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 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 an alkaline developer wherein said first layer and said top layer may be one and the same layer;wherein said top layer is a continuous layer and contains a polymer that lowers the dynamic friction coefficient of the top layer to less than 0.37, and wherein said polymer in the top layer is polytetrafluoroethylene.
- 2. A heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to claim 1 further comprising in the top layer poly(amide-imide).
- 3. 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 polyhydroxystyrene units.
- 4. 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 an aqueous 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.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/089,290 filed Jun. 15, 1998.
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