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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1994
Akio Uesugi, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsutomu Kakei, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a support for planographic printing plate prepared by a process which comprises subjecting molten aluminum alloy to continuous casting by a twin-roll continuous casting machine to directly caste a plate, subjecting the plate to cold rolling and heat treatment once or more times, respectively, reforming the plate, and then surface graining the plate, wherein crystalline grains on a cross section of the finished plate (a) have an average diameter in circle equivalence of 15 .mu.m to 35 .mu.m, (b) contain those having an average diameter in circle equivalence of not less than 40 .mu.m in a proportion of not more than 30% and (c) assume a shape factor of not less than 4.0.