Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image-recording layer which contains (A) a cyanine dye including a solvent-soluble group and having an absorption maximum in an infrared wavelength region and is capable of being removed with at least one of printing ink and an aqueous component.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed wherein a positive-working heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is prepared comprising the steps of: (i) providing a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) coating a first solution comprising a first polymer, said first polymer being soluble in an alkaline solution, (iii) coating a second solution comprising a heat-sensitive positive-working imaging composition, and (iv) coating a third solution comprising a third polymer or surfactant wherein said third polymer or said surfactant reduce the penetrability of an alkaline developer solution into the coating. The printing plates obtained by this method exhibits a reduced dot-loss, resulting in an improved developing latitude.
Abstract:
A printing plate material including: a plastic support; a hydrophilic layer on the plastic support; and a back layer on the plastic support, being provided on the opposite side to the hydrophilic layer, wherein the back layer includes a matting agent, and a distribution width of a projection amount of the matting agent is 1 to 20%.
Abstract:
Printing members that include a plasma polymer layer exhibit enhanced tolerance for high imaging-power densities. The plasma polymer layer may contain or be adjacent to an oleophilic metal such as copper.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of coating a coating solution comprising: providing a web; providing a coating solution; coating the coating solution on at least one surface of the web; and drying the coating solution to form a coated layer, wherein a temperature of the web is maintained at 35° C. or more during coating. According to the coating method, a multi-layered planographic printing plate can be manufactured at low energy cost and running cost.
Abstract:
A thermosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising: a hydrophilic support; a lower layer comprising a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin; and an upper thermosensitive layer comprising a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and an infrared absorbing dye, whose dissolution in an alkaline aqueous solution increases upon exposure, wherein a surface of the upper thermosensitive layer has protrusions caused by ununiformity of thickness of the upper thermosensitive layer in a proportion of 0.1 or more and not more than 7 per μm2 or the upper thermosensitive layer comprises at least two alkali-soluble resins having a different dissolution speed in an alkaline aqueous solution from each other, and the at least two alkali-soluble resin cause phase separation from each other.
Abstract translation:一种热敏平版印刷版,包括:亲水载体; 包含水不溶性和碱溶性树脂的下层; 以及包含水不溶性和碱溶性树脂和红外吸收染料的上部热敏层,其在碱性水溶液中的溶解在曝光时增加,其中上部热敏层的表面具有由上部的热塑性树脂的厚度不均匀引起的突起 热敏层的比例为0.1以上且不超过7个/ m 2或上部热敏层包含至少两种在碱性水溶液中彼此溶解速度不同的碱溶性树脂 ,并且所述至少两种碱溶性树脂引起相分离。
Abstract:
Imageable elements that contain silicate-coated polymer particles in the imageable layer, stacks of these elements, and methods for forming images using these elements are disclosed. The elements do not stick to each other when stacked without interleaving paper, and only one imageable element is lifted at a time when the imageable elements are handled by automatic processing equipment. Blanket piling is not observed when silicate-coated particles are present in the imageable layer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a compound including a polymerizable unsaturated group and (B) a macromolecular compound including, at a side chain thereof, a structure represented by the following general formula (I). The present invention also provides a negative type planographic printing plate precursor responsive to an infrared laser, the precursor being superior in recording sensitivity and printing durability and using the polymerizable compound as a recording layer.General Formula (I) Z−M+ wherein Z− represents COCOO−, COO−, SO3− or SO2—N−—R where R represents a monovalent organic group and M30 represents an onium cation.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing method comprising: (i) a process of one of (i-1) imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image-recording layer capable of being removed with at least one of a fountain solution and a printing ink, and mounting the exposed printing plate precursor on a plate cylinder of a printing press; and (i-2) mounting the lithographic printing plate precursor on a plate cylinder of a printing press and imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor; (ii) a process of removing an unexposed area of the image-recording layer by directly supplying a fountain solution on the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor with a water application roller of the printing press; and (iii) a process of printing, wherein the printing press comprises a water supply apparatus including a water application roller and at least one roller in contact with the water application roller, at least one of said at least one roller being an oscillating roller.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a printing plate precursor, a fabrication process of the printing plate precursor, a fabrication process of a printing plate, a regeneration process of the printing plate, a printing press, and a coating formulation for the printing plate precursor. According to the present invention, a printing plate can be fabricated directly from digital data, and sufficient image quality can be obtained without a developing step, i.e., a developer. To permit repeated use of the precursor, the precursor has a surface, which contains a photocatalyst and is capable of showing hydrophilicity when exposed to activating light having energy higher than band gap energy of the photocatalyst. A coating formulation—which comprises fine particles of a thermoplastic resin having both a property that the particles unite to the surface when heated and a property that the particles decompose under action of the photocatalyst when exposed to activating light having energy higher than band gap energy of the photocatalyst—is applied as a hydrophobizing agent onto the surface. At least apart of the surface of the precursor is heated such that the fine particles applied on the part of the surface are fixed to form a hydrophobic image area. The fine particles applied on the remaining part of the surface with the image area formed thereon are then removed.