EP0952926B1 - Materiau d'enregistrement a image laser et plaque obtenue a partir de ce materiau pour impression offset sans eau - Google Patents

Materiau d'enregistrement a image laser et plaque obtenue a partir de ce materiau pour impression offset sans eau Download PDF

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EP0952926B1
EP0952926B1 EP98904059A EP98904059A EP0952926B1 EP 0952926 B1 EP0952926 B1 EP 0952926B1 EP 98904059 A EP98904059 A EP 98904059A EP 98904059 A EP98904059 A EP 98904059A EP 0952926 B1 EP0952926 B1 EP 0952926B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
    • B41C1/1008—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials
    • B41C1/1033—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials by laser or spark ablation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • 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
    • B41N1/00—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/003—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor with ink abhesive means or abhesive forming means, such as abhesive siloxane or fluoro compounds, e.g. for dry lithographic printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C2210/00—Preparation or type or constituents of the imaging layers, in relation to lithographic printing forme preparation
    • B41C2210/16—Waterless working, i.e. ink repelling exposed (imaged) or non-exposed (non-imaged) areas, not requiring fountain solution or water, e.g. dry lithography or driography

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  • the invention relates to a recording material having a plate- or sheet-like substrate, a top layer comprising a cured silicone rubber and at least one IR-absorbing layer, which comprises at least one IR-absorbing component and at least one polymeric, organic binder and decomposes under the action of IR laser radiation or changes so that its adhesion to the silicone top layer decreases. It can be provided with an image by means of laser radiation and serves primarily for the production of offset printing plates which print a waterless method.
  • DE-A 25 12 038 describes a material which consists of a substrate, an intermediate layer which contains particles absorbing laser energy (in particular carbon black), nitrocellulose and a crosslinking agent, and a silicone rubber layer. Aluminium, paper and plastic are mentioned as substrates. To prevent the heat generated by the laser from being conducted away by the aluminium, the aluminium surface is preferably provided with an insulating layer of an oleophilic resin. The plate is exposed to infrared or visible laser radiation, preferably from an Nd-YAG laser or an argon laser. In the parts which the radiation strikes, the intermediate layer is oxidized and combusted. Consequently, the silicone layer present on top becomes detached and can be removed with an organic solvent. However, the recording material has only relatively little sensitivity. Moreover, the plates produced therefrom permit only a short print run.
  • EP-A 573 091 and EP-A 685 333 likewise describe a material for the production of waterless offset printing plates.
  • it comprises a substrate having an oleophilic surface, a recording layer which is applied thereon, is not more than 3 ⁇ m thick and contains a substance which converts radiation into heat, and a cured silicone layer.
  • the substrates used are generally films of polyester, polycarbonate or polystyrene. Polyolefin-coated paper is also suitable. Aluminium substrates are also mentioned; however, these must be provided with a special oleophilic coating. Carbon black and pigments and dyes which absorb in the infrared range are mentioned as substances which convert radiation into heat.
  • the recording layer may also comprise a metal, e.g.
  • EP-A 580 393 discloses, inter alia, a three-layer recording material for the production of waterless offset printing plates. It comprises in general a substrate which reflects IR radiation, for example a substrate of degreased, bright-rolled aluminium or a polyester film, on which a reflecting aluminium layer has been applied by vacuum vapour deposition or by sputtering. An IR-absorbing layer and a silicone top layer are then applied to this substrate. The IR-absorbing layer is removed by imagewise exposure to laser radiation of appropriate wavelength. Consequently, those parts of the silicone layer which are present on top become detached and can be removed mechanically, for example by means of brushing.
  • the metallic or metallized substrate has only little affinity to water. The disadvantage of such a recording material is once again the low adhesion between the substrate and the layer present on top. printing plate produced therefrom accordingly gives only a short print run.
  • a further layer which itself does not absorb laser radiation but, under the action of laser radiation on the IR-absorbing layer present on top, undergoes thermal decomposition with formation of gaseous products is arranged between the substrate and the IR-absorbing layer.
  • the thickness of this further layer is chosen so that it undergoes only partial decomposition. In general, it is from 1 to 30 ⁇ m thick.
  • An adhesion-promoting layer for example a layer of a silane or a protein, may also be arranged between substrate and thermally decomposable layer.
  • the substrate preferably consists of aluminium or one of its alloys. It is in general mechanically, chemically and/or electrochemically roughened. This roughening can be achieved by dry brushing, wet brushing, sand-blasting, chemical treatment and/or electrochemical treatment. The electrochemical roughening is preferred. It leads to outstanding anchoring of the IR-absorbing layer on top.
  • the average peak-to-valley height R Z (determined according to DIN 4768 - October 1970 edition) of the surface is in the range from about 0.5 to 15 ⁇ m.
  • the metallic substrate generally has high thermal conductivity. Its surface area increases owing to the roughening, with the result that the heat induced by the laser radiation can be removed even more rapidly.
  • the metal oxide layer has a heat-insulating action and substantially slows down the loss of heat.
  • the layer comprising the metal oxide, especially alumina has in general only 1/10 or less of the thermal conductivity of the respective metal.
  • the oxide is preferably produced electrochemically directly from the metal of the substrate. Particularly in the case of aluminium substrates, the electrochemical oxidation can be controlled so that pores form in the oxide layer and even further reduce the thermal conductivity.
  • the production of such oxide layers is generally known and described (for example in EP-A 161 461).
  • a hydrophilic, abrasion-resistant surface is produced on the substrate.
  • the weight of the oxide layer is in general from 0.5 to 10 g/m 2 , preferably from 1 to 5 g/m 2 .
  • the surface obtained by the combination of roughening and oxidation reflects the IR laser radiation to a substantially lesser extent so that excellent reproduction of fine image elements and hence high resolution are ensured.
  • the surface of the metal oxide layer is hydrophilic. Surprisingly, this hydrophilic surface shows excellent ink acceptance during subsequent printing. The prior art had suggested that only an oleophilic surface meets this requirement.
  • the waterless offset printing plates produced from the recording material according to the invention give prints of excellent quality.
  • the achievable print run is long; in general, it is more than 100,000 prints.
  • the IR-absorbing layer contains components, in particular pigments or dyes, which absorb laser radiation having a wavelength in the infrared range (especially in the range from 700 to 1200 nm).
  • the pigments are also to include carbon black.
  • Suitable IR absorbers are mentioned in J. Fabian et al., Chem. Rev. 92 [1992] 1197. Pigments which contain metals, metal oxides, metal sulphides, metal carbides or similar metal compounds are also suitable.
  • Finely divided metallic elements of main groups II to V and of subgroups I, II and IV to VIII of the Periodic Table such as Mg, Al, Bi, Sn, In, Zn, Ti, Cr, Mo, W, Co, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zr or Te, are preferred.
  • Other suitable IR-absorbing components are metal-phthalocyanine compounds, anthraquinones, polythiophenes, polyanilines, polyacetylenes, polyphenylenes, polyphenylene sulphides and polypyrroles.
  • the absorbing pigment particles should have a mean diameter of, as far as possible, not more than 30 ⁇ m.
  • the amount of the IR-absorbing component is in general from 2 to 80% by weight, preferably from 5 to 57% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the nonvolatile components of the layer.
  • the IR-absorbing layer furthermore contains at least one polymeric, organic binder. Binders which undergo spontaneous decomposition under the action of heat are particularly advantageous. These binders undergoing autoxidation include in particular nitro-cellulose. Polymers which do not undergo autoxidation and which undergo thermally induced decomposition indirectly with the formation of gaseous or volatile cleavage products may also be used.
  • ethylcellulose examples include ethylcellulose, (meth)acrylate polymers and copolymers (such as poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(butyl acrylate), poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), copolymers of lauryl acrylate and methacrylic acid, polystyrene, poly(methylstyrene), copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate, polyurethanes, polycarbonates and polysulphones.
  • the directly or indirectly thermally decomposable polymers are not required in every case, so that other film-forming polymers may also be used. This applies when the IR-absorbing component already forms sufficiently volatile products under irradiation.
  • the "other film-forming polymers” are in particular homo- and copolymers containing units of (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylates and/or (meth)acrylamides, as well as polyvinyl acetates and polyvinyl acetals, which, if appropriate, are furthermore modified with carboxyl groups. They are used either in combination with the thermally decomposable materials or alone.
  • the amount of the binders is in general from about 20 to 95% by weight, preferably from 30 to 80% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the nonvolatile components of the layer.
  • the layer may also contain compounds which crosslink the binder.
  • the type of crosslinking agent depends on the chemical functionality of the binder (S. Paul, Crosslinking Chemistry of Surface Coatings in Comprehensive Polymer Science, Volume 6, Chapter 6, page 149).
  • the amount of the crosslinking agent or agents is in general from 0 to 30% by weight, preferably from 3 to 20% by weight, particularly preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the nonvolatile components of the layer.
  • the IR-absorbing layer may moreover contain compounds which undergo decomposition under the action of heat and/or IR radiation or by chemical induction and form chemically active species (in particular acids), which in turn cause cleavage or decomposition of the polymeric, organic binder. Once again, volatile cleavage or decomposition products are formed. Binders which contain tert-butoxycarbonyl groups give, for example, CO 2 and isobutene when acid acts thereon. Furthermore, the layer may contain compounds which form low molecular weight, gaseous or at least volatile cleavage products (Encycl. Polym. Sci. Eng., Vol. 2, page 434). Examples of such compounds are diazonium salts, azides, bicarbonates and azobicarbonates.
  • the IR-absorbing layer can in addition contain stabilizers for increasing the storability, plasticizers, catalysts for initiating the crosslinking reaction, dulling agents, additional dyes, surfactants, levelling agents or other auxiliaries for improving stability, processing or reprographic quality.
  • the amount of these additives is in general from 0 to 50% by weight, preferably from 10 to 30% by weight, based in each case on the weight of the nonvolatile components of the layer.
  • the weight of the IR-absorbing layer is in general from 0.15 to 5 g/m 2 , preferably from 0.5 to 3.5 g/m 2 .
  • the IR-absorbing layer is produced by applying and drying an appropriate coating solution. Suitable solvents for the preparation of the coating solution include ketones, esters, glycol ethers, alcohols, ethers or mixtures thereof.
  • the silicone top layer is oleophobic and repels the ink during printing. It consists of crosslinked silicone rubber. Any silicone rubber which is sufficiently ink-repellent to permit printing without damping solution is in principle suitable.
  • silicone rubber is intended to be understood as meaning a high molecular weight, essentially linear diorganopolysiloxane, in accordance with the definition of Noll "Chemie und Technologie der Silikone” [Chemistry and Technology of the Silicones], Verlag Chemie [1968], page 332.
  • vulcanized silicone rubber is used for the crosslinked or vulcanized products.
  • a solution of silicone rubber is applied to the IR-absorbing layer, dried and crosslinked.
  • Particularly suitable solvents are toluene, xylene and in particular isoparaffins (boiling range from 100 to 180°C).
  • the silicone rubbers may be one-component or multicomponent rubbers. Examples are described in DE-A 23 50 211, 23 57 871 and 23 59 101. Particularly suitable one-component silicone rubbers are polydimethylsiloxanes which carry hydrogen atoms, acetyl, oxime, alkoxy or amino groups or other functional groups at the chain ends. The methyl groups in the chain may also be replaced by other alkyl groups, by haloalkyl groups or by unsubstituted or substituted aryl groups (in particular phenyl groups). The terminal functional groups are readily hydrolysable and cure in a short time (from a few minutes to a few hours) in the presence of moisture.
  • the multicomponent silicone rubbers are crosslinkable by addition or condensation.
  • the addition-crosslinkable types contain in general two different polysiloxanes.
  • One polysiloxane is generally present in an amount of from 70 to 99% by weight and has alkylene groups (in particular vinyl groups). The other is present in general in an amount of from 1 to 10% by weight.
  • hydrogen atoms are bonded directly to silicon atoms.
  • the addition reaction is effected by heating to more than 50°C in the presence of from about 0.0005 to 0.002% by weight of a platinum catalyst.
  • Multicomponent silicone rubbers have the advantage that they crosslink very rapidly at relatively high temperature (about 100°C).
  • the condensation-crosslinkable mixtures contain diorganopolysiloxanes having reactive terminal groups, such as hydroxyl and acetoxy groups. These are crosslinked with silanes or oligosilanes in the presence of catalysts. Crosslinking agents are present in an amount of from 2 to 15% by weight, while the catalysts are present in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the nonvolatile components of the layer. These mixtures, too, react relatively rapidly and therefore have only a limited pot life.
  • a particularly preferred mixture consists of
  • the silicone layer may contain further components. These may serve for additional crosslinking, better adhesion, mechanical strengthening or colouring. These further components which are only optionally present may be present in an amount of not more than 10% by weight, preferably not more than 5% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the layer.
  • the cured silicone rubber layer is virtually insoluble in organic solvents. It is transparent for the IR laser radiation and itself absorbs virtually no IR radiation (compounds with which the silicone layer may be coloured must therefore be appropriately chosen).
  • the weight of the cured silicone layer is in general from 1 to 20 g/m 2 , preferably from 1 to 5 g/m 2 , which corresponds approximately to a thickness of from 0.8 to 17 ⁇ m, preferably from 0.8 to 4 ⁇ m.
  • the printing plates are produced by imagewise exposure to IR laser radiation.
  • YAG lasers, Nd-YAG lasers, argon lasers, semiconductor lasers and laser diodes, each of which emit radiation in the IR range, are preferred. They generally have an output power of between 40 and 7500 mW.
  • the radiation energy is in general from 20 to 600 mJ/cm 2 . As low a radiation energy as possible is desirable.
  • the laser radiation results in ablation of the IR-absorbing layer, with the result that at the same time the oleophobic silicone layer becomes detached and is simultaneously removed. Loosely adhering layer components can be removed mechanically (for example by wiping), if appropriate with a suitable solvent.
  • the printing plates can be produced in this manner in a single step. A further advantage is that only a very small amount of liquid waste products, if any, are obtained.
  • the present invention thus also relates to a process for the production of a waterless offset printing plate, which is characterized in that IR laser radiation is allowed to act imagewise on the recording material according to the invention.
  • a waterless offset printing plate thus produced, the hydrophilic surface of the oxide layer is ink-carrying and the oleophobic top layer is ink-repellent.
  • the present invention finally also relates to the printing plate produced from the recording material according to the invention.
  • a 0.3 mm thick, electrolytically roughened and anodically oxidized aluminium plate having an oxide weight of 3.6 g/m 2 was rendered hydrophilic with a 0.1% by weight aqueous polyvinylphosphonic acid solution.
  • the recording material thus produced was mounted on a uniformly driveable drum and recorded on by means of a continuously operating Nd-YAG laser (200 mW output power at 1064 nm) with a resolution of 1200 dpi.
  • the exposure time which was variable by changing the rotational speed of the drum, was set at 15 ⁇ s per pixel. This corresponds to an energy of about 500 mJ/cm 2 .
  • the material on which various line patterns are recorded is wiped with a 1% strength by weight surfactant solution (e.g. ®Glucopon 600 CS UP, Henkel) to remove the ablated material and is used for printing under the conditions usual for waterless offset. Well over 100,000 prints of excellent quality can be produced.
  • a 0.2 mm thick, electrolytically roughened and anodically oxidized aluminium plate having an oxide weight of 3.4 g/m 2 was rendered hydrophilic with a 0.1% by weight aqueous polyvinylphosphonic acid solution.
  • Coating solutions are prepared with the components stated in Table 1 and are applied, as described in Example 1, to this substrate type and dried.
  • Example 1 The silicone rubber described in Example 1 is applied to the various IR absorber layers.
  • the resulting printing plates are provided with an image analogously to Example 1, processed and used for printing.

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L'invention concerne un matériau d'enregistrement possédant un substrat sous forme de plaque ou de feuille, au moins une couche absorbant les infrarouges, composée d'au moins un élément absorbant les infrarouges et d'au moins un liant polymère organique et se décomposant sous l'effet du rayonnement laser infrarouge ou se modifiant de telle sorte que son adhérence à la couche supérieure en silicone diminue, ainsi qu'une couche supérieure composée de caoutchouc de silicone durci. Ce substrat contient un métal pouvant être oxydé ou un de ses alliages, est rendu rugueux, au moins sur le côté opposé à la couche absorbant les infrarouges, et est recouvert par une couche d'un oxyde dudit métal. L'invention concerne également un procédé servant à fabriquer une plaque d'impression offset sans eau et la plaque offset elle-même fabriquée à partir du matériau d'enregistrement et dans laquelle la surface hydrophile de la couche d'oxyde est porteuse d'encre et la couche supérieure oléophobe repousse l'encre.

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  1. Matériau d'enregistrement comportant
    un support en plaque ou en feuille,
    une couche superficielle comprenant un caoutchouc de silicone durci, et
    au moins une couche absorbant l'infrarouge qui comprend au moins une substance absorbant l'infrarouge ainsi qu'au moins un liant organique polymère et qui se décompose sous l'action des rayons laser infrarouges ou change de telle façon que son adhérence à ladite couche superficielle de silicone diminue,
    caractérisé en ce que ledit support comporte un métal oxydable ou un de ses alliages et est grainé et recouvert d'une couche d'un oxyde dudit métal, au moins sur le côté orienté vers la couche absorbant l'infrarouge.
  2. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit support est grainé par voie mécanique, chimique et/ou électrochimique.
  3. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite couche dudit oxyde est produite par voie électrochimique.
  4. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite couche d'oxyde est poreuse.
  5. Matériau d'enregistrement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le poids de ladite couche d'oxyde varie entre 0,5 et 10 g/m2.
  6. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le poids de ladite couche d'oxyde varie entre 1 et 5 g/m2.
  7. Matériau d'enregistrement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite substance absorbant l'infrarouge est un pigment, un colorant, un élément métallique ou le noir de carbone.
  8. Matériau d'enregistrement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite couche absorbant l'infrarouge contient un liant directement ou indirectement décomposable par voie thermique.
  9. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que ledit liant directement décomposable par voie thermique est le nitrate de cellulose.
  10. Matériau d'enregistrement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le poids de ladite couche absorbant l'infrarouge varie entre 0,15 et 5 g/m2.
  11. Matériau d'enregistrement selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que le poids de ladite couche absorbant l'infrarouge varie entre 0,5 et 3,5 g/m2.
  12. Procédé pour la confection d'une plaque d'impression pour offset sans eau, caractérisé en ce qu'on laisse agir suivant une image des rayons laser infrarouges sur le matériau d'enregistrement tel que défini dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 et en ce qu'on enlève ainsi les zones de la couche absorbant l'infrarouge touchées par le rayonnement conjointement avec les zones sus-jacentes de la couche superficielle.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que tout constituant de couche détaché éventuel adhérent est enlevé mécaniquement, éventuellement à l'aide d'un solvant.
  14. Plaque d'impression pour offset sans eau, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est confectionnée à partir d'un matériau d'enregistrement tel que défini dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11.
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