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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Roger Miller, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Janice Kay Stuber, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Melanie Ann Felker, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430325 ; 430326 ; 430331 ;
Abstract
An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate present in an amount to provide at least about 42 g SiO.sub.2 per 1000 g of composition, and a weight ratio of SiO.sub.2 to M.sub.2 O of from about 0.55 to about 0.925 wherein M is said the metal. The lithographic printing plate can be either positive- or negative-working, and includes negative-working thermal plates.