Claims
- 1. A method for rendering non-ink accepting an ink accepting area of a printing member, in which:the printing member comprises: a support, a hydrophilic layer comprising a binder material having Si—O bonds, and an image layer comprising the ink accepting area; the method comprising: contacting the ink accepting area with a hydrophilizing means; in which: the hydrophilizing means is a fluid that renders the ink accepting area non-ink accepting by removing the ink accepting area, the rate at which the hydrophilizing means renders the ink accepting area non-ink accepting is greater than the rate at which it removes the hydrophilic layer, and the binder material consists essentially of a polymeric material having the Si—O bonds.
- 2. The method of claim 1 in which the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the hydrophilic layer is less than 0.15 μm/sec.
- 3. The method of claim 1 in which the ink accepting area is rendered non-ink accepting within three minutes.
- 4. The method of claim 1 in which the rate at which the hydrophilizing means renders the ink accepting area non-ink accepting is at least five times greater than the rate at which it removes the hydrophilic layer.
- 5. The method of claim 1 in which the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the ink accepting area is greater than 0.005 gm−2s−1.
- 6. The method of claim 1 in which the hydrophilizing means comprises one or more solvents.
- 7. The method of claim 1 in which the hydrophilizing means is selected from the group consisting of acids, alkalis, and oxidizing formulations.
- 8. The method of claim 1 in which the hydrophilizing means is selected from the group consisting of strong inorganic acids, weak inorganic acids, organic acids, hydroxides, silicates, nitrites, nitrates, peracids, perhalates, hydrogen peroxide, and transition metal oxidizing agents.
- 9. The method of claim 1 in which the binder material is substantially free of polymeric organic material.
- 10. The method of claim 1 in which the support is aluminum.
- 11. The method of claim 1 in which the hydrophilizing means is concentrated sulfuric acid.
- 12. The method of claim 1 in which the binder material makes up at least 5 wt % of the hydrophilic layer.
- 13. The method of claim 12 in which the binder material is a silicate.
- 14. The method of claim 13 in which:the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the hydrophilic layer is less than 0.15 μm/sec, and the hydrophilizing means renders the ink accepting area non-ink accepting by removing the ink accepting area, and the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the ink accepting area is greater than 0.005 gm−2s−1.
- 15. The method of claim 13 in which the hydrophilic layer comprises a particular material.
- 16. The method of claim 15 in which:the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the hydrophilic layer is less than 0.15 μm/sec, and the hydrophilizing means renders the ink accepting area non-ink accepting by removing the ink accepting area, and the rate at which the hydrophilizing means removes the ink accepting area is greater than 0.005 gm−2s−1.
- 17. The method of claim 16 in which the particulate material comprises a first particulate material having a mean particle size of at least 0.1 μm and less than 200 μm, and a second particulate material having a mean particle size of at least 0.001 μm and less than 200 μm.
- 18. The method of claim 17 in whichthe first particulate material has a hardness greater than 8 modified Mohs on a scale of 0 to 15; the first particulate material has a mean particle size of at least 1.0 μm and less than 5 μm; and the second particulate material has a particle size of at least 0.1 μm and less than 0.5 μm.
- 19. The method of claim 18 in which the first particulate material is alumina and the second particulate material is titanium dioxide.
- 20. The method of claim 19 in which the hydrophilizing means is selected from the group consisting of strong inorganic acids, weak inorganic acids, organic acids, hydroxides, silicates, nitrites, nitrates, peracids, perhalates, hydrogen peroxide, and transition metal oxidizing agents.
- 21. The method of claim 20 in which the hydrophilizing means is concentrated sulfuric acid.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of PCT/GB98/01504, filed May 22, 1998, now abandoned, which claims priority on GB 9710552.2, filed May 23, 1997.
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