摘要:
The present invention provides a concentrated dampening solution for use in a lithographic printing process having a pH between 3 and 6 and comprising a water-soluble organic solvent, a phosphate salt and a transparent pigment, characterized in that said transparent pigment is a modified silica in which the silica particles have a number average size of 0.003 to 0.100 &mgr;m and in which the silica particles are coated with chemically combined atoms of an amphoteric metal which forms an insoluble silicate at a pH between 5 and 12, said metal atoms being chemically bound through oxygen atoms to silicon atoms in the surface of said particles, and the amount of said metal being such that: Gram atoms M/Gram atoms Si=A/1250 to A/250000 where M is the metal and A is the surface area of the particles of the silica sol expressed in m2/g.
摘要:
The present invention provides a concentrated dampening solution for use in a lithographic printing process having a pH between 3 and 6 and comprising a water-soluble organic solvent, a phosphate salt and a transparent pigment in an amount between 1 g/l and 30 g/l, characterized in that said concentrated dampening solution further contains a total concentration of citrate anions between 0.5 mmole and 25 mmole/l.
摘要:
According to the present invention there is provided a method for lithographic printing comprising the following steps:preparing a lithographic printing plate by image-wise laser exposing a heat-sensitive non-ablatable wasteless imaging element comprising a compound capable of transferring light into heat and having on a support as top layer a heat sensitive image forming layer comprising a heat-switchable binder which layer becomes more hydrophilic or more hydrophobic under the action of image-wise laser exposure;mounting said printing element on the press prior to or after the exposure; andapplying a fountain solution and ink, characterized in that said fountain solution comprises at least one water insoluble compound selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, titanium oxide, tin oxyde, china clay, smectic clay and zirconium oxide.
摘要:
In order to improve the printability of a periodic halftone screen, the amount of growth of the halftone dots in a halftone screen is modulated as a function of tone in a tone selective way that is different for at least two halftone dots.
摘要:
There is provided an imaging element having a flexible support and comprising on said support a photosensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion and an image-receiving layer comprising physical development nuclei, said layers being in water permeable contact with each other, characterized in that said flexible support is a polyester film having a thickness between 0.15 and 0.35 mm and consisting of polyethylene 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate. There is also provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of image-wise exposing an imaging element as defined above and subsequently developing a thus obtained imaging element by an alkaline processing liquid in the presence of developing agent(s) and silver halide solvent(s).
摘要:
A method for making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of providing a printing plate precursor including a support and photosensitive coating wherein the photosensitive coating includes a photopolymerizable composition; image wise exposing the printing plate precursor on an external drum apparatus emitting one or more scanning laser beams having a wavelength between 390 nm and 420 nm and an energy density, measured on the surface of the precursor, of 100 μJ/cm2 or less; optionally preheating the printing plate precursor; and processing the exposed printing plate precursor with a developer.
摘要翻译:制备平版印刷版的方法包括提供包括载体和感光涂层的印版前体的步骤,其中感光涂层包括光聚合组合物; 在外部鼓装置上发射一个或多个波长在390nm和420nm之间的扫描激光束和在前体表面上测量的能量密度为100μJ/ cm 2或更小的外部鼓板装置, 任选地预热印版前体; 并用显影剂处理曝光的印版前体。
摘要:
A method for generating a screened reproduction of a contone image comprises the steps of screening the contone image to obtain screened data representative for tones of the contone image and suitable for driving exposure of microdots on a radiation sensitive imaging element; exposing the microdots according to the screened data by at least one set or plurality (p) of radiation beams (b), characterized in that at a point in time (t) at least two radiation beams of the set of radiation beams impinge on a particular microdot (m) of a scanline (l). In particular is described a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the abovementioned steps.
摘要:
A printing master 12 is described which includes a printing element and a base 33, characterized in that base 33 is provided with one or more strain gauges 31 and electric connections for measuring electric resistance. In a preferred embodiment, the printing element is a plate having a printing surface 35, of which the back side 37 is laminated to base 33. The printing master 12 may have an optional adhesive layer 36 and/or protective layer 32. The registration of the printing master can be adjusted conveniently and accurately by measuring the resistance of the strain gauges.
摘要:
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of:(1) image-wise exposing an imaging element having on a support in the order given (i) a uniform ink-repellant layer comprising a hydrophilic binder cross-linked by means of a hydrolysed tetra-alkylorthosilicate and (ii) a photosensitive layer comprising a diazonium salt or a diazo resin;(2) and developing a thus obtained image-wise exposed imaging element by mounting it on a print cylinder of a printing press and supplying an aqueous dampening liquid and/or ink to said photosensitive layer.The present invention also provides a method for making multiple copies of an original comprising the steps of:(1) image-wise exposing an imaging element having on a support in the order given (i) a uniform ink-repellant layer comprising a hydrophilic binder cross-linked by means of a hydrolysed tetra-alkylorthosilicate and (ii) a photosensitive layer comprising a diazonium salt or a diazo resin;(2) mounting a thus obtained image-wise exposed imaging element without development, on a print cylinder of a printing press;(3) rotating said print cylinder while supplying an aqueous dampening liquid and/or supplying ink to said photosensitive layer of said imaging element and(4) transfering ink from said imaging element to a receiving element.
摘要:
There is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate according to the DTR-process from a printing plate precursor comprising on a hydrophilic surface of a support in the order given a layer of physical development nuclei and a silver halide emulsion layer from an original containing continuous tones comprising the steps of:frequency modulation screening said original to obtain screened data,image-wise exposing said printing plate precursor according to said screened data,developing a thus obtained image-wise exposed lithographic printing plate precursor by means of an alkaline processing solution in the presence of a developing agent and a silver halide solvent yielding a lithographic printing plate, characterized in that the frequency modulated halftone dot with the greatest main dimension on said lithographic printing plate has a main dimension of more than 21 .mu.m.