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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Satoshi Hoshi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuto Shimada, Shizuoka, JP;
Gaku Kumada, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/004 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A presensitized lithographic plate comprises a support and a hydrophilic image-recording layer. The hydrophilic image-recording layer contains a hydrophilic polymer and an agent capable of converting hydrophilic to hydrophobic when the agent is heated. The hydrophilic polymer comprises a main chain and branched chains. Each of the branched chain comprises a hydrophilic chain having a molecular weight in the range of 200 to 1,000,000. A hydrophilic substrate and a lithographic printing process are also disclosed.