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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2003
Paul Kitson, Evans, CO (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mathias Jarek, Northeim, DE;
S. Peter Pappas, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Paul Kitson, Evans, CO (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mathias Jarek, Northeim, DE;
S. Peter Pappas, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLD, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Multilayer, positive working, thermally imageable elements are disclosed. The elements produce bakeable lithographic printing plates that are resistant to press chemistries. The elements have a substrate, an underlayer, and a top layer. The underlayer comprises a resin or resins having activated methylol and/or activated alkylated methylol groups, such as a resole resin, and a polymeric material that comprises, in polymerized form, (a) methacrylic acid; (b) N-phenylmaleimide, N-cyclohexylmaleimide, N-benzylmaleimide, or a mixture thereof; and (c) one or more monomers of the structure: