Toray Industries, Inc.

Chikara Ichijo

Junichi Fujikawa

Masaharu Taniguchi

Shigeo Abiko

Mikio Tsuda

Yoichi Mori

The present invention relates to a photosensitive composition containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of N-acyl amino acid derivatives, hydroxycarboxylic acids and their derivatives, condensates of an aliphatic or aromatic aldehyde with a polyhydric alcohol, acylated polysaccharides and metallic soaps. From the photosensitive composition of the present invention, moldings having excellent shape retentivity and/or compatibility of the components thereof with one another can be produced. Therefore, the production of moldings from a composition which has been heretofore impossible is made possible. Particularly a composition having a good moldability during the molding operation can be employed. The composition is useful for the preparation of printing plate materials having a good developability and printing plates, particularly flexible printing plates and flexographic printing plates, having an improved ink solvent resistance.

Photosensitive composition containing a gelling agent

A printing plate formed of a substrate and laminated thereon in the following order a primer layer and a photosensitive layer containing a quinonediazide compound and a silicone rubber layer, wherein the primer layer contains 0.1 to 25% by weight of a quinonediazide group. The printing plate of the present invention is excellent in dot reproduction, hardly causes cracking in the photosensitive layer, and has a wide latitutde in production.

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Kashiwa, Japan

Chikara Ichijo