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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Bernd Strehmel, Berlin, DE;
Harald Baumann, Osterode/Harz, DE;
Bernd Strehmel, Berlin, DE;
Harald Baumann, Osterode/Harz, DE;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Lithographic printing plate precursor comprising (a) a lithographic substrate with a hydrophilic surface and (b) a radiation-sensitive coating on the hydrophilic surface comprising (i) one or more types of monomers and/or oligomers and/or polymers, each comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated group accessible to a free-radical polymerization, (ii) at least one sensitizer, and (iii) at least one coinitiator capable of forming free radicals together with the sensitizer, said coinitiator being other than metallocenes, characterized in that the at least one sensitizer comprises a compound of formula (I) wherein at least one of the groups Rto Ris a bulky group which has a van der Waals volume of at least 55 Å.