Abstract:
A curable composition comprising: (A) an infrared absorber which is a cyanine dye having a structure in which hetero rings are bonded to each other via a methine chain and which has at least one substituent having a structure selected from the group consisting of an amide bond, a urethane bond, a urea bond and a sulfonamide bond on at least one of aromatic rings at both ends, nitrogen atoms present on the hetero rings at both ends and the methine chain; (B) at least one of a radical generator and an acid generator; and (C) at least one of a radical polymerizable compound and an acid crosslinking agent.
Abstract:
A plate-making system, in which a light-sensitive lithographic printing plate carrying an interleaf paper superimposed thereon and/or an original plate for making a dummy plate carrying an interleaf paper superimposed thereon are processed in a plate-setter provided with an automatic interleaf paper-removing mechanism and an automatic developing machine, is characterized in that it comprises a means for detecting the presence of any interleaf paper on the lithographic printing plate and/or the original plate or a means for discriminating the interleaf paper, the light-sensitive lithographic printing plate and the original plate. A plate-making method of the invention is characterized by irradiating the interleaf paper, the lithographic printing plate and the original plate for making a dummy plate with sensor light rays after they are passed through the automatic interleaf paper-removing mechanism and determining the intensity of the light to thus detect any interleaf paper possibly present on the plates or discriminate the interleaf paper, the light-sensitive lithographic printing plate and the original plate for making a dummy plate from one another. The plate-making method permits the reliable detection of the presence of interleaf papers on light-sensitive lithographic printing plates and/or original plates for dummy plates and the plate-making operations can thus stably be carried out using a plate-setter and an automatic developing machine.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an aluminum substrate, an image-recording layer and a hydrophilic film, the aluminum substrate being subjected to an electrochemical surface-roughening treatment in an aqueous solution comprising hydrochloric acid and provided with the hydrophilic film having a heat conductivity of 0.05 to 0.5 W/mK and/or at least one of a density of 1,000 to 3,200 kg/m3 and a porosity of 20 to 70%; and a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an aluminum substrate, an image-recording layer and a hydrophilic film, the aluminum substrate having a surface-roughened shape comprising a small pit wherein an average opening size of the small pit is 0.01 to 3 μm and a ratio of an average depth of the small pit to the average opening size is 0.1 to 0.5, and being provided with the hydrophilic film having a heat conductivity of 0.05 to 0.5 W/mK and/or at least one of a density of 1,000 to 3,200 kg/m3 and a porosity of 20 to 70%.
Abstract translation:包括铝基板,图像记录层和亲水膜的平版印刷版原版,所述铝基板在包含盐酸的水溶液中进行电化学表面粗糙化处理,并提供具有导热性的亲水膜 0.05〜0.5W / mK和/或密度为1000〜3200kg / m 3的孔隙率和20〜70%的孔隙率中的至少一种。 以及包含铝基板,图像记录层和亲水膜的平版印刷版原版,所述铝基板具有包括小坑的表面粗糙化形状,其中小坑的平均开口尺寸为0.01〜3μm, 小坑的平均深度与平均开口尺寸的比例为0.1〜0.5,并且具有导热率为0.05〜0.5W / m·K的亲水性膜和/或密度为1000〜3,200 kg / m 3,孔隙率为20〜70%。
Abstract:
A stack of lithographic printing plate precursors, which comprises: at least one lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an aluminum support having a roughened surface; and an image recording layer comprising (A) an infrared absorber, (B) a polymerization initiator and (C) a polymerizable compound, wherein the image recording layer is capable of being removed with at least one of a printing ink and a fountain solution; and an interleaving sheet interposed between a first one and a second one of said at least one lithographic printing plate precursor, wherein said at least one lithographic printing plate precursor has a dynamic friction coefficient between an outermost surface of said at least one lithographic printing plate precursor and the interleaving sheet of 0.25 to 0.70.
Abstract:
A polymerizable composition comprising: (A) a non-acrylic binder polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond on a side chain; (B) a neutrally charged compound capable of generating a radical under light or heat; and (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a polymerizable composition comprising: (A′) a polyurethane resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond on a side chain, which is a reaction product of an isocyanate compound and a diol compound including a diol compound represented by the formula (G) defiend herein; (B) a neutrally charged compound capable of generating a radical under light or heat; (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; (D′) a 1,4-benzoquinone derivative; and (E′) a dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in a region of from 350 to 450 nm.
Abstract:
An on-press development or non-processing (non-development) type lithographic printing plate precursor capable of giving a printout image having a large lightness difference, and a lithographic printing method using this lithographic printing plate precursor are provided, a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a photosensitive-thermosensitive layer capable of recording an image by infrared laser exposure, the lithographic printing plate precursor being capable of performing a printing by loading on a printing press without passing through a development processing step after recording an image, or by recording an image after loading on a printing press, wherein said photosensitive-thermosensitive layer comprises (1) an infrared absorbent and (2) a discoloring agent or discoloration system capable of generating a color change upon exposure; and the lithographic printing method performing a printing using the above-described lithographic printing plate precursor.
Abstract:
A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a hydrophilic support and an oleophilic coating thereon which comprises an infrared light-to-heat converter, an alkali-soluble binder and a polymeric developer accelerator. The polymeric developer accelerator is preferably a phenolic formaldehyde resin comprising at least 70 mol % of meta-cresol as recurring unit or at least 40 mol % of monohydroxy benzene cresol as recurring unit. The PDA may also be a phenolic resin which comprises at least 5 mol % of a recurring monomeric unit having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group and at least one alkali solubilising group. The polymeric developer accelerator improves the sensitivity while maintaining a good under-exposure latitude and a good developer resistance of the printing plate.
Abstract:
QHB-Modified free radical polymerizable compounds and free radical polymerizable compositions that comprise these compounds are disclosed. A QBH-modified free radical polymerizable compound has at least one moiety that comprises at least one free radical polymerizable group; a supporting backbone, and at least one and preferably at least two moieties capable of forming four or more, typically four, hydrogen bonds with similar or complementary units on other molecules or portions of molecules. Free radical polymerizable compositions that contain these compounds may be used in any of the well-known applications for free radical polymerizable compositions. They are especially useful for the formation of imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors.
Abstract:
A heat-sensitive composition can be used to make a heat-sensitive imaging material. The composition includes a water-soluble or water-dispersible binder and dispersed therein, a photothermal conversion material, and hybrid particles of a combustible nitro-resin and an addition polymer derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers. The hybrid particles preferably have a core-shell structure with the combustible nitro-resin comprising the core and the addition polymer providing the shell. These imaging materials are particularly useful as “direct-write” thermally imageable elements useful to provide lithographic printing plates without ablation or the need for alkaline development.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer containing a heat radical-generating agent, a polymethine dye, and at least one component selected from fine particles containing a compound having a radical polymerizable group and microcapsules encapsulating a compound having a radical polymerizable group.