Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor capable of forming an image without undergoing alkali development, which comprises a hydrophilic support and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizing layer, wherein the photopolymerizing layer contains a polymer compound having at least one of an ether group, an ester group and an amido group in its molecule, particularly, in its side chain.
Abstract:
A light-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a hydrophilic substrate provided thereon with a layer sensitive to infrared light rays comprising (A) a polymer represented by the following general formula (I); (B) an organic acid and/or a cyclic acid anhydride; and (C) a light-heat conversion substance. The light-sensitive lithographic printing plate is excellent in the both printing durability and the developing latitude.
Abstract:
A presensitized lithographic printing plate comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer. The image-forming layer contains microcapsules. The microcapsules consist of a shell and a core. The shell comprises a polymer. The polymer has a decomposition temperature in the range of 150 to 280° C. The core comprises a polymerizable compound.
Abstract:
A polymerizable composition comprising: a polyurethane resin synthesized by using a compound represented by the following formula (I) as one of starting materials; a photopolymerization or thermal polymerization initiator; and an addition-polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond: wherein X represents a tri- or higher valent atom; R1 and R2 each independently represent a single bond or an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, provided that R1 and R2 do not represent a single bond at a same time; A represents a straight chain linking group; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
Abstract:
A heat mode type negative image recording material is provided which comprises (A) a polymer compound that is insoluble in water but is soluble in an alkali aqueous solution and has at least one of groups represented by general formulae (1) to (3) on a side chain; (B) a photothermal conversion agent; and (C) an onium salt compound forming radicals by heat mode exposure with light that is capable of being absorbed by said photothermal conversion agent (B), said heat mode type negative image recording material being capable of recording an image by heat mode exposure. The general formulae are defined in the specification.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a processless printing plate precursor including a thermally sensitive layer applied onto a substrate. The thermally sensitive layer includes polycyanoacrylate particles having a major dimension between about 50 and about 500 nm, and a mean major dimension of no greater than about 350 nm. The printing plate precursor may be exposed to radiation and may then be developed “on press” with a suitable fountain solution.
Abstract:
A heat mode type negative image recording material is provided which comprises (A) a polymer compound that is insoluble in water but is soluble in an alkali aqueous solution and has at least one of groups represented by general formulae (1) to (3) on a side chain; (B) a photothermal conversion agent; and (C) an onium salt compound forming radicals by heat mode exposure with light that is capable of being absorbed by said photothermal conversion agent (B), said heat mode type negative image recording material being capable of recording an image by heat mode exposure. The general formulae are defined in the specification.
Abstract:
An infrared laser-sensitive positive type image recording material comprises a support; an alkali-developer-soluble first layer formed over the support; and a second layer formed over the first layer, the solubility of the second layer in alkali-developer being improved by exposure of the second layer to an infrared laser. The first layer comprises a polymer having a structural unit represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having (n+1) valences and having an aliphatic ring structure having 3 to 30 carbon atoms; A represents an oxygen atom or —NR3— wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor and a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor, which is capable of an image recording by infrared laser scanning and an on-press development and excellent in fine line reproducibility and press life while maintaining good on-press developing properties, the lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support; and an image recording layer capable of being removed by a printing ink and/or a fountain solution, in which the image recording layer comprises an infrared absorber and a graft polymer having a specific graft chain.
Abstract:
Negative thermosensitive lithographic printing plates comprise on a hydrophilic substrate an oleophilic thermosensitive layer comprising a polymeric binder, urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having at least 6 (meth)acrylate groups, a non-urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having at least 4 (meth)acrylate groups, a free-radical initiator, and an infrared absorbing dye; wherein the weight ratio of said urethane (meth)acrylate monomer to said non-urethane (meth)acrylate monomer is from 0.10 to 3.0, and said thermosensitive layer is capable of hardening upon exposure to an infrared radiation. Lithographic plates with such compositions have excellent press durability.