摘要:
An apparatus and method for improving the durability of an image on an imaging material, including increasing the press run length or a printing plate. The apparatus and method can involve the use of, as an example but not restricted to, an imaging device, a pre-bake oven, a processor, and a post-process treatment unit that employs infrared lamps adapted to irradiate the image.
摘要:
A process for the post-treatment of an imaged lithographic printing plate comprises (a) Contacting a lithographic printing plate having image areas and non-image areas on a lithographic substrate with a solution comprising at least one phosphono-substituted siloxane of the following general formula (I) that is defined herein and (b) drying.
摘要:
Thermally imagable elements are described comprising on a substrate with hydrophilic surface (a) a first layer comprising a first polymer soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline developer and insoluble in organic solvents with low polarity and (b) a second layer comprising a second polymer soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline developer, wherein the first polymer is different from the second polymer and the second polymer comprises vinyl acetal repeating units and pendant acidic groups selected from COOH, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —PO4H2, aromatic OH and groups having acidic amide or imide groups.
摘要翻译:描述了可热成像的元件,其包括在具有亲水表面的基底上(a)第一层,该第一层包含在碱性显影剂的水溶液中可溶或可溶胀的第一聚合物,并且不溶于低极性的有机溶剂中,和(b)第二层, 其中第一聚合物不同于第二聚合物,第二聚合物包含乙烯基缩醛重复单元和选自COOH,-SO 3 H,-PO 3 H 2,-PO 4 H 2,芳族OH的侧基酸基和具有酸性酰胺的基团或 酰亚胺组。
摘要:
Lithographic printing plate precursor comprising (a) a lithographic substrate with a hydrophilic surface and (b) a radiation-sensitive coating on the hydrophilic surface comprising (i) one or more types of monomers and/or oligomers and/or polymers, each comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated group accessible to a free radical polymerization, (ii) at least one sensitizer, and at least one coinitiator capable of forming free radicals together with the sensitizer (ii); characterized in that the at least one sensitizer is an oligomeric or polymeric compound comprising the following structural unit (Formula (I)), wherein π1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic unit or a combination of the two so that a conjugated n-system is present between the two groups Z in structure (I), each Z independently represents a heteroatom, each R1 and R2 is independently selected from a halogen atom, an alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or aralkyl group, a group —NR3R4 and a group —OR5, each R3, R4 and R5 is independently selected from an alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl and aralkyl group, a and b independently represent 0 or an integer from 1 to 4, n has a value of >1 and AS is an aliphatic spacer.
摘要翻译:该平版印刷版原版包括(a)具有亲水表面的平版印刷基材和(b)亲水表面上的辐射敏感涂层,其包含(i)一种或多种类型的单体和/或低聚物和/或聚合物, 至少一种可自由基聚合的烯键式不饱和基团,(ii)至少一种敏化剂和至少一种能够与敏化剂(ii)一起形成自由基的共引发剂; 其特征在于所述至少一种敏化剂是包含以下结构单元(式(I))的低聚或聚合化合物,其中p1是芳族或杂芳族单元或两者的组合,使得共轭的n体系存在于 结构(I)中的两个基团Z,每个Z独立地表示杂原子,每个R 1和R 2独立地选自卤素原子,烷基,芳基,烷基芳基或芳烷基,基团-NR 3 R 4和基团-OR 5,各自 R 3,R 4和R 5独立地选自烷基,芳基,烷基芳基和芳烷基,a和b独立地表示0或1-4的整数,n的值> 1,AS是脂肪族间隔基。
摘要:
Radiation-sensitive composition comprising (a) at least one photopolymerizable compound with at least one ethylenically unsaturated group accessible to a free-radical polymerization, wherein the at least one photopolymerizable compound has a molecular weight of 3,000 or less and can be obtained by reacting a diisocyanate with (I) an ethylenically unsaturated compound with a hydroxy group, and at the same time (ii) a saturated organic compound with an NH group and an OH group, wherein the reactants are used in amounts according to the following condition: Number of moles of isocyanate groups ≦number of moles of OH plus NH groups; (b) at least one sensitizer which absorbs radiation from the wavelength range of 250 to 450 nm of the electromagnetic spectrum and is selected from: dihydropyridines of formula (I) and oxazole derivatives of formula (II): (II) (c) at least one coinitiator capable of forming free radicals together with the sensitizer (b) and selected from 2,2′,4,4′,5′5-hexaarylbiimidazoles, compounds with at least one photolytically cleavable trihalogenmethyl group, diaryliodonium salts, triarylsulfonium salts and N-heterocyclic compounds with at least one nitrogen atom in the ring, having an oxy substituent at least one ring nitrogen atom, and mixtures of the above compounds; and (d) optionally one or more components selected from alkali-soluble binders, colorants, exposure indicators, plasticizers, chain transfer agents, leuco dyes, surfactants, inorganic fillers and thermopolymerization inhibitors; with the proviso that the radiation-sensitive composition does not comprise a metallocene.
摘要:
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.
摘要:
Radiation-sensitive element comprising a substrate and a radiation-sensitive coating comprising (a) at least one component selected from photoinitiators and sensitizer/coinitiator systems which absorbs radiation of a wavelength in the range of 250 to 1,200 nm; (b) at least one free-radical polymerizable oligomer A having an average molecular weight in the range of 3,500 to 9,000 determined by GPC, obtainable by reacting a triisocyanate with (i) at least one acrylic or methacrylic monomer with two free OH groups and at least one (meth)acrylic group and (ii) at least one compound comprising one OH group, at least one (meth)acrylic group and at least one poly(alkyleneoxide) chain in the molecule, wherein the (meth)acrylic monomer (i) is present in an amount of 2 to 20 mole-%, based on the total amount of (meth)acrylic compounds with OH functionality.
摘要:
A positive-working imageable element comprises inner and outer layers and an infrared radiation absorbing compound such as an IR absorbing dye. The ink receptive outer layer includes a phenolic polymeric binder that is soluble in a developer having a pH of from about 7 to about 11. The use of this type of polymeric binder reduces residue in the developer as elements are processed.
摘要:
Process for the posttreatment of an imaged lithographic printing plate comprising (a) providing a lithographic printing plate comprising image areas and non-image areas on a lithographic substrate; (b) bringing the lithographic printing plate of step (a) into contact with a solution comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising structural units derived from the following compounds: (i) a compound comprising both polyalkylene oxide chains and at least one structural unit which is free-radical polymerizable, and (ii) a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the free-radical polymerizable structural unit of (i) and furthermore comprising at least one acidic functional group with pKs
摘要:
Lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a) an untreated or pretreated substrate and b) a radiation-sensitive coating comprising: (i) at least one polymeric binder soluble or swellable in aqueous alkaline developers; (ii) at least one free-radical polymerizable monomer and/or oligomer comprising at least one non-aromatic C—C double bond and at least one SH group in the molecule; and (iii) a radiation-sensitive initiator or initiator system for free-radical polymerization, wherein component (ii) has the formula (I) wherein each R1a, R1b and R1c is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, aryl, halogen, CN and COOR1d, wherein R1d is H, C1-C18 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl or aryl; and Z is an aliphatic, heterocyclic or heteroaromatic spacer or a combination of two or more thereof, wherein Z can optionally comprise one or more additional SH groups and/or one or more additional non-aromatic C—C double bonds; and each Z1 is independently selected from a single bond, formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (Ig), (Ih), (Ij), (Ik), (Im), (In), (Io), (Ip), (Iq), (Ir), (Is), (It), (Iu), (Iv), wherein R2a, R2b and R2c are independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl and aryl, Z2 is selected from a single bond, O, S and NR2c, Z3 is a single bond which is connected to Z, b is an integer from 1 to 10 and c is an integer from 1 to 3.