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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Verschueren, Merksplas, BE;
Willem Cortens, Booischot, BE;
Luc Wabbes, Mortsel, BE;
Guido Hauquier, Nijlen, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/14 ; B41N 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/14 ; B41N 6/00 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided an imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate, including on a first side of a flexible support a surface capable of being differentiated in oleophilic and oleophobic areas upon imaging and on a second side opposite to the first side a layer or a package of layers, characterized in that the layer or package of layers on the backside has a ratio of the squared value of the gravimetric water absorption (WA) in g/m,over the mean roughness in &mgr;m greater than 20.