Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Akio Oda

Eiichi Kato

Hideo Miyake

Ippei Nakamura

Tomoyoshi Mitsumoto

Ikuo Kawauchi

Tomotaka Tsuchimura

Seishi Kasai

Hiroshi Tashiro

Norio Aoshima

Kiyoshi Kamitani

Takeshi Serikawa

Yuzoh Inukai

Kazuo Ishii

Sumiaki Yamasaki

Koichi Kawamura

Kaoru Iwato

Satoshi Hoshi

Gaku Kumada

A lithographic printing plate precursor having a good press life with a practical energy amount, which can be on-press developed without passing through a development processing step after recording an image by a laser of emitting an infrared ray, is provided, which is a lithographic printing plate precursor capable of performing a development and printing by loading on a printing press after imagewise exposure and supplying an oily ink and an aqueous component, the lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image recording layer, wherein the image recording layer comprises (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable monomer, (C) a binder polymer, and (D) a crosslinked resin particle having a reactive group or (F) a microcapsule containing a polymerizable monomer in the capsule wall, and the image recording layer is imagewise polymerization-curable upon irradiation of actinic ray.

Lithographic printing plate precursor

In a method of producing a photosensitive planographic printing plate according to the present invention, a web is coated with a coating solution, and a coating solution film thus formed is rapidly dried. For this drying, fresh air is blown onto the web W heated with a heat roll such that the air is blown parallel to the coating solution film. The coating solution film can thereby be prevented from changing its thickness due to an air stream during drying, while the coating solution film can be rapidly dried. Accordingly, the coating solution film can be dried before the film is leveled, to form a coating layer having uniform thickness.

Photosensitive planographic printing plate and method of producing the same

A positive planographic printing plate precursor includes a support having disposed thereon a lower thermosensitive layer containing a water-insoluble but alkali-soluble polymer compound and an upper thermosensitive layer containing a water-insoluble but alkali-soluble polymer compound, with alkali-solubility increasing under heat, wherein (i) both the upper thermosensitive layer and the lower thermosensitive layer contain an IR absorbing dye, with the ratio of the IR absorbing dye concentration in the upper thermosensitive layer to the IR absorbing dye concentration in the lower thermosensitive layer is 1.6 to 10.0, and/or (ii) the upper thermosensitive layer and the lower thermosensitive layer contain different IR absorbing dyes, and/or (iii) at least one of the upper thermosensitive layer and the lower thermosensitive layer contains an IR absorbent having, in one molecule, at least two chromophoric groups that absorb IR light, with the chromophoric groups bonding to each other via a covalent bond.

Planographic printing plate precursor

Planorgraphic printing plate precursor

A thermosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising: a hydrophilic support; a lower layer comprising a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin; and an upper thermosensitive layer comprising a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and an infrared absorbing dye, whose dissolution in an alkaline aqueous solution increases upon exposure, wherein a surface of the upper thermosensitive layer has protrusions caused by ununiformity of thickness of the upper thermosensitive layer in a proportion of 0.1 or more and not more than 7 per &#x3bc;mor the upper thermosensitive layer comprises at least two alkali-soluble resins having a different dissolution speed in an alkaline aqueous solution from each other, and the at least two alkali-soluble resin cause phase separation from each other.

Thermosensitive lithographic printing plate

A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support, an alkali-soluble layer and provided on the alkali-soluble layer a recording layer which contains an infrared ray absorbent, an alkali-soluble resin and an inhibitor of inhibiting the alkali-soluble resin from dissolving in an alkali aqueous developer and increases in the solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution upon irradiation of infrared light, and a developing method of the lithographic printing plate precursor with a non-silicate developer.

Lithographic printing plate precursor and production method of lithographic printing plate

A positive working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a lower layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, and an upper heat-sensitive layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin and an infrared absorbing dye and increasing the solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution by heating, provided in this order on a hydrophilic support, and (a) the upper heat-sensitive layer containing at least two kinds of surface active agents, or (b) the lower layer and upper heat-sensitive layer each containing a surface active agent different from each other.

A positive planographic printing plate precursor comprising a recording layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, an infrared absorbent and an organic quaternary ammonium salt. A positive planographic printing plate precursor comprising at least two recording layers containing the resin and the infrared absorbent with a coating amount of an upper positive recording layer being in the range of 0.05 to 0.45 g/m.

A positive-type image-forming material and a planographic printing plate precursor having a recording layer composed of the material on a support. The material includes (a) a water-insoluble, aqueous alkaline solution-soluble polymer compound, (b) a light-heat converting agent, and (c) a phenol including a partial structure represented by the following formula (I). Solubility of the material in an aqueous alkaline solution is increased upon heating. In the formula (I), X represents a monovalent terminal group having 2 or more carbon atoms or a linking group of &mdash;CY Y &mdash; or &mdash;CHY &mdash; in which Y and Y each represent a monovalent terminal group having 1 or more carbon atoms, W represents a monovalent terminal group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 4.

Positive-type image-forming material and planographic printing plate precursor

A positive-type planographic printing original plate for direct plate-making with an infrared laser, with excellent latitude in forming an image by development, and excellent flaw resistance. The planographic printing original plate includes, on a support, a positive-type recording layer whose solubility with respect to an alkaline aqueous solution is increased by infrared laser exposure. The recording layer contains an alkali-soluble resin, which has a fluorine atom in the molecule, and an infrared absorbing agent. The alkali-soluble resin can be provided by introducing at least one substituent having a fluorine atom to a known alkali-soluble polymer compound.

Planographic printing original plate

A lithographic printing plate support includes a support and a hydrophilic layer on the support, wherein the hydrophilic layer includes a polymer compound that is chemically bonded directly to the support surface and has a hydrophilic functional group.

Lithographic printing plate support and lithographic printing plate precursor using the same

A negative working waterless lithographic printing plate precursor excellent in image reproducibility and scratch resistance and writable by laser beams, which comprises a support having thereon a light-sensitive layer and a silicone rubber layer provided on the light-sensitive layer, the light-sensitive layer being reduced in adhesion to the silicone rubber layer by exposure, wherein the light-sensitive layer comprises a polymer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a siloxane group and an alkyl fluoride group and at least one group selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated double bond group and a hydroxyl group.

Negative working waterless lithographic printing plate precursor

A method for preparation of a waterless lithographic printing plate by an electrophotographic process comprising forming a non-fixing toner image by an electrophotographic process using a liquid developer on a surface of an electrophotographic light-sensitive element comprising an electrically conductive support having provided thereon a photoconductive layer, transferring the toner image onto a support for lithographic printing plate, providing a non-tacky resin layer having adhesion to a surface of the support for lithographic printing plate larger than adhesion between the toner image and the surface of the support for lithographic printing plate on the whole surface of the support for lithographic printing plate bearing the toner image, and removing the non-tacky resin layer provided on the toner image. The method is suitable for a scanning exposure system using a laser beam of a low power, and simply and rapidly provides a lithographic printing plate excellent in image qualities and printing durability.

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Akio Oda