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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Bernd Strehmel, Berlin, DE;
Harald Baumann, Osterode/Harz, DE;
Ulrich Fiebag, Nienstadt, DE;
Tanja Ebhardt, Osterode, DE;
Detlef Pietsch, Badenhausen, DE;
Bernd Strehmel, Berlin, DE;
Harald Baumann, Osterode/Harz, DE;
Ulrich Fiebag, Nienstadt, DE;
Tanja Ebhardt, Osterode, DE;
Detlef Pietsch, Badenhausen, DE;
Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH, Sofia, BG;
Abstract
Process for the posttreatment of an imaged lithographic printing plate comprising (a) providing a lithographic printing plate comprising image areas and non-image areas on a lithographic substrate; (b) bringing the lithographic printing plate of step (a) into contact with a solution comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising structural units derived from the following compounds: (i) a compound comprising both polyalkylene oxide chains and at least one structural unit which is free-radical polymerizable, and (ii) a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the free-radical polymerizable structural unit of (i) and furthermore comprising at least one acidic functional group with pK<5, wherein the acidic functional group can be present as a free acid group or in the form of a salt; (c) drying.