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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephan J Platzer, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Joe E South, Holyoke, MA (US);
Melinda A Alden, Chicopee, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430156 ; 430155 ; 430157 ; 430158 ; 430166 ; 4302711 ;
Abstract
Improved aluminum substrates suitable for use in the production of lithographic printing plates. A surfactant surface treatment for such aluminum substrates improves the quality of radiation sensitive coatings subsequently applied to the substrate. The surfactant may be in a layer comprising a mixture of a hydrophilizing composition and a surfactant on the aluminum alloy surface; or a hydrophilizing layer comprising a hydrophilizing composition may be on the aluminum alloy surface and a surfactant layer comprising a surfactant on the hydrophilizing layer.