摘要:
A method of printing is disclosed which comprises the steps of (i) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a heat- or light-sensitive coating; (ii) image-wise exposure of the coating to heat or light; (iii) prior to step (ii) or (iv), mounting the lithographic printing plate precursor in a printing unit of a printing press, said printing unit comprising a dampening system and an inking system; (iv) development by supplying a processing liquid to the coating by means of the dampening system, thereby obtaining a lithographic printing plate; (v) printing by supplying single-fluid ink or driographic ink to the lithographic printing plate by means of the inking system. This method allows on-press processing of printing plate materials that require wet processing.
摘要:
A recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element containing one or more of silver behenate, silver palmitate, and silver stearate, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the silver behenate, palmitate, or stearate is not associated with mercury and/or lead ions, production processes for particles of substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt primarily comprising silver behenate, silver palmitate, or stearate, with described X-ray characteristics in the substantial absence of organic solvent.
摘要:
A lithographic printing method is disclosed which comprising the steps of providing an imaging material which comprises a support and an image-recording layer that is not removable with a single-fluid ink which comprises an ink phase and a polar phase; image-wise exposure of the image-recording layer to heat or light without substantially ablating said image-recording layer, thereby switching the affinity of the image-recording towards ink or an ink-abhesive fluid and thereby creating a printing master comprising a lithographic image which consists of unexposed areas that have affinity for one phase of said ink phase and polar phase and of exposed areas that have affinity for the other phase of said ink phase and polar phase; printing, wherein the single-fluid ink is supplied to the printing master. The exposed image-recording layer, which normally exhibits a poor differentiation of hydrophilicity or oleophilicity between exposed and non-exposed areas, provides high quality printed copies in combination with the single-fluid ink.
摘要:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a grained and anodized aluminum substrate coated with a metallic layer, preferably a silver layer, on top of which is applied a layer comprising at least one oleophilising agent and at least one hydrophilic stain-reducing agent, the hydrophilic agent being chosen such that it adsorbs onto the metallic layer but is not so strongly adsorbed thereon as to displace the oleophilising agent. Preferably, the oleophilising agent comprises a mercaptotetrazole or mercaptooxadiazole derivative, the hydrophilic stain-reducing agent comprises a material which includes at least one sulfur, selenium or tellurium containing group, and the layer additionally comprises an additional hydrophilic material. The invention provides lithographic printing plate precursors which may be image-wise exposed by means of a high intensity laser beam to provide press ready plates showing reduced stain in non-image areas, high image quality, good press properties and high durability on press without the requirement for the use of intermediate film and developer chemistry.
摘要:
A substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element exclusive of bisphenol compounds, 4-substituted isoxazole compounds of the formula 1 wherein R represents an aromatic group or an electron withdrawing group, organic compounds represented by R3nullH, the corresponding radical of which, R3null, has a stability of from 350 to 6000 times that of a primary alkyl radical, and photosensitive active-hydrogen aromatic organic reducing agents, the thermosensitive element containing at least one substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, an image tone stabilizer and a binder, characterized in that the image tone stabilizer is a sterically hindered monophenol; a recording process therefor; and the use of a sterically hindered monophenol in a substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material as an image tone stabilizer.
摘要:
A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt and an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the thermographic recording material comprises a reaction product of an amino-group containing polymer and a compound according to formula (I): 1 wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy or aryloxy group; L is a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of oxygen and optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups; and m is either 0 or 1; and n is either 0 or 1; and a preparation process therefor.
摘要:
A negative-working heat-sensitive material for making a lithographic printing plate by direct-to-plate recording is disclosed. The material comprises in the order given a lithographic base having a hydrophilic surface, an oleophilic imaging layer and a cross-linked hydrophilic upper layer which comprises an organic compound derived from sulfonic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or phosphonic acid. Materials according to the invention are characterized by an increased water-acceptance in the non-printing areas, which allows a rapid start-up of the press.
摘要:
A process for preparing monosheet black and white photothermographic recording material, the photothermographic recording material being exclusive of a dye-providing compound and comprising a support and a photo-addressable thermally developable element, the photo-addressable thermally developable element being thermally developable under substantially water-free conditions and consisting of one or more layers, the layers together comprising photosensitive silver halide, a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, comprising the steps of: (i) coating at least one of the one or more layers of the photo-addressable thermally developable from an aqueous medium; (ii) drying the layer or layers coated in step (i); and (iii) heating the photothermographic recording material at a temperature of at least 35null C. in the dark for a period of at least 3 days; and a photothermographic recording material obtainable therewith.
摘要:
An off-press plate-making apparatus is provided which comprises means for removing the lithographic image from the substrate of a used printing master and means for recoating the recycled substrate with a new image-recording layer. The off-press cleaning and recoating of the substrate provides a short press down-time. The recoated substrate forms an imaging material which can be exposed either on-press in a digital press comprising an integrated exposure apparatus or off-press in an exposure apparatus, which can be integrated in the plate-making apparatus or mechanically coupled thereto.
摘要:
A direct-to-plate method of lithographic printing is disclosed wherein a printing press is used that is coupled to a coating apparatus and to a cleaning apparatus; wherein the coating apparatus applies an image-recording layer on a substrate so as to obtain a printing plate, which is mechanically transferred to the printing press; and wherein, after the print job, the printing plate is mechanically transferred to the cleaning apparatus wherein the substrate is recycled, so that the recycled substrated can be reused in a next cycle of coating, printing and cleaning. The off-press coating and the off-press cleaning step provide a fully automated printing method wherein the press down-time is minimized. The method comprises also an off-press or an on-press exposure step.