EP0098166A2 - Support pour plaque d'impression lithographique - Google Patents

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EP0098166A2
EP0098166A2 EP83303766A EP83303766A EP0098166A2 EP 0098166 A2 EP0098166 A2 EP 0098166A2 EP 83303766 A EP83303766 A EP 83303766A EP 83303766 A EP83303766 A EP 83303766A EP 0098166 A2 EP0098166 A2 EP 0098166A2
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Norihito Suzuki
Takeshi Yamamoto
Toru Aoki
Akio Iwaki
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
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  • This invention relates to a support for lithographic printing plate, more particularly to a support for lithographic printing plate having an electrodeposited chromium layer on an iron material with its surface being roughened.
  • the lithographic printing plates using these supports suffer from the drawback that a part of the image line portion may be peeled off during printing over a long term, thus being insufficient in printing life.
  • the image line portion may be damaged by the so-called "hand development” in which developing is performed by rubbing the plate with a sponge impregnated with a developer without use of an automatic developing machine, namely the problem of narrow tolerance in developing methods. Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a support suitable for lithographic printing plate having sufficient performance in tolerance in developing methods and printing life.
  • the objects of this invention can be accomplished by providing a support for lithographic printing plate, comprising an electrodeposited chromium layer having protuberent portions on an iron material with a center line average roughness (Ra) of 0.1 to 3 pm.
  • the iron material to be used in this invention is inclusive of pure iron and also alloys of iron with other elements. As other elements forming alloys with iron, there may be included carbon, manganese, nickel, and others.
  • Typical examples of alloys may include carbon steels (alloys of carbon (0.04 to 1.7 %) and iron), cast irons with higher contents of carbon than carbon steels, and further special steels (e.g. manganese steel, nickel steel, chromium steel, nickel-chromium steel) having added other elements (e.g. manganese, nickel, chromium, cobalt, tungsten, molybdenum), etc.
  • the above carbon steels may include super-soft steels (0.25 % or less carbon), soft steels (0.25 to 0.5 % carbon), hard steels (0.5 to 1.0 % carbon) and super-hard steels (1.0 % or more carbon).
  • iron material of this invention there may be employed plates (inclusive of foil-shaped ones) prepared by rolling, electrocasting, etc.
  • the iron material in this invention has its center line average roughness (Ra) of 0.1 to 3 pm.
  • the center line average roughness (Ra) herein mentioned is the average of the absolute values of the deviations of the respective points on a roughness curve from the center line in a roughness profile as shown in DIN 4768, and it is represented in terms of the Ra value expressed in micron units, which value is determined by the formula shown below for a measured length of l m when the center line in the lateral direction is made X axis and that in the longitudinal direction Y axis, and the point on the roughness curve is represented by (x, y):
  • the Ra of the iron material of this invention is preferably 0.3 to 2 pm, particularly preferably 0.3 to 1.5 pm in view of water retentivity.
  • the method for producing an iron material with such center line average roughness there may be employed various methods known in the art, including, for example, the mechanical method, the chemical method and the electrolytic method.
  • the mechanical method there may be included the ball graining method, the brush graining method and the graining method with liquid horning.
  • the chemical method there may be included the methods of etching with solutions containing sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, oxalic acid, pyrophosphoric acid, ferric chloride, hydrogen peroxide, etc.
  • the electrolytic method there may be included etching by electrolysis and plating by electrolysis.
  • etching by electrolysis there may be included the methods to carry out etching with the use of solutions containing phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, perchloric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, pyrophosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid, acetic anhydride, etc.
  • an acidic bath such as sulfate bath, chloride bath, borofluoride bath, mixed salt bath (e.g. sulfate-chloride bath), ferrous sulfamate, etc is used.
  • an acidic bath such as sulfate bath, chloride bath, borofluoride bath, mixed salt bath (e.g. sulfate-chloride bath), ferrous sulfamate, etc is used.
  • sulfate bath such as sulfate bath, chloride bath, borofluoride bath, mixed salt bath (e.g. sulfate-chloride bath), ferrous sulfamate, etc.
  • the iron material in this invention has Ra of 0.1 to 3 pm, particularly preferably with a valley-count T 2 of 300 to 1500 at the cutting line at 0.4 ⁇ m as measured by the perthometer Type S5P produced by Perthen Co.
  • the T 2 herein mentioned is a number of peaks per one inch which exceed the cutting line preset in the roughness profile R and thereafter valley goes below the center line.
  • the iron material with the roughened surface as described above may be applied with a surface treatment prior to provision of the electrodeposited chromium layer having projections, so long as the Ra value is maintained within the aforesaid range.
  • a surface treatment there may be employed for example the plating in which zinc, nickel, copper, tin, chromium, etc. are plated by electroplating, chemical plating, hot dipping, gas-phase plating, etc. or the treatment or electrolysis with a phosphate, oxalate, chromate, etc.
  • a metal plate, a plastic film, etc. may be laminated directly or through an intermediary adhesive layer on the back surface thereof. This laminating step may be performed either before or after the step of providing the electrodeposited chromium layer having protrusions.
  • the iron material with roughened surface having applied the aforesaid surface treatment thereon or laminated with a metal plate, etc. on its back surface is also included within the iron material of this invention.
  • the electrodeposited chromium layer there may be employed various kinds so long as Ra of the support for lithographic printing plate can be maintained within the range as specified above.
  • preferable ones are, for example, those of coalescively agglomerated assemblages of subagglomerated spheroidate partricles of generally lobular curvilinear contour absent of angles, as disclosed in European Patent Publication No. 20021; and also those having crystalline products with angles and/or an agglomerated product thereof as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No.
  • the electrodeposited chromium layer having crystalline products with angles and/or an agglomerated product thereof is more excellent in printing life, tolerance in developing methods, and preferred.
  • the crystalline products with angles are preferably in the shape of plates or hexahedrons such as cubes.
  • the plate crystals are preferred polygonal, primarily hexagonal, plates, and the polygonal shape may have sizes of faces preferably of 0.5 to 5 pm and thickness preferably of 0.01 to 0.8 pm.
  • the hexahedral crystals cubic crystals, especially those having side length of 0.1 to 2 pm are preferred.
  • the protrusions as described above may have a projected area percentage preferably of 20% or more.
  • the projected area percentage herein mentioned refers to that obtained by projection in the direction perpendicular to the support face having the electrodeposited layer of this invention, namely orthographic projection, and said area percentage is measurable by means of microscopic photography, etc.
  • the protrusions may preferably be protrude on the surface of the electrodeposited chromium layer by 0.3 to 5 ⁇ m, particularly 0.5 to 4 pm.
  • the electrodeposited chromium layer may have a thickness preferably of 0.01 to 10 pm, particularly preferably 0.01 to 4 pm.
  • the thickness can be determined quantitatively as an average value by fluorescent X-ray analysis with reference to the calibration curve previously prepared from the standard chromium plated layer of known thicknesses.
  • the elemental composition of the electrodeposited chromium layer consists substantially of chromium and oxygen, and when analyzed from elemental analysis in the depth direction of the layer, it is observed as being constituted substantially of chromium oxides (hydrates are also included in these chromium oxides) and metallic chromium, the ratio of metallic chromium being increased as the depth is deeper.
  • chromium oxides there may be included oxides of divalent, trivalent and hexavalent chromium, primarily oxides of trivalent chromium.
  • Fig. 1 shows an electron microscope photograph of the surface of an iron material with roughened surface before provision of an electrodeposited chromium layer.
  • Figs. 2 through 4 are electron microscope photographs of the surfaces of the supports according to this invention having electrodeposited chromium layers having protrusions on iron materials with roughened surfaces.
  • An electrodeposited chromium layer having protrusions without protuberant angles constituted of coalescively agglomerated assemblages of subagglomerated spheroidate partricles of generally lobular curvilinear contour absent of angles may be prepared by dipping an iron material into a grainer bath containing bifluoride and then applying an electroplating for at least 30 seconds in a plating bath containing water, anhydrous chromic acid and sulfuric acid in amounts which can maintain the ratio of Cr 6+ /SO 4 2- at 75 to 180. Specific conditions are described in detail in European Patent Publication No. 20021.
  • the Electrolyte 1 shown in Table 1 is cooled or heated to control its liquid temperature and electrolytic treatment is conducted under the Electrolysis Conditions 1 shown in Table 2.
  • the Electrolyte 1 is a liquid for formation of the electrodeposited chromium layer of this invention on the surface of an iron material. This method is described in detail in the specification aneexed to Japanese Patent Application No. 105724/1982 corresponding to European Application No. 83303514.0.
  • [Cr 6+ ] may preferably be 0.2 to 4.5 mol/lit., particularly preferably 0.5 to 3 mol/lit., while [SO 4 2- ] preferably 0.01 to 0.046 mol/lit., particularly preferably 0.015 to 0.03 mol/lit..
  • the Cr 6+ supplying source anhydrous chromic acid is preferred, while as the SO 4 2- supplying source, sulfuric acid is preferred.
  • the ratio of the hexavalent chromium ion concentration to the sulfate ion concentration is 75 to 180, preferably within the range of from 80 to 130.
  • the plating liquid may also contain fluorine compounds or strontium compounds, and others.
  • fluorine compounds there may be included ammonium fluoride, sodium silicofluoride, silicofluoric acid, chromium silicofluoride and the like.
  • strontium compounds there may be included strontium sulfate, strontium chromate, etc.
  • a fluorine compound may be added in an amount of 0.5 to 10 g/lit., while a strontium compound in an amount of 3 to 20 g/lit.
  • the current density may be 100 A/dm 2 or less, preferably within the range from 10 to 30 A/dm 2.
  • the temperature of the plating bath may preferably 0 to 40°C, particularly preferably 10 to 30°C.
  • the relation between the bath temperature and the current density may preferably be such that the current temperature may be higher when the bath temperature is higher, and the current temperature lower when the bath temperature is lower.
  • a combination of a bath temperature of 18 to 26 0 C and a current density of 15 to 20 A/ dm 2 may be employed.
  • the main treatment Before or after the treatment for providing an electrodeposited chromium layer (the main treatment), it is also possible to apply an appropriate pre-treatment or post-treatment.
  • the Electrolyte 2 as shown in Table 3 and an iron plate as the counter-cathode are employed, and electrolytic treatment is carried out under the Electrolysis Conditions 2 as shown in Table 4.
  • the thus pre-treated iron material is washed by showering with water and then transferred to the main treatment step.
  • the following method may be employed: After the iron material having an electrodeposited chromium layer is optionally washed with an aqueous acid or alkali solution, it is subjected to the surface treatment with a surface treating solution of an aqueous permanganate solution.
  • the preferable permanganate to be used in the above surface treating solution there are lithium permanganate, sodium permanganate, potassium permanganate, rubidium permanganate, calcium permanganate, barium permanganate, etc.
  • the concentration of a permanganate in the treating solution employed may preferably be 0.05 to 10 % by weight, particularly preferably 1 to 5 % by weight.
  • the temperature of the treating solution may preferably be 0 to 80°C, particularly preferably 20 to 50°C.
  • Another preferable method for the post-treatment step is the following method.
  • the iron material having an electrodeposited chromium layer is optionally washed with an aqueous acid or alkali solution, it is subjected to the surface treatment with a surface treating solution containing a water soluble polymeric compound and at least one selected from water soluble salts of calcium, magneisum, zinc, barium, strontium, cobalt, manganese, nickel and silicon.
  • the water soluble polymeric compounds may preferably those having solubilities of 0.01 % or higher.
  • water soluble polymeric compounds there may be included natural polymeric compounds such as gum arabic, starch, dextrin, sodium alginate, gelatin, etc.; water soluble cellulose compounds such as water soluble salts of carboxyalkyl cellulose (as alkyl, methyl, ethyl, propyl, etc.), alkyl celluloses as exemplified by methyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose and the like; synthetic polymeric compounds such as polyacrylic acid or water soluble salts thereof, polymethacrylic acid or water soluble salts thereof, acrylic acid copolymers or water soluble salts thereof, methacrylic acid copolymers or water soluble salts thereof, styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polyvinyl pyrrolidone
  • the water soluble salts of these polymeric compounds may include sodium and potassium salts.
  • the above various water soluble polymeric compounds may be used either singly or in combination of two or more kinds.
  • natural polymeric compounds such as starch, dextrin, etc. and water soluble cellulose compounds are preferred.
  • These polymeric compounds may have molecular weights preferably of 500 to 1,000,000.
  • Water soluble salts to be used together with the water soluble polymeric compound are those having solubilities of 0.01 % or higher, particularly salts of inorganic or organic acids with calcium, magnesium, zinc, barium, strontium, cobalt, manganese, nickel and silicon.
  • the salts may contain complex salts.
  • Typical organic acid salts are those of carboxylic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, salicylic acid and acetylacetone complex.
  • Typical inorganic salts are chlorides, bromides, chlorates, bromates, iodides, iodates, nitrates, sulfates and phosphates. Water soluble salts may be used either singly or in combination of two or more kinds.
  • the water soluble salt an organic salt is particularly preferred, and the salts with calcium, magnesium, barium and zinc are particularly preferred.
  • the amount of the layer containing the water soluble polymeric compound and the water soluble salt after dried is preferably of 0.001 to 1 mg/dm 2 , particularly 0.05 to 0.5 mg/dm 2 .
  • Photosensitive lithographic printing plates can be produced by coating photosensitive compositions, for example, with the use of organic solvents, on the support of this invention.
  • Photosensitive compositions contain as essential components photosensitive substances.
  • the photosensitive substance there may be employed a substance which can be exposed to light to vary in solubility of the photosensitive composition layer relative to the developer, to vary in adhesive force between molecules before and after exposure or to vary in affinity f the layer for water and oil.
  • posi-type photosensitive substances of quinoneazide type such as o-naphthoquinonediazide compounds well known in the art.
  • o-Quinonediazide compounds are compounds having at least one o-quinonediazide group, preferably o-benzoquinodiazide group or o-naphthoquinonediazide group, and are inclusive of compounds of various known structures, as described in detail in J. Kosar "Light-Sensitive Systems” (published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965), pp. 339 - 353.
  • esters of various hydroxyl compounds with o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid are preferred.
  • preferable hydroxyl compounds there may be included condensed resins of phenols with carbonyl containing compounds, especially resins obtained by condensation in the presence of an acidic catalyst.
  • Said phenols may include phenol, resorcin, cresol, pyrogallol and the like, while said carbonyl containing compounds may include aldehydes, such as formaldehyde, benzaldehyde, and ketones such as acetone. Particularly, phenol-formaldehyde resins, cresol-formaldehyde resins, pyrogallol-acetone resins and resorcin-benzaldehyde resins are preferred.
  • Typical examples of o-quinonediazide compounds may include esters of benzoquinond-(l,2)-diazidesulfonyl chloride or naphthoquinone-(1,2)-diazidesulfonyl chloride with phenol-formaldehyde resins; sulfonic acid esters of naphthoquinone-(l,2)-diazidesulfonyl chloride and pyrogallol-acetone resins as disclosed in U.S.
  • Patent 3,635,709 condensed products of naphthoquinone-(l,2)-diazide-(2)-5-sulfonyl chloride and resorcin-benzaldehyde resins as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
  • These o-quinonediazide compounds may be contained preferably in amounts of 5 to 80 % by weight, particularly pareferably 10 to 50 % by weight, based on the total solids of the photosensitive composition.
  • Such a quinonediazide type posi-type photosensitive material may preferably be used in combination with an alkali-soluble resin as binder.
  • alkali-soluble resins are preferred those obtained by reacting phenols with ketones or aldehydes in the presence of an acidic catalyst.
  • Said phenols may include, for example, phenol, cresol, p-substituted phenols and the like.
  • Said aldehydes may include, for example, acetaldehyde, formaldehyde and the like, preferably formaldehyde.
  • ketones acetone is preferred.
  • alkali-soluble resins there may be included, for example, phenol-formaldehyde resins, cresol-formaldehyde resins, phenol-cresol-formaldehyde co-condensed resins as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.57841/ 1980, co-condensed resins of p-substituted phenol, phenol or cresol and formaldehyde as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.127553/1980, condensed products of polyhydric phenols with benzaldehyde such as resorcinbenzaldehyde resins, pyrogallol-benzaldehyde resins, etc., co-codensed products of polyhydric phenols with acetone such as pyrogallol- resorcin-acetone resin, etc., xylenol-formaldehyde resins and others.
  • These alkali-soluble resins may be contained
  • diazo resins typically condensed products of aromatic diazonium salts and formaldehyde.
  • diazo resin inorganic salts which are the reaction products of hexafluorophosphates, tetrafluoroborates, perchlorates or periodates with said condensed products
  • diazo resin organic salts of said condensed products with sulfonic acids as disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,300,309, and the like.
  • diazo resins may be used preferably together with binders.
  • binders there may be employed various polymeric compounds, preferably copolymers of monomers having aromatic hydroxyl groups such as N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-acrylamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methacrylamide, o-, m-, or p-hydroxystyrene, o-, m- or p-hydroxyphenyl methacrylate, etc. with other monomers as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.98613/1979; polymers containing hydroxyethyl acrylate units or hydroxyethyl methacrylate units as primary recurring units as disclosed in U.S.
  • Patent 4,123,276 natural resins such as shellac, rosin, etc.; polyvinyl alcohol; polyamide resins as disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,751,257; linear polyurethane resins as disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,660,097; phthalated resins of polyvinyl alcohol; epoxy resins condensed from bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin; celluloses such as cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate phthalate and the like.
  • photosensitive polyesters obtained by condensation of phenylenediethyl acrylate, hydrogenated bisphenol A and triethyleneglycol as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 40415/1980; photosensitive polyester compounds derived from (2-propenylidene)malonic acid compounds such as cinnamilidene malonic acid and bifunctional glycols as disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 2,956,878; and so on.
  • aromatic azide compounds having azide groups directly or through carbonyl group or sulfonyl group bonded to aromatic rings.
  • aromatic azide compounds having azide groups directly or through carbonyl group or sulfonyl group bonded to aromatic rings.
  • polyazidestyrene, polyvinyl-p-azidebenzoate, polyvinyl-p-azidebenzal as disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,096,311; the reaction products of azidearylsulfanyl chloride and unsaturated hydrocarbon type polymers as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No.9613/1970; and polymers having sulfonylazide or carbonylazide as disclosd in Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 21067/1968, 229/1969, 22954/1969 and 24915/1970.
  • a photopolymerizable composition comprising an addition polymerizable unsaturated compound.
  • the support of this invention can be used as a support of a lithographic printing plate obtained by electrophotographic process.
  • the lithographic printing plate obtained by the method (1) comprises a support of this invention having a photoconductive layer on the total surface thereof and having a toner-image only at image portion on said photoconductive layer.
  • the lithographic printing plate obtained by the method (2) comprises a support of this invention having a photoconductive layer only at an image portion thereon and having a toner-image on the entire surface of said photoconductive layer.
  • the lithographic printing plate obtained by the method (3) comprises a support of this invention having a polymeric layer only at an image portion thereon and having a toner-image on the total surface of said polymeric layer.
  • the photoconductive layer mentioned above comprises a photoconductive material.
  • the photoconductive material may be, for example, an inorganic or organic photoconductive material or a photoconductive organic pigment. At least one of them is used.
  • the inorganic photoconductive material may be, for example, selenium-or zinc oxide-based material, cadmium sulfide or the like which are known for electrophotography.
  • the organic photoconductive material may be, e.g. poly- vinylcarbazole, oxazoles or pyrylium salt. Examples of the photoconductive organic pigments are phthalocyanine, quinacridone pigments or the like.
  • the aforesaid photoconductive material (and sensitizing agent) can be dissolved or suspended in a solution containing at least one natural or synthetic high-molecular substance (e.g. styrene, silicone or phenol resin or the like), coated onto a support and dried according to a known procedure.
  • the photoconductive layer may also contain various additives, for example, surface active agents for improving the coating property, and plasticizers for imparting softness and wear resistance to the coated layer.
  • an intermediate layer e.g. of polyvinyl alcohol, ethyl cellulose, polyacrylic acid or the like
  • the thickness of the photoconductive layer after drying is preferably 1 p to 50 p, and more preferably 1 p to 15 p.
  • the thus obtained printing plate material is then electrostatically charged by the usual electrophotography, and exposed to the xenone, halogen, fluorescent, or tungsten-filament lamp or to a laser beam such as semiconductor, Ar + or He-Ne laser, thereby to form an electrostatic latent image.
  • the formed latent image is then toner-developed.
  • the toner-image is, after toner-developing, fixed with heat by use of a heat plate, heat roller, heat rays or the like. Then, in the non-imaged area (where there is no toner attached), the photoconductive layer is made hydrophilic in the method (1) or removed by use of an appropriate solvent in the method (2) to give a lithographic printing plate.
  • a support of this invention is not essential to use a support of a photoconductive layer.
  • the toner-image is transferred onto a polymeric layer which a support of this invention has thereon and the transferred toner-image is fixed with heat. Then the polymeric layer in the non-imaged area is removed to give a lithographic printing plate.
  • toner development it is possible to use a dry process in which both toner and carrier are solid, a wet process in which the toner or the carrier is liquid, or an aerosol process in which a gas flow is used as the carrier regardless of whether the toner is solid or liquid.
  • the toner is hydrophobic and has an ink accepting property.
  • the toner may have positive or negative polarity,
  • the support of this invention can be used as a support of lithographic printing plate obtained by the use of a silver halide emulsion.
  • a support of this invention is used as a support of a physical development nuclei- containing layer.
  • This silver halide emulsion layer may be carried on the support having the physical development nuclei layer or a separate support.
  • the silver complex may be produced in an exposed area or non-exposed area.
  • a method producing in non-exposed area is described in detail in, for example, United States Patent Nos. 3083097 and 3161508, Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 26526/1971, 16725/1973, and 30562/1973.
  • the method producing a silver complex in an exposed area comprises exposing an element comprising a support carrying silver halide particles, non-photosensitive metal salt particles being more soluble than the silver halide particles and the surface portion thereof being made less soluble and physical development nuclei, and treating the exposed element with a treating solution containing a material capable of solving said metal salt particles, and is described in detail, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 48554/ 1979, 165140/1981, 44138/1982 and 44153/1982.
  • the support of this invention can be used as a support of a lithographic printing plate requiring no damping water.
  • the lithographic printing plate material giving the printing plate comprises a support of this invention having a ink-repelling layer thereon.
  • the ink-repelling layer becomes reactive on light exposure, it does not require other layer than the ink-repelling layer. In case the ink-repelling layer does not become reactive on light exposure, it requires a lightsensitive layer other than the ink-repelling layer.
  • a usable photosensitive substance may be any known one for such a printing plate, e.g., a diazonium salt such as formaldehyde condensate of p-diazodiphenylamine salt, an o-naphthoquinonediazide compound, a photopolymerizable photosensitive material having an ethylenically unsaturated group, an azide compound, an ⁇ ,8- unsaturated ketone compound, an a-phenylmaleimide compound and the like, a compound obtained by reacting the above-listed photosensitive materials and silicone compounds, or the like.
  • a diazonium salt such as formaldehyde condensate of p-diazodiphenylamine salt, an o-naphthoquinonediazide compound, a photopolymerizable photosensitive material having an ethylenically unsaturated group, an azide compound, an ⁇ ,8- unsaturated ketone compound, an a-phen
  • the aforesaid ink-repelling layer may be formed by use of diorganopolysiloxane compounds such as dimethylpolysiloxane and diphenylpolysiloxane, copolymers of these compounds, poly-fluorinated compounds, or the like.
  • the ink-repelling layer which becomes reactive on light exposure may be formed by use of organopolysiloxane, poly-fluorinated compound, or the like each having a photosensitive group.
  • the lithographic printing plate material described above is exposed through a positive or nagative film to an active light beam emitted from a mercury vapor, a carbon arc, a metal halide lamp or the like.
  • the exposed printing plate material is then developed with a developing solution suitable for the photosensitive substance to complete the printing plate.
  • the thus obtained printing plate is then used for printing with a printing press which is not equipped with damping water feeder.
  • the support of this invention can be used as a support of a duplicate plate obtained by such a method that comprises printing on a support of a duplicate plate from an original printing plate by use of a material such as an ink which can be hardened and becomes ink- receptive after hardening the material on the support of the duplicate plate.
  • the support of this invention has a complicated surface shape, in which there exist fine grain surface of an electrodeposited chromium layer having protrusions in rough grain surface of an iron material, as shown in Fig. 2 through 4, and therefore, when provided for use in the photosensitive lithogaphic printing plate, it is excellent in adhesion to the layer having a number of polymeric compounds having a lipophilic layer such a photosensitive layer to be provided thereon, to give good printing life. Also, due to broad tolerance in developing methods, the image portion will very rarely be lost even by the "hand developoment" which is a treatment with a developer with more frictions than necessary.
  • the support of this invention is good in water retentivity during printing, whereby management of water can easily be done and it is also very difficultly troubled by scamming. Also, the durability of the image line portion to the treating chemicals employed during printing, etc. is also good.
  • the iron plated steel plate was applied with chromium plating, using an electrolyte containing 250 g/lit. of anhydrous chromic acid and 2.5 g/lit. of sulfuric acid under the conditions of a bath temperature of 20°C, a current density of 20 A/ cm 2 and an electrolysis time of one minute.
  • the steel plate having thus been subjected to the main treatment step was then washed by showering with water and transferred to the subsequent post-treatment step.
  • the plate was first dipped in an aqueous 5 % caustic soda solution at 40°C for one minute, followed by washing by showering with water, and then dipped in an aqueous solution of carboxymethyl cellulose sodium salt and calcium acetate (each 0.07 wt.%) at room temperature for about one minute, followed by washing by showering with water. After completion of the post-treatment step, the treated plate was dried on cool air.
  • a photosensitive coating solution having the following composition by a rotary coating machine, followed by drying at 100°C for 4 minutes, to obtain a lithographic printing plate material.
  • lithographic printing plate material were closely contacted a posi-manuscript film and the Step Tablet for measurement of sensitivity (produced by Eastman Kodak Co., No.2, 21 steps with density differences each of 0.15), and light exposure was applied by a 2 KW metal halide lamp (Idolfin 2000 produced by Iwasaki Denki Co., Ltd.) as the light source from a distance of 1 m for 80 seconds, followed by development with an aqueous 4 % sodium metasilicate solution at 25°C for 45 seconds to obtain a lithographic printing plate.
  • a 2 KW metal halide lamp Idolfin 2000 produced by Iwasaki Denki Co., Ltd.
  • treating chemicals resistance test and printing test were conducted.
  • durability to aqueous isopropyl alcohol solution used in Darlgrain damping water system was examined.
  • the printing plate having formed an image with density differences on the steps of the above gray scale was immersed in an aqueous 35 % isopropyl alcohol solution at room temperature for 10 minutes and washed with water, and then the image portion was rubbed with a defatted cotton impregnated with water.
  • the extent of corrosion to the chemicals of the image portion was judged.
  • the aforesaid printing plate was free from corrosion to exhibit good resistance to the treating chemicals.
  • Printing life test was conducted by carrying out printing with the printing plate mounted on an offset printing machine (Hamadastar 900 CDX), and evaluated by the number of printed sheets obtained until there are formed damages on the image portion to make printing no longer possible. As the result, with the use of the aforesaid printing plate, good printing products were obtained up to 220,000 sheets. The above printing plate was also difficultly troubled by scamming during printing and had excellent water retentivity.
  • the iron plated steel plate applied with iron plating under the same conditions as in Example 1 was applied with the electrolyte having the following composition under the electrolysis conditions shown below.
  • Example 2 the post-treatment was applied similarly as in Example 1, followed by washing with water and drying.
  • the coating with the same recipe as employed in Example 1 was applied similarly to obtain a lithographic printing plate material.
  • Such a lithographic printing plate material was subjected to exposure and developing in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a lithographic printing plate, which was in turn tested for the same treating chemicals resistance and printing life as in Example 1. As the result, this printing plate was found to be excellent in treating chemicals resistance, water retentivity and printing life, similarly as in Example 1, and good printed products up to 250,000 sheets were obtained.
  • Example 2 On the iron plated steel plate applied with iron plating under the same conditions as in Example 1, there was applied chromium plating to a thickness of 0.1 pm, using an electrolyte containing 250 g/lit. of anhydrous chromic acid and 2.5 g/lit. of sulfuric acid under the conditions of a bath temperature of 45°C and a current density of 40 A/dm 2 .
  • the surface of the support having an electrodeposited chromium layer on its surface thus obtained was confirmed by electron microscope photograph to be flat without protrusion of crystalline products.
  • Example 2 the same post-treatment as in Example 1 was conducted, followed by washing with water and drying. Then, the coating with the same recipe as employed in Example 1 was applied similarly to obtain a lithographic printing plate material.
  • Such a lithographic printing plate material was subjected to exposure and developing in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a lithographic printing plate, which was in turn tested for the same treating chemicals resistance and printing life as in Example 1.
  • this printing plate was found to be poor in treating chemicals resistance with corrosion of image portion markedly recognized, and printing life was also poor, with a damage of the image portion being generated on printing of 90,000 sheets.
  • Example 1 The same kind of the steel plate as employed in Example 1 was applied with the same main treatment and the post-treatment as in Example 1.
  • the weight of the coating after drying was about 2.5 g/m 2 .
  • Step Tablet for measurement of sensitivity produced by Eastman Kodak Co., No.2, 21 steps with density differences each of 0.15
  • a posi manuscript film and light exposure was applied by a 2 KW metal halide lamp (Idolfin 2000 produced by Iwasaki Denki Co., Ltd.) as the light source from a distance of 1 m for 80 seconds, followed by development with an aqueous 4 % sodium metasilicate at 25°C for 45 seconds to obtain a lithographic printing plate.
  • a 2 KW metal halide lamp Idolfin 2000 produced by Iwasaki Denki Co., Ltd.
  • treating chemicals resistance test and printing test were conducted.
  • the treating chemicals resistance test was examined the durability to Ultra-plate Cleaner (produced by A.B. Chemical Co.) which is used as the washing liquid for removal of the scumming generated at the non-image portion during printing.
  • the printing plate having formed an image with density differences on the steps of the above gray scale was immersed in the stock solution of Ultra Plate Cleaner at room temperature for 20 minutes and washed with water. By comparison of the resultant image portion with the image portion before immersion, the extent of corrosion to the chemical of the image portion was judged. As the result, the aforesaid printing plate was free from corrosion and also, with respect to the dots, the dots of an area percentage of 2 % were maintained, thus exhibiting good resistance to the treating chemicals. Printing life test was conducted similarly as in Example 1. As the result, with the use of the aforesaid printing plate, good printing products were obtained up to 250,000 sheets. This printing plate had good water retentivity and printing could easily be managed.
  • Example 2 The same kind of the steel plate as employed in Example 1 was applied with the iron plating and the chromium plating similarly as in Example 2, followed by washing with water and drying.
  • a photosensitive coating solution having the composition shown below by use of a rotary coating machine, followed by drying at 85 0 c for 3 minutes, to obtain a lithographic printing plate material.
  • the diazo resin B is a hexafluorophosphoric acid salt obtained by mixing an aqueous 5 % diazo resin (trade name: D-012 produced by E.H.C.
  • the above copolymer had a weight average molecular weight of 80,000, and further the molecular weight distribution of the above resin was measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) to find that the fractions with molecular weights of trimer or lower comprise 93 % of the total fractions.
  • GPC gel permeation chromatography
  • the weight of the coating after drying was 2.0 g/m 2 .
  • lithographic printing plate material was closely contacted a nega-manuscript film and light exposure was applied thereon at a distance of 1 m from a 2 KW metal halide lamp (Idolfin 2000, produced by Iwasaki Denki Co.,Ltd.) as the light source, followed by development with a developer having the following composition, to obtain a lithographic printing plate.
  • a 2 KW metal halide lamp Idolfin 2000, produced by Iwasaki Denki Co.,Ltd.
  • the developing conditions were 25 0 C and 45 seconds.
  • Example 1 The same kind of the steel plate employed in Example 1 was applied with the same iron plating and chromium plating as in Comparative Example 1.
  • Example 4 the photosensitive coating solution with the same composition as in Example 4 was applied on this support and dried to obtain a lithographic printing plate material. Then, following the same procedure as in Example 4, a lithographic printing plate was prepared and printing life test was conducted therefor. As the result, in hand developing treatment, the image line portion was markedly damaged until it was almost peeled off. Further, in printing, a part of the image line portion was peeled off on printing of 80,000 sheets and printing became no longer possible.
  • Example 1 The same kind steel plate as employed in Example 1 was applied with the same iron plating as in Example 1, then with zinc plating to a thickness of 1.4 pm, and then with the same chromium plating as in Example 1, following subsequently the procedure as in Example 1, to obtain a . lithographic printing plate.
  • Example 1 The same kind steel plate as employed in Example 1 was applied with the same iron plating as in Example 1, then with nickel plating to a thickness of 2 ⁇ m, and then with the same chromium plating as in Example 1, following subsequently the procedure as in Example 1, to obtain a lithographic printing plate.
  • Example 2 The same kind of the steel plate as employed in Example 1 was sbujected to etching with a ferric chloride solution of Baume 40° to roughen the center line average roughness Ra on the surface to 0.7 um.
  • Example 2 the same chromium plating as in Example 1 was applied on the treated plate, followed by the same procedure as in Example 1 to obtain a lithographic printing plate.
  • composition was dispersed and homogenized in a ball mill at normal temperature for 48 hours:
  • the obtained coating composition was applied onto the support used in Example 2 to a thickness of l0 u after drying.
  • the thus formed printing plate material was then negatively charged using corona discharge equipment, and exposed imagewise to a light source consisting of ten 20 W fluorescent lamps through a lens system by use of a reflection positive original.
  • the electrostatic latent image thus formed was then toner-developed using a polystyrene-based toner and by the magnet brush process.
  • the resulting toner image was then fixed with heat, and subjected to hydrophlicity-imparting treatment to form a printing palte. When used for printing with an offset press, this printing plate yielded 400,000 satisfactory prints having a sharp image.
  • the iron plated steel plate applied with iron plating under the same conditions as in Example 1 was applied with the electrolyte having the following composition under the electrolysis conditions shown below:
  • the following composition was dispersed and homogenized in a ball mill at normal temperature for 48 hours:
  • the obtained coating composition was applied onto the support to a thickness of. 5 p after drying.
  • this plate was dipped in an aqueous alkali solution containing sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide to dissolve and remove the photoconductive layer in the non-image area (where the toner is not attached).
  • an aqueous alkali solution containing sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide
  • Example 9 The above composition was dispersed with ultrasonic dispersing equipment at normal temperature for 5 minutes, and used to make a printing plate material as described in Example 9. The plate material was then treated in the same way as in Example 9 to form a printing plate. The printing life of this printing plate was 350,000 prints or more.
  • Example 10 The printing plate material obtained in Example 10 was positively charged using corona discharge equipment. An image was photographed at an enlarging factor of 16 (area ratio) by use of a micro film original and a commercially available photographic enlarger, and then developed using a + liquid developer. This was followed by the same treatment as that described in Example 9 to obtain a printing plate exhibiting a sharp image.
  • Example 10 The printing plate material obtained in Example 10 was treated to form a printing plate in the same way as described in Example 11, except that a He-Ne laser was used as the light source. In this way, a printing plate exhibiting a sharp image was obtained.
  • Example 8 The following coating composition was applied on the support used in Example 8 to a thickness of 3 p after drying to obtain a printing plate material comprising the support having a polymeric layer thereon.
  • a photosensitive material using zinc oxide on the market was negatively charged using corona discharge equipment, and exposed imagewise to a light source consisting of ten 20 W fluorescrnt lamps through a lens system by use of a reflection positive original.
  • the electrostatic latent image thus formed was then toner-developed using a polystyrene-based toner and by the magnet brush process.
  • the resulting toner image was then transferred onto the polymeric layer.
  • the toner-image on the polymeric layer was fixed with heat.
  • the polymeric layer in non-image area was removed with methylcellosolve.
  • Printing plate thus obtained was used for printing with an offset press and this printing plate yielded 250,000 satisfactory prints having a sharp image.
  • a colloid solution prepared as described below was uniformly applied as a physical development necleus onto the support made as described in Example 8, and dried to prepare a printing plate material.
  • Liquids A and B were mixed with violent stirring at room temperature, after addition of liquid C stirred for 5 minutes, and cooled to prepare a palladium sulfide physical development nucleus.
  • Appropriate amounts of saponin as a surface active agent and formalin as hardening agent were then added, respectively, and the obtained mixture was applied onto the support to a wet thickness of 30 p.
  • a photosensitive material was prepared by applying a high contrast silver chloride bromide emulsion, which was prepared according to a usual procedure, onto a photographic polyester film, followed by drying. The thus prepared photosensitive material was then used to photograph a positive original by use of a process camera. The photosensitive element exposed in this way was then contacted to the physical development nucleus layer, and developed for 60 seconds by use of the developing solution having the following composition:
  • a negative printing plate material was made by the diffusion-transfer process as described below by using the support obtained in the same way as in Example 9.
  • a silver iodide bromide emulsion (silver iodide: 5 mol %) was prepared from silver nitrate, potassium bromide and potassium iodide. The emulsion was then chemically sensitized by the gold- sulfur sensitizer. Then, 0.3 g of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl- l,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene per mol of silver halide was added as a stabilizer to the chemically sensitized emulsion to prepare a silver iodide bromide emulsion having a moderate sensitivity.
  • a pure silver chloride emulsion was prepared from silver nitrate and sodium chloride, and cleaned by sedimentation. Then, 0.6 g of l-phenyl-5-mercapto- 'tetrazole per mol of silver chloride was added to the emulsion to make it sparingly soluble.
  • the previously prepared photosensitive silver halide emulsion (a) was mixed with the thus prepared sparingly- soluble pure silver chloride emulsion (b). After adding an appropriate amount of saponin as a surface active agent to the obtained mixture, the mixture was applied onto the aforesaid physical development nucleus layer used in Example 14 to prepare a printing plate material.
  • Both emulsions(a) and (b) were mixed together in a proportion of 0.2 mol of silver iodide bromide emulsion per mol of silver chloride emulsion on the silver basis.
  • a negative original film was brought into close contact with the silver halide emulsion layer, exposed and developed with a developing solution having the composition described below at a temperature of 30 °C for 90 seconds. Then, the printing plate material was dipped in running water at a temperature of 20 °C for 30 seconds to remove the upper silver halide layer.
  • the obtained printing plate was treated to impart ink receptivity as described in Example 14, and then immediately used for printing with an ink.
  • the results were as shown below.
  • the printing press used was TOKO Model 810.
  • the values in the "prints before stains disappear" column were determined by supplying an excess of the ink so that the whole surface of the printing plate was inked, stopping to supply the ink, and printing until the stains disappeared).
  • the photopolymerizable composition having the composition described below was whirl-coated onto the support obtained in accordance with Example 2, and dried at a temperature of 50 °C for 10 minutes.
  • the silicone layer had a thickness of 6 p in dry state.
  • the thus obtained printing plate was set on an offset press ( Komori Sprint L-25B) and used for printing by using the coated paper, a dry offset color printing ink (BOWERS available from Printing Ink Company) and by removing the damping water feeder. Thus 200,000 high-quality prints were obtained.
  • a printing plate material was made in the same way as described in Example 16, except that an electrochemically grained and anodized aluminium plate was used instead of the support in Example 1.
  • this printing plate was used for printing in the same manner as Example 16, the silicone rubber at the non-image area peeled off from the substrate and caused the surface of the support to be scumed after 50,000 prints were produced.
  • the photosensitive solution having the composition described below was wire bar coated onto the support obtained in accordance with the procedure described in Example 9, and dried at a temperature of 100 °C for 3 minutes.
  • the thickness of the obtained layer was 8 ⁇ . Then, the silicone rubber solution set forth below was wire bar coated onto the thus obtained photosensitive layer, and dried at a temperature of 50 °C for 3 minutes.
  • the thickness of the obtained silicone rubber layer was 2 p.
  • the surface of the thus formed silicone rubber layer was laminated with a 6 p-thick polyethylene terephthalate film (Lumilar available from Toray Industries Inc. in Japan) to obtain a photosensitive lithographic printing plate material.
  • a support was made according to the procedure in Example 2.
  • the obtained support was set at the printing section of the automatic proof machine KF-122-E available from Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
  • An original plate which was made by exposing through a 150-line dot image original on the Sakura PS off-set plate SMP (available from Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.), developed and processed, was used. In this way, the image was transferred to the support by printing.
  • the transfer ink was an ultraviolet-curing ink (Dye Cure available from Dainippon Ink And Chemicals, Incorporated). After the transfer, the support was subjected to the exposure curing treatment by use of a 2 kW high-pressure mercury vapor lamp at a distance of 60 cm to obtain a duplicate printing plate.
  • the thus obtained duplicate printing plate yielded satisfactory prints which exhibited a good image and sharply reproduced the 2 % dot of the original plate. Even when the amount of wetting water was reduced during printing, defects such as scumming and ink spreading at dots portion did not occur. Further, the quality of the print at the end of printing was almost the same as that obtained at the beginning of printing.
  • the printing plate used in the printing as described above was then allowed to stand for 3 months and again used for printing.
  • the printing plate showed no rust and yielded prints of almost the same quality as that obtained before it was allowed to stand.
  • Examination after printing of the gripped section of the printing plate revealed that the section did not damaged due to gripping and there was no risk of gripping failure.
  • a duplicate printing plate was made in the same way as described in Example 18, except that a conventional chromium-plated iron plate (Tin Free available from Nippon Steel Corporation) was used instead of the support of this invention.
  • this chromium-plated iron plate was not sufficiently clean, it was degreased in advance in an aqueous 5 % sodium metasilicate solution at a temperature of 40 °C for 4 minutes, followed by washing with water and drying. The iron plate was then dipped in an aqueous potassium permanganate solution at room temperature for 1 minute and then in an aqueous 1 % oxalic acid solution at room temperature for 1 minute, followed by washing with water and drying. In this way, the iron plate was cleaned, activated and then used for making the duplicate printing plate.
  • Example 14 Up to the step for making the duplicate printing plate, no significant difference was observed compared with Example 14. However, in the printing by use of this printing plate, the non-image area was scummed immediately after the printing was started, because of insufficient hydrophilicity and water receptive ability of the printing plate. In addition, after about 1,500 prints were produced, the image area was damaged and ink receptivity deteriorated so that normal prints could not be obtained any more.
  • a duplicate printing plate was made in the same way as described in Example 14, except that a brush-grained aluminium plate described below was used instead of the support.
  • the brush-grained aluminium plate was made as follows: A 0. 24 mm-thick 3S aluminium plate was grained by use of a nylon brush and an aqueous suspension of 400 mesh pumice powder, and thoroughly washed with water. Then, the aluminium plate was subjected to etching in an aqueous 10 % sodium hydroxide solution at a temperature of 50 °C for 20 seconds. The aluminium plate was then desmutted in a 30 % nitric acid solution at room temperature for 20 seconds. Thereafter, the aluminium plate was anodized in a sulfuric acid solution at a temperature of 40 °C for 15 minutes at a voltage of 20 V and a current density of 3 A/dm 2 . The roughness of the obtained grains was Rz 5.5 ⁇ , Ra 0.9 ⁇ (DIN standard). The amount of the anodized film was 40 mg/dm 2 .

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