Abstract:
A method of on-press development of a lithographic printing plate having an imaged photosensitive (PS) coating by (a) applying an emulsive film of press ink and fountain onto the entire PS coating; (b) transferring all nonimage areas of the inked PS coating and all of the ink film on the nonimage areas of the PS coating from the plate to a blanket roll while the image areas of the PS coating remain on the substrate, wherein the nonimage areas are transferred to the blanket roll in particulate form without dissolution or dispersion in any ink or fountain; and (c) contacting the blanket roll with a paper leader to further transfer all the ink, fountain water, and particles of nonimage PS coating that were transferred to the blanket roll, from the blanket roll to the paper leader.
Abstract:
The invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor that is capable of providing a planographic printing plate in which ablation at the time of infrared laser exposure is inhibited and which has excellent developability of a non-image portion and printing durability of an image portion. The photosensitive planographic printing plate precursor, includes: an image recording layer on a hydrophilic support, the image recording layer including: (A) an infrared absorber; and (B) a copolymer having a repeating unit having a zwitterionic structure in a side chain thereof, and a repeating unit having a heteroalicyclic structure or a repeating unit having a hetero atom and an alicyclic structure in the main chain thereof.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes: a support having a surface, a contact angle of water droplet in air on which is 70° or more; and a photosensitive layer, wherein the support has, on a surface of the support, a compound having a functional group X, the functional group X is a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with a compound having a functional group Y which can interact with the functional group X, when the functional group X is brought into contact with the compound having a functional group Y, to adsorb the compound having a functional group Y on the surface of the support so as to decrease the contact angle of water droplet in air on the surface of the support to 30° or less.
Abstract:
Ablation-type printing plates having improved exposure sensitivity are produced using a thin imaging layer—i.e., the plate layer that absorbs and ablates in response to imaging radiation—whose composition includes a large proportion of radiation absorber.
Abstract:
Electrochemically grained and anodized aluminum supports are treated with a post-treatment coating solution containing a polymer derived at least in part from vinyl phosphonic acid and phosphoric acid. This post-treated support is useful as substrates in the preparation of lithographic printing plate precursors. The post-treatment substrate treatment enables wide latitude in manufacturing and compatibility with silicate-free developers to achieve negligible background staining and oxide attack.
Abstract:
Negative-working imageable elements have an imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition capable of generating radicals sufficient to initiate polymerization of the free radically polymerizable component upon exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorbing compound, one or more polymeric binders, and at least 5 weight % of core-shell particles comprising a hydrophobic polymeric core and a hydrophilic polymeric shell that is covalently bound to the polymeric core. The hydrophilic polymeric shell has one or more zwitterionic functional groups. These elements can be imaged such as by IR lasers to provide lithographic printing plates.
Abstract:
Negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors can be imaged and then processed using a single processing solution in a processing apparatus without rinsing or gumming before the resulting lithographic printing plates are used for printing. The single processing solution (developer) comprises at least 2.5 weight % of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value greater than 15 and at least 5 weight % of a polar organic solvent. Processing is accomplished without replenishment and reduced sludge formation is seen at the end of the processing cycle.
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, b) image-wise exposing the coating in a plate setter, c) optionally, heating the precursor in a preheating unit, and 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 coating from the support, wherein the coating further includes a compound capable of interacting with the support, the compound being present in the photopolymerizable layer and/or in the intermediate layer.
Abstract:
A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 μm or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm2 or more and aluminum carbide particles with a maximum length of 1 μm or more in an amount of up to 30,000 pcs/g.
Abstract translation:提供具有长的印刷寿命和优异的抗浮渣和腐蚀性微污染并且能够进行印刷机发展的预感板。 预感板包括含有(A)增感染料,(B)聚合引发剂,(C)可聚合化合物和(D)粘合剂聚合物的感光层; 和保护层,其形成在载体上。 该载体由含有金属间化合物颗粒的铝合金板制备,其中当量直径为0.2μm或更大的圆形当量的表面密度为35,000pcs / mm 2或更高,最大长度为1μm或更大的碳化铝颗粒的量为 高达30,000个/ g。
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an aluminum support having a hydrophilic surface; and a photosensitive layer comprising a binder polymer having an acid value of 0.3 meq/g or less, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a pigment dispersed with a pigment dispersant which is free from a —COOH group, a —PO3H2 group and a —OPO3H2 group.
Abstract translation:一种平版印刷版原版,包括:具有亲水表面的铝载体; 以及包含酸值为0.3meq / g以下的粘合剂聚合物的感光层,其中感光层包含分散有不含-COOH基的颜料分散剂的颜料,-PO 3 H 2基和-OPO 3 H 2基 。