Abstract:
Initiator system comprising: (a) at least one substance capable of absorbing IR radiation, (b) at least one compound capable of forming free radicals, and (c) at least one 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative of the formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from a hydrogen atom, —C(O)OR7, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group and an optionally substituted aralkyl group, R2 and R3 are independently selected from optionally substituted alkyl groups, optionally substituted aryl groups, CN and a hydrogen atom, R4 and R5 are independently selected from —C(O)OR7, —C(O)R7, —C(O)NR8R9 and CN, or R2 and R4 together form an optionally substituted phenyl ring or a 5- to 7-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, wherein the unit is present in the carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring adjacent to position 5 of the dihydropyridine ring and wherein the carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring optionally comprises additional substituents, or both R2 and R4 as well as R3 and R5 form either optionally substituted phenyl rings or 5- to 7-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings, wherein the unit is present in the carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings adjacent to positions 3 and 5 of the dihydropyridine ring and wherein the carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings optionally comprise additional substituents, or one of the pairs R2/R4 and R3/R5 forms a 5- to 7-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, wherein the unit is present in the carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring adjacent to position 5 or 3 of the dihydropyridine ring and wherein the carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring optionally comprises additional substituents and the other pair forms an optionally substituted phenyl ring, or R2 and R4 or R3 and R1 form a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring which can optionally comprise one or more substituents and which, in addition to the nitrogen atom it shares with the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring, optionally comprises additional nitrogen atoms, —NR13 groups, —S— or —O—, R6 is selected from an alkyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom or a —C(O) group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group and the group Y is an alkylene group or an arylene group, R7 is a hydrogen atom, aryl group, aralkyl group or alkyl group, wherein the alkyl group and the alkyl unit of the aralkyl group optionally comprise one or more C—C double and/or C—C triple bonds, and R8 and R9 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group and an optionally substituted aralkyl group.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a hydrophilic support; a photosensitive layer containing a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, a chain transfer agent, a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a polymer binder having a crosslinkable group; and a protective layer containing an inorganic stratiform compound, in this order.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I), (B) an infrared absorbent, and (C) a compound having at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a negative planographic printing plate precursor having a recording layer containing the polymerizable composition. In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and X− represents an anion.
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:
A presensitized lithographic printing plate comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer. The image-forming layer contains microcapsules and a hydrophilic compound. The microcapsules are dispersed in the image forming layer. The hydrophilic compound is arranged outside of the microcapsules. The microcapsules comprise a core and a shell. The core comprises a polymerizable compound. The shell comprises a polymer. The polymer of the shell has adherence to a surface of the hydrophilic support.
Abstract:
An on-press developable heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support having a water-wettable surface; and an image forming layer, wherein the image forming layer comprises microcapsules containing a lipophilic compound and one of a leuco dye which forms a color by an action of an acid and a dye which reduces the maximum absorption intensity in a visible region by an action of an acid, an acid generator capable of generating an acid on heat application, and a light-heat converting substance.
Abstract:
A photosensitive composition containing: (A) a sensitizing dye; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; (c) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and (D) a polymer binder, wherein the photopolymerization initiator exhibits a reaction rate constant with a semiquinone radical anion in the range of 2.0×102 to 1.0×108 (mol−1·l·s−1).
Abstract:
The invention is a directly imageable waterless planographic printing plate precursor comprising: at least a heat insulating layer, a heat sensitive layer, and an ink repellent layer that are provided in that order on a substrate, wherein a transmittance of the heat insulating layer for a light having a wavelength within a range of 400 to 650 nm is at most 15% over the entire range of the wavelength. The invention provides a directly imageable waterless planographic printing plate precursor that allows measurement of the dot area ratio on the printing plate with a densitometer or the like.
Abstract:
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed comprising on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a coating comprising an infrared absorbing agent, a first layer comprising an aqueous dispersion comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and a first hydrophobic binder, and a second layer located between said first layer and said support which comprises a second hydrophobic binder, characterized in that said first hydrophobic binder is a phenolic resin and said second hydrophobic binder is a polymer comprising at least one sulphonamide group.
Abstract:
A method of light exposure recording on a planographic printing plate, wherein the planographic printing plate includes a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the image recording layer includes a radical polymerization initiator, the method comprising: irradiating the image recording layer with a predetermined amount of a first light, whereby the radical initiator generates a radical, the radical is quenched by free oxygen in the image recording layer, so that free oxygen in the image recording layer is exhausted and disappears from the image recording layer and that the image recording layer is supersensitized; and then rradiating the image recording layer with a second light as a recording light modulated on the basis of image information, so as to form a latent image corresponding to the image information on the image recording layer. Also provided is an apparatus for practicing the invention.