprising (i) a contiguous photopolymerisable layer having a photopolymerisable composition, or (ii) a contiguous intermediate layer and thereon a photopolymerisable layer having a photopolymerisable composition, wherein said photopolymerisable composition comprises a polymerisable compound, a polymerization initiator and a first polymer, b) image-wise exposing said coating, c) optionally, heating the precursor, d) developing the precursor by treating the coating of the precursor with a gum solution or by mounting the exposed precursor on a plate cylinder of a lithographic printing press and rotating the plate cylinder while feeding dampening liquid and/or ink to the coating, wherein said contiguous photopolymerisable or intermediate layer further comprises (1) an adhesion promoting compound which is a non-polymeric compound containing a group having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a group selected from a phosphate group, a phosphonate group and a trialkoxysilane group, and (2) a second polymer having at least 1 mol % of a first monomeric unit having a phosphate group, a phosphonate group, a carboxylic acid group, a sulphonic acid group, a phenolic group, a trialkoxysilane group, an ammonium group or a phosphonium group and at least 30 mol % of a second monomeric unit having a hydrophilic group, wherein the amount of said adhesion promoting compound is higher than the amount of said second polymer, with the proviso that, if the contiguous layer is the photopolymerisable layer, the amount of said second polymer xn the photopolymerisable layer is at least 0.01% by weight and less than 5% by weight.
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 negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed that can be developed on the press without going through a development processing step, and a method of lithographic printing is also disclosed that uses this negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor. A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is provided that exhibits excellent on-press developability, nonimage area fine line reproducibility and printing durability and that resists the production of scum during on-press development. The negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor has a hydrophilic support and has thereon a photopolymerizable layer that contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a polymer compound that has an ethylenically unsaturated bond in the side chain position, a hydrophilic group and a sulfonamide group and a polymer compound that has an ethylenically unsaturated bond in the side chain position, a hydrophilic group and a cyclic structure derived from a maleimide. The method of lithographic printing uses this negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor.
Abstract:
A processing method of a lithographic printing plate precursor includes: exposing imagewise a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support on a surface of which at least one of: a hydrophilizing treatment; and an undercoat layer has been provided and an image-recording layer, to cure an exposed area of the image-recording layer; and undergoing developing processing with an aqueous solution having pH of from 2 to 10, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an amphoteric surfactant and an anionic surfactant selected from an anionic surfactant having an aliphatic chain and a total number of carbon atoms included in the aliphatic chain of 6 or more and an anionic surfactant having an aromatic ring and a total number of carbon atoms of 12 or more, and a content of the anionic surfactant is from 0.1 to 3.3% by weight of the aqueous solution.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor including a support and a positive recording layer formed on the support and containing: (A) a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a photo-thermal converting agent, and (C) an amino compound having a methylol group or an alkoxymethyl group; and a positive recording layer whose solubility in an alkaline developer is improved by exposure to light or by heating. In general formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group or a cyclic group, x represents 0 or 1, and A represents a bivalent bonding group. According to the invention, a positive planographic printing plate precursor for use with infrared lasers having excellent chemical resistance and wide image development latitude can be obtained.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes: an aluminum support; an intermediate layer; and an image-recording layer, in this order, wherein at least one of the intermediate layer and the image-recording layer contains a compound having an amino group and a functional group capable of interacting with the aluminum support in a molecule.
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, and, optionally, an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the photopolymerizable layer includes a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator, b) image-wise exposing the coating in a plate setter, c) optionally, heating the precursor in a pre-heating unit, d) developing the precursor off-press in a gumming unit by treating the coating of the precursor with a gum solution, thereby removing the non-exposed areas of the photopolymerizable layer from the support, wherein the photopolymerizable layer further includes a polymer containing an acid group and a basic nitrogen-containing compound capable of neutralizing the acid group, or wherein the photopolymerizable layer further includes a polymer containing an acid group which is neutralized by a basic nitrogen-containing compound.
Abstract:
The invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor having at least: a 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 compound (C); and a compound (D) represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), at least one of R1 to R3 represents —(CH2CH2O)n—R4, while the remainder of R1 to R3 respectively independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R5—COOH; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 1 to 20; and R5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The invention further provides a printing method using the planographic printing plate precursor and performing on-press development.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of—providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including: a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer; and a coating provided on the support and including an image recording layer including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles having an average particle size between about 40 nm and about 63 nm and a hydrophilic binder, the coating further including a pigment present in the image recording layer or in an additional layer of the coating, —image-wise exposing the coating, thereby inducing coalescence of the thermoplastic polymer particles at the exposed areas of the image recording layer; —developing the precursor by applying a gum solution to the coating, thereby removing the non-exposed areas of the image recording layer from the support; and—optionally, baking the developed precursor; wherein the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles have an average particle size between about 40 nm and about 63 nm; the amount of the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles is more than about 70% and less than about 85% by weight, relative to the image recording layers; and the pigment has a hydrophilic surface and provides a visible image after the image-wise exposing and developing with the gum solution. The lithographic printing plate precursor has an improved sensitivity, and the obtained lithographic printing plate exhibits an excellent clean-out, no toning, and a high printing run length.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor having a good press life with a practical energy amount, which can be on-press developed without passing through a development processing step after recording an image by a laser of emitting an infrared ray, is provided, which is a lithographic printing plate precursor capable of performing a development and printing by loading on a printing press after imagewise exposure and supplying an oily ink and an aqueous component, the lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image recording layer, wherein the image recording layer comprises (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable monomer, (C) a binder polymer, and (D) a crosslinked resin particle having a reactive group or (F) a microcapsule containing a polymerizable monomer in the capsule wall, and the image recording layer is imagewise polymerization-curable upon irradiation of actinic ray.