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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Abstract
A quality control method for a planographic printing plate having disposed on a substrate a photosensitive layer formed by a resin soluble in an aqueous alkali solution and a compound that absorbs light to generate heat, the quality control method having the steps of: (A) exposing, to an ultraviolet ray, a gray scale for evaluating a positive type planographic printing plate made by exposure to an ultraviolet ray, followed by development with a standard developing solution having a standard formula, and measurement of the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the standard developing solution; (B) exposing, to an ultraviolet ray, a gray scale for evaluating a positive type planographic printing plate made by exposure to an ultraviolet ray in the same manner as in the step (A), followed by development with a developing solution to be evaluated, and measurement of the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the developing solution to be evaluated; (C) comparing the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the developing solution to be evaluated with the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the standard developing solution; and (D) adjusting exposure/development conditions when the difference between the sensitivities exceeds a predetermined value as a result of the comparison of the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the developing solution to be evaluated with the sensitivity of the gray scale processed by the standard developing solution.