Claims
- 1. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polymer, soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution but not in water and in absence of an onium salt or a quinonediazide compound, and a top layer on the same side of the lithographic base as the first layer which top layer is IR-sensitive and unpenetrable for or insoluble in an alkaline developer wherein said first layer and said top layer may be one and the same layer, characterized in that said top layer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of a polymer in an amount from 30 mg to 500 mg/m2, a triarylmethane dye and a phthalocyanine dye.
- 2. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein the IR-sensitive layer contains carbon black.
- 3. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein the IR-sensitive layer contains a polymer with a glass transition temperature of at least 35° C., capable of forming a film by drying at high temperature.
- 4. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polyurethane polymer, soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution but not in water, and a top layer on the same side of the lithographic base as the first layer which top layer is IR-sensitive and unpenetrable for or insoluble in an alkaline developer wherein said first layer and said top layer may be one and the same layer, characterized in that said top layer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of a polymer in an amount from 30 mg to 500 mg/m2, a triarylmethane dye and a phthalocyanine dye; and wherein the IR-sensitive layer contains a polymer with a glass transition temperature of at least 35° C., capable of forming a film by drying at high temperature.
- 5. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 4 wherein said polyurethane has been hardened with a melamine.
- 6. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein said polymer is cellulose or a cellulose derivative.
- 7. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein said top layer contains a phthalocyanine dye.
- 8. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein said top layer contains a triarylmethane dye.
- 9. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein the polymer soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution is a novolac polymer or a polymer containing polyhydroxy/styrene units.
- 10. A method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps ofa) exposing imagewise to IR-radiation a heat mode imaging element according to claim 1; and b) developing said imagewise exposed heat mode imaging element with said alkaline developer whereby the exposed areas of the first and the top layer, which may be the same, are dissolved and the unexposed areas of the first layer remain undissolved.
- 11. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 wherein said first layer includes a hydrophilic polymer in an amount of less than 5% by weight.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/081,996 filed Apr. 16, 1998.
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