Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

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Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Gmbh

Dianippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.

Koji Oe

Yasuhiko Kojima

Yasuyuki Watanabe

Shinji Shimizu

Eiji Hayakawa

Naohito Saito

Nansei Tasiro

Chiaki Nakamura

Katsuji Takahashi

Maru Aburano

Nansei Tashiro

Tomonobu Muta

Yasuhiro Ishizuka

Toshiki Sasaki

Yoshihiro Nishio

The present invention relates to a lithographic printing plate in which images can be inscribed by laser beams, and which has high resolving power, high sensitivity, and the improved reservation stability, and relates to its image-producing method, and a photosenstitive composition which can preferably be used as an original plate for lithographic printing. The photosenstitive composition includes an aqueous resin composition including fine particles (a) of a resin having at least one neutralized anionic group and having a heat fusion property, and a water soluble resin (b) having at least one neutralized anionic group, wherein the water soluble resin (b) is included in a range of 1 to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the aqueous resin composition; and a substance (c) which absorbs light and generates heat.

Photosensitive composition, original plate using the same for lithographic printing, and method for producing images on original plate

In order to provide a computer-to-plate (CTP) plate in which an image can be inscribed by a laser beam having Ithe maximum strength in a near infrared or infrared region, and heat processing is not necessary prior to developing a latent image, and which allows the use of a conventional printing apparatus as it is upon printing, (I) a lithographic printing plate is provided which has on a substrate, a photosensitive layer comprising a photosensitive composition containing a crosslinking agent, an aqueous dispersion of resin fine particles made of a resin which is self water-dispersible having a carboxylic group and a functional group capable of performing cross-linking reactions with the crosslinking agent, and an infrared absorption agent; and (II) an image forming method is provided which is characterized in that after an image has been formed on a photosensitive layer of the lithographic printing plate set forth in the above (I) by using a laser beam, the image is subjected to wet development.

Lithographic printing plate and image forming method

A heat-sensitive composition is disclosed which includes a substance which absorbs light and generates heat, an anionic self water-dispersible resin particle having an acid value of 10 to 300 and an average particle diameter of 0.005 to 15 &mgr;m, and a fluorine base surfactant. An original plate for a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which includes an ordinary negative- or positive-type PS plate having coated thereon the heat-sensitive composition. The original plate is image-wise exposed with high energy density light based on digital image information from a computer, subjected to first development with an aqueous alkali solution, flood exposure with active light, a second development with a developer for a negative or a positive, and post-treatment to obtain a printing plate.

Heat sensitive composition, original plate using the same for lithographic printing plate, and process for preparing printing plate

The present invention relates to a planographic printing plate employed in the field of offset printing, and more particularly, to a preparation method for a printing plate employing a conventional planographic printing original plate with a novel light source. In this method, an image is formed to a planographic printing original plate, in which at least one photosensitive layer sensitive in the region of 300 nm&tilde;450 nm is provided on a substrate, by scan irradiating the plate with high density energy light in the form of the image, and then performing wet development and a post-treatment. This preparation method for the printing plate is characterized in that the output wavelength of the high density energy light is within the range of 300 nm or more, but less than 370 nm, and the high density energy light is high density energy light of the second or third harmonic obtained from a solid-state semiconductor or a solid-state exited by semiconductor. By means of this method, it is possible for an image to be directly drawn stably and at low cost to a conventional planographic printing original plate that was manufactured for an application with active rays, by employing high density energy light that is scan irradiated according to digital information. As a result, high resolution images can be reproduced easily.

Preparation method for printing plate

A photosensitive composition which comprises a resin (A) having urea bonds in its side chains and a photosensitive compound (B), wherein the resin (A) contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a vinyl polymer resin and a condensation polymer resin, provides a coating layer with excellent resistance to solvents and abrasion. The photosensitive composition is suitable for use in the production of planographic printing plates, integrated circuits (IC) or photomasks. A photosensitive planographic printing plate produced usig the photosensitive composition has superior press-life.

Photosensitive composition and photosensitive planographic printing

A photosensitive image-forming material developable with aqueous alkali developers, which is characterized in that the photosensitive resin having the structural units represented by the general formula ##STR1## (wherein A represents a linear polyester structural unit containing in its main chain the dicarboxylic acid unit having a photosensitive, unsaturated double bond adjacent to the aromatic ring, and R.sub.1 represents a tetravalent organic group) is contained in the photosensitive layer.

Photosensitive image-forming material comprised of carboxyl groups

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Kitamoto, Japan

Koji Oe