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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Gary R. Miller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Melanie Roth, Loveland, CO (US);
Eric E. Clark, Loveland, CO (US);
Gary R. Miller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Melanie Roth, Loveland, CO (US);
Eric E. Clark, Loveland, CO (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a lithographic printing plate includes developing an exposed imageable element with an alkali silicate-containing developer composition having a pH of at least 12.0. The developer composition is regenerated by adding to it an alkali silicate-containing regenerator composition having a pH of at least 12.0. Conductivity of both the developer and regenerator compositions is suppressed from the presence of one or more conductivity reducing agents (such as glycerin). This conductivity suppression in the developer composition is greater than the suppression of the conductivity of the regenerator composition.