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 IR-dye characterized in that the IR-dye contains a structural element according to Formula I
wherein A represents hydrogen, halogen or a monovalent organic group; Y and Y' independently represent -CH- or -N-; R 1 and R 2 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group or represent the necessary atoms to form a ring; * represents the linking positions to the rest of the molecule.
Abstract translation:一种平版印刷版前体,其包含设置在具有亲水表面的载体上的涂层,所述涂层含有热塑性聚合物颗粒和IR-染料,其特征在于所述IR染料含有根据式I的结构元件,其中A表示氢,卤素或 一价有机基团; Y和Y'独立地表示-CH-或-N-; R 1和R 2独立地表示氢,任选取代的烷基或芳基或表示形成环的必需原子; *表示与分子其余部分的连接位置。
Abstract:
Method for cleaning a lithographic printing plate comprising the step of applying a liquid to the plate including an aqueous phase, a solvent phase and at least one alkyl (poly)glucoside, said solvent phase including a mixture comprising aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons, characterized in that the amount of solvent phase in the liquid is ≤ 40%wt.
Abstract:
A method for making a positive-working lithographic printing plate is disclosed comprising the steps of: (1) providing a heat-sensitive printing plate precursor comprising on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat-sensitive coating; (2) image-wise exposing said precursor with heat and/or light; (3) developing the exposed precursor with an aqueous alkaline developing solution comprising lithium ions at a concentration of at least 0.05 %wt and a salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid;
characterized in that the molar ratio of the aliphatic carboxylic acid to the lithium ions is ≥ 1.
Abstract:
A radiation curable inkjet printing method for producing printed plastic bags comprising the steps of: a) providing a web-like polymeric substrate having a maximum value for Tan δ between 40°C and 110°C; b) providing a single pass inkjet printer having at least one page-wide printhead or at least one set of staggered printheads, means for transporting the web-like recording medium and curing means; c) jetting onto the web-like polymeric substrate having a surface energy S sub , a non-aqueous radiation curable inkjet liquid having a surface tension S Liq , wherein S Liq is smaller than S Sub by at least 4 mN/m; and d) curing the radiation curable liquid on the substrate at a surface temperature equal or higher than the temperature of the maximum value for Tan δ and smaller than the melting point of the polymeric recording medium
wherein the maximum value for Tan δ is determined by dynamic mechanical analysis at a temperature ramp of 3°C/min using forced oscillation with a cycle of 1 second and an amplitude of 100 µm. A single pass inkjet printer is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials comprising no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of said liquid consists essentially of: a) 25 - 100 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 different from the group G1; b) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates, with the proviso that if the weight percentage of compounds B > 24 wt%, then the weight percentage of compounds C > 1 wt%;
and wherein all weight percentages of A, B and C are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition; with the proviso that at least one polymerizable compound B or C is present in the polymerizable composition if the free radical curable liquid contains no initiator; wherein the polymerizable compound A has a copolymerization ratio of
with r 1 and r 2 representing the copolymerization parameters of methyl-G1 respectively methyl-G2 determined according to the method of Kelen-Tudos.
Abstract:
An inkjet printing method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first radiation curable composition curable by free radical polymerization or cationic polymerization; b) applying a layer of the first radiation curable composition on a substrate; c) curing the layer; and d) jetting on the cured layer a second composition curable by a different polymerization than the first composition but selected from the group consisting of free radical polymerization and cationic polymerization
characterized in that the first composition comprises a cationically polymerizable compound having at least one (meth)acrylate group in an amount of at least 25 wt% based upon the total weight of the first curable composition.
Abstract:
A liquid radiation curable composition for inkjet printing comprising a photoinitiating system consisting of one or more diffusion hindered photoinitiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric or polymeric initiators and polymerizable initiators and one or more polymerizable co-initiators wherein at least one of the polymerizable co-initiators is a polymerizable aromatic tertiary amine. Inkjet inks, an inkjet printing process and packaging materials are also disclosed.