Abstract:
Disclosed is a thermally sensitive imagable article and compositions therefor. The imagable article comprises a coating on a substrate, the coating comprising an amino acid or amide, and a compound capable of generating an acid upon heating. The coating optionally comprises a radiation absorbing compound. When imagewise exposed the coating has the property that exposed regions become relatively insoluble in a developer liquid whereas regions that have not been exposed remain relatively soluble in the developer and dissolve in the developer, leaving the exposed substrate in those regions.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by attaching a leader to the leading edge. The leader is sufficiently flexible to be drawn into the printer engine and is adapted to pull the plate substrate through the printer engine.
Abstract:
A negative-working image forming process which comprises the steps of: (1) flood exposing with actinic radiation a photosensitive assembly that comprises: (a) a hydrophilic support which can be used as a lithographic base and having thereon; (b) a first layer comprising: (i) at least one polymer that is soluble or dispersible in an aqueous alkaline solution; (c) a second layer on top of the first layer, the second layer comprising at least one o-quinonediazide compound; whereby the flood exposure causes the at least one o-quinonediazide compound to be converted to the corresponding indenecarboxylic acid compound; and (d) at least one photothermal conversion material in either the first layer or the second layer or both; (2) imagewise exposing the flood exposed photosensitive assembly with infrared radiation to thereby convert the indenecarboxylic acid compound in the second layer in the imagewise exposed areas to the corresponding indene compound; and (3) developing the imagewise exposed photosensitive assembly with an alkaline developing solution to dissolve out the imagewise unexposed areas of the second layer and the areas of the first layer underlying the imagewise unexposed areas of the second layer and thereby produce a negative working image.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an IR-sensitive composition, which includes: a polymeric binder; and a free radical polymerizable system consisting of: at least one component selected from unsaturated free radical polymerizable monomers, oligomers which are free radical polymerizable and polymers containing CnullC bonds in the backbone and/or in the side chain groups; and an initiator system, which includes: (a) at least one compound capable of absorbing IR radiation; (b) at least one compound capable of producing radicals; and (c) at least one carboxylic co-initiator, provided that the total acid number of the polymeric binder is 70 mg KOH/g or less. The present invention further provides a printing plate precursor, a process for preparing the printing plate and a method of producing an image.
Abstract:
The present invention includes an imageable element, which can be: (a) an imageable element comprising an imaging layer which comprises: an aromatic diazonium salt containing compound having an alkoxy substituent and an aromatic diazonium salt containing compound free of an alkoxy substituent; a polyvinyl acetal binder; and a sheet substrate; or (b) an imageable element comprising an imaging layer which comprises: an aromatic diazonium salt containing compound having an alkoxy substituent and an aromatic diazonium salt containing compound free of an alkoxy substituent; and a sheet substrate. The imaging layer includes a total aromatic diazonium salt containing compound content of at least 10 weight percent. The molar ratio of the aromatic diazonium salt containing compound having an alkoxy substituent to the aromatic diazonium salt containing compound that is free of an alkoxy substituent is from about 1.0:1 to 70:1. Upon imagewise exposure and development, an imaged element is obtained, which is mounted on a dry printing press containing lithographic ink and used to produce printed stock.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing having a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base with a surface having pores and a image-forming layer having polymer particles coated on the aluminum base. The ratio of the average pore diameter to the average particle diameter is from 0.4:1 to 10:1. The present invention further includes a method of producing the imaged element. The method includes the steps of imagewise exposing the radiation-imageable element to radiation to produce exposed and unexposed regions and contacting the imagewise exposed radiation-imageable element and a developer to remove the exposed or the unexposed regions.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a two-layer imageable element, including: a substrate, a top layer including a first thermally imageable composition including (a) a first thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer or (b) a thermally imageable composition free of the first thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer; and disposed between the substrate and the top layer, a bottom layer including a second thermally imageable composition, which includes a second thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer. The present invention also includes a method of producing the imaged element.
Abstract:
A method for producing printing plate precursors by dual-feed technology is described. The obtained printing plate precursors contain polymer particles in the photosensitive layer and show high print run stability.
Abstract:
The present invention also includes an imageable element, comprising a substrate and a thermally imageable composition comprising a thermally sensitive polymer which exhibits an increased solubility in an aqueous developer solution upon heating. The thermally sensitive polymer includes at least one covalently bonded unit and at least one thermally reversible non-covalently bonded unit, which includes a two or more centered H-bond within each of the non-covalently bonded unit. The present invention also includes a method of producing the imaged element. The present invention still further includes a thermally imageable composition comprising comprising a thermally sensitive polymer according to the present invention and a process for preparing the thermally sensitive polymer, which is a supramolecular polymer. The process includes contacting a hydrocarbyl-substituted isocytosine and a diisocyanate to produce a mono-adduct and contacting the mono-adduct and a polyfunctional material to produce the supramolecular polymer.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by attaching a leader to the leading edge. The leader is sufficiently flexible to be drawn into the printer engine and is adapted to pull the plate substrate through the printer engine.