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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1993
Zafarullah K Cheema, Dover, MA (US);
Anthony C Giudice, Wakefield, MA (US);
Eugene L Langlais, Norfolk, MA (US);
Clarence F St Jacques, Pawtucket, RI (US);
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A lithographic printing plate for use on a printing press, with minimal or no additional processing after photoexposure, comprises a printing plate substrate; a photosensitive hydrophilic layer having a polymeric hydrophilic binder and a photopolymerizable, photocrosslinkable or photorearrangeable compound capable of promoting insolubilization or hardening in areas of photoexposure; and a photosensitive hydrophobic layer having a polymeric hydrophobic binder and a photopolymerizable, photocrosslinkable or photorearrangeable compound capable of promoting insolubilization or hardening in areas of photoexposure.