Abstract:
A method for making a negative-working heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is provided which comprises the steps of (i) providing a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and (ii) applying on said support a coating which comprises a product DQ, wherein DQ is obtained by - the step of coating a solution or dispersion comprising a nucleophilic compound Q and a dye D selected from the list consisting of di- or tri-arylmethane dyes, cyanine dyes, styryl dyes and merostyryl dyes; or by - the step of coating a solution or dispersion comprising said compound Q and coating another solution or dispersion comprising said dye D; wherein D and Q interact to form interaction product DQ, having a white light optical density which is lower than the white light optical density of dye D, and wherein said interaction product DQ is capable of at least partially releasing a dye directly after exposure to infrared light or heat, thereby forming a visible image in said coating.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an image- recording layer, said image -recording layer being photopolymerizable upon exposure to light having a wavelength of from 300 to 500 nm and containing a mixture of sensitizers.
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:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an image- recording layer, said image -recording layer being photopolymerizable upon exposure to light having a wavelength of from 300 to 500 nm and containing a mixture of sensitizers.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an image- recording layer, said image -recording layer being photopolymerizable upon exposure to light having a wavelenght of from 300 to 500 nm and containing a mixture of sensitizers.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an infrared absorbing dye as defined in claim 1. The present invention relates also to a heat- sensitive imaging element comprising said IR dye and more particularly to a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor comprising said IR dye. The present invention relates also to a method for making a lithographic printing plate whereby a print-out image of high contrast is formed upon exposure to IR- radiation or heating.
Abstract:
A method for making a negative-working heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is provided which comprises the steps of (i) providing a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and (ii) applying on said support a coating which comprises a product DQ, wherein DQ is obtained by - the step of coating a solution or dispersion comprising a nucleophilic compound Q and a dye D selected from the list consisting of di- or tri-arylmethane dyes, cyanine dyes, styryl dyes and merostyryl dyes; or by - the step of coating a solution or dispersion comprising said compound Q and coating another solution or dispersion comprising said dye D; wherein D and Q interact to form interaction product DQ, having a white light optical density which is lower than the white light optical density of dye D, and wherein said interaction product DQ is capable of at least partially releasing a dye directly after exposure to infrared light or heat, thereby forming a visible image in said coating.