Abstract:
Disclosed is an image forming method possessing the steps of producing a planographic printing plate via a development treatment of exposing a hydrophilic surface of an aluminum support by removing a thermosensitive image formation layer provided on the hydrophilic surface, that is not imagewise heated on a printing press, after imagewise heating a planographic printing plate material having the thermosensitive image formation layer provided on the hydrophilic surface of the aluminum support, and of treating the planographic printing plate with an ink cleaning agent after printing, wherein the hydrophilic surface is colored by a colorant having a solubility of 5-100 g, based on 1 liter of n-decane, and the colorant on the hydrophilic surface exposed after removing the thermosensitive image formation layer is removed in the above step of treating the planographic printing plate with an ink cleaning agent.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and a removable image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent having the absorption maximum within an infrared region and a dye precursor having substantially no absorption within a visible region to change the dye precursor to a visible dye having an absorption within a visible region within the exposed area, and to make the image-forming layer irremovable within the exposed area; removing the image-forming layer within the unexposed area of the lithographic plate mounted on a cylinder of a printing press; and then printing an image with the lithographic plate mounted on the cylinder of the printing press. The other processes are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Radiation-sensitive element comprising (a) a substrate with at least one hydrophilic surface and (b) a radiation-sensitive coating on at least one hydrophilic surface of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises: (i) at least one free-radical polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer with at least one ethylenically unsaturated group each, (ii) at least one absorber selected from photoinitiators and sensitizers, which is capable of absorbing radiation of a wavelength in the range of 250 to 1,200 nm and (iii) at least one stabilizer comprising in its molecule at least one group capable of inhibiting free-radical polymerization, and at least one other group capable of sorption at the hydrophilic surface of the substrate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor, including: a support; and a photosensitive layer containing a polymerizable compound; an oxygen barrier layer; and a protective layer containing a filler (preferably an organic resin particle), the layers being formed in this order on the support. The present invention also provides a stack of planographic printing plate precursors, produced by stacking the planographic printing plate precursors with the photosensitive layer side outermost layer and the support side rear surface of the adjacent plate precursor in direct contact with each other.
Abstract:
A polymerizable negative planographic printing plate precursor including a hydrophilic support, and a polymerizable negative photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing polyvinylalcohol, organic resin fine particles (preferably, having an absolute specific gravity of 0.90 to 1.25 and an average particle diameter of 2.0 to 15 μm) and mica particles (preferably, at an organic resin fine particle/mica particle ratio in the range of 3:1 to 2:3) as a top layer formed on the hydrophilic support in this order.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate comprising: exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support having a hydrophilic surface; a photosensitive layer containing a phthalocyanine pigment covered with a polymer having a group represented by the formula (I) or (II) as defined herein in its side chain and a hydrophobic binder polymer having an acid value of 0.3 meq/g or less; and a protective layer provided in this order; and removing the protective layer and an unexposed area of the photosensitive layer in a presence of a developer having pH of from 2 to 10 in an automatic processor equipped with a rubbing member.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a lithographic printing plate material for CTP, which comprises a substrate, a photosensitive layer formed on the substrate, and a dye-containing layer formed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer is formed by a photosensitive composition comprising a halomethyl group-containing compound and an organoboron anion-containing compound, and wherein the dye-containing layer is formed by a composition for dye-containing layer, which comprises a near-infrared-absorbing dye. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a lithographic printing plate material for CTP comprising a substrate, a photosensitive layer and a dye-containing layer formed on the photosensitive layer, a producing method therefor, as well as a method for producing a printing plate from the printing plate material and a printing prate produced thereby.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses printing plates comprising a substrate and a radiation-absorptive layer, wherein the radiation-absorptive layer comprises at least one modified pigment product. The modified pigment product comprises a pigment having attached at least one organic group and at least one amphiphilic counterion. Methods of imaging printing plates are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A negative-working, imageable element comprises a substrate and an IR-sensitive imageable layer comprising a dispersion of nanofibers of a preformed IR-sensitive polymer. The nanofibers can be composed of polyaniline, polypyrrole, or polythiophene. The IR-sensitive imageable layer containing the nanofibers can be imaged using infrared radiation and used for printing without further processing. Thus, both imaging and printing can be carried out on-press.
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.