Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a coating provided on a support having a hydrophilic surface, the coating containing thermoplastic polymer particles and an infrared radiation absorbing dye characterized in that the dye contains a substituent selected from bromo and iodo.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an image recording layer, said image -recording layer being photopolymerizable upon exposure to actinic light and containing a mixture of sensitizers characterized in that said mixture of sensitizers has in 1-methoxy-2-propanol at 80°C a solubility of at least 30 wt. %. and preferably a MetaStable Zone Width (MSZW) of at least 8.5°C, said MSZW measured at a cooling and heating rate of 0.2°C /minute.
Abstract:
The present invention provides new intermediate compounds enabling the preparation of N-meso substituted cyanine, merocyanine or oxonole dyes wherein the N-meso substituent comprises electron withdrawing groups and wherein such N-meso substituents are introduced at the intermediate level. These intermediates enable the formation of dyes having in the meso-position N-substituents comprising electron withdrawing groups without the need for further derivatization of the meso-substituent at the dye level.