Claims
- 1. A method of producing a multi-colored image, comprising the steps of:
- producing a light-sensitive material for producing color-test films for multi-color printing comprising
- (A) a transparent flexible base film of a plastic,
- (B) a photopolymerizable layer consisting essentially of
- (B1) a polymeric binder,
- (B2) a compound polymerizable by a free-radical mechanism,
- (B3) a compound capable of initiating the polymerization of (B2) under the action of actinic light, and
- (B4) a dye or a colored pigments-in one of the main colors of the multi-colored print, and
- (C) a thermoplastic adhesion layer that has a glass temperature T.sub.g of from about 20.degree. to 60.degree. C. on the light-sensitive layer,
- wherein a polymer of a vinyl alkyl ether is present only in layer (C), in a quantity from about 1 to 10% by weight, relative to the non-volatile constituents of layer (C);
- laminating the light-sensitive material under pressure to an image-receiving material;
- imagewise exposing the laminate through the base film under a color separation;
- peeling the base film together with the exposed non-image areas from the image-receiving material; and
- repeating the steps of laminating, exposing and peeling under at least one further color separation, each subsequent exposure taking place in register with a first part-color image produced on the image-receiving material.
- 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image-receiving material is paper.
- 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the paper is a paper conventionally used for printing in a planographic printing press.
- 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vinyl alkyl ether polymer is a homopolymer of a vinyl alkyl ether.
- 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vinyl alkyl ether polymer is a copolymer of a vinyl alkyl ether with a derivative of an alkenyl carboxylic acid.
- 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vinyl alkyl ether polymer has an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
- 7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vinyl alkyl ether polymer is water-soluble.
- 8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic adhesion layer has a weight of from about 2 to 30 g/m.sup.2.
- 9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photopolymerizable layer has a weight of from about 0.2 to 5 g/m.sup.2.
- 10. The method as claimed in claim 1, consisting essentially of the recited steps.
- 11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dye or colored pigment is present in an amount of about 8 to about 40% by weight, relative to the weight of the solid layer.
- 12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer of vinyl alkyl ether is polyvinyl methyl ether.
- 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the adhesion layer comprises a vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer.
- 14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion layer comprises a salt of a polymer having acid groups, a polyvinyl acetate or a polyacrylate.
- 15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion layer comprises a salt of a polymer having acid groups or a polyvinyl acetate.
- 16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion layer comprises a vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer.
- 17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein compound B3 is selected from the group consisting of benzoin ethers, benzil ketals, polynuclear quinones, benzophenone derivatives and bis-trichloromethyl-s-triazines.
- 18. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive material consists essentially of the recited components.
- 19. The method as claimed in claim 18, consisting essentially of the recited steps.
- 20. The method as claimed in claim 18, consisting of the recited steps.
- 21. The method as claimed in claim 1, consisting of the recited steps.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/212,691, filed Mar. 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,989 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/915,647, filed Jul. 21, 1992, now abandoned.
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