Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an aluminum support subjected to a roughening treatment and an image-recording layer containing an infrared absorbing agent, a radical polymerization initiator, a radical polymerizable monomer, a compound having two or more mercapto group-containing groups per molecule and a polymer particle containing a polyalkylene oxide segment.
Abstract:
A process for producing a lithographic printing plate is provided in which a negative-type lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic base and, formed thereon, an image-recording layer comprising (i) a sensitizing dye, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, (iii) an addition-polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (iv) a binder polymer is imagewise exposed and then treated with an aqueous solution containing carbonate ions, hydrogen carbonate ions, and a water-soluble polymer. This process is safe and attains excellent developability and throughput capacity. The precursor can be treated with one liquid.
Abstract:
To provide a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate which is safe, exhibits excellent developing property and processing ability, and enables processing with one solution by processing after image exposure, a negative lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer containing (i) a sensitizing dye, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, (iii) an addition polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (iv) a binder polymer on a hydrophilic support with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate ion, a hydrogen carbonate ion and a water-soluble polymer compound.
Abstract:
A process for producing a lithographic printing plate which consists essentially of: the step of imagewise exposing a negative lithographic-printing-plate precursor which comprises a support and, formed thereon, an image-recording layer comprising (i) a sensitizing dye, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, (iii) an addition-polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (iv) a binder polymer; and the step of treating the printing-plate precursor with an aqueous solution containing carbonate ions, hydrogen carbonate ions, and a surfactant. The process attains an improvement in treating ability and can give a printing plate having a nontacky surface. Even when stored after the development until printing, the printing plate does not decrease in printing durability. The precursor is developable with the single solution, which is a weakly alkaline treating liquid.
Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a flexographic printing plate having high ink transferability and making it possible to perform printing with a high ink density in a solid portion, a flexographic printing plate precursor, a method for manufacturing a flexographic printing plate, and a method for manufacturing a flexographic printing plate precursor. A flexographic printing plate of the present invention includes a relief layer including a non-image area and an image area having an uneven structure formed on a surface, in which the uneven structure is composed of recessed portions consisting of a plurality of grooves and projecting portions other than recessed portions, each of the plurality of grooves has a length of at least 30 µm, all of the plurality of grooves are grooves having a line edge roughness in a range of 0.5 to 2.5 µm in a region of 30 µm of the groove in a longitudinal direction, a depth of the recessed portion is 5 to 25 µm, and a ratio of the projecting portion is 5% to 60% of a geometric area of the uneven structure.