JP5251047B2 - Printing plate, method for producing the same, and method for producing printed matter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a field where a fine pattern needs to be printed, specifically to a technique for printing a wiring pattern or the like in the manufacture of an electrical component, an electronic component or the like. In particular, the present invention relates to a printing plate used for letterpress printing, a manufacturing method thereof, and a printed material manufacturing method.

  Conventionally, photolithography and vacuum processes have been used to form electronic components such as circuit boards and display devices. In recent years, with the advancement of electronic technology, the size of elements has become smaller and the pattern forming elements has been required to be miniaturized accordingly. Therefore, compared to conventional manufacturing methods using photoresists, methods for manufacturing fine patterns using various printing methods have been proposed for productivity, cost, high accuracy, large area, and further miniaturization. ing.

As a technique for forming a fine pattern of an electronic circuit, for example, a relief printing method as described in Patent Document 1 is known. The relief printing method is a method of forming an ink pattern by bringing a printing plate and a substrate into contact with each other after the ink is attached to a printing plate on which a desired uneven pattern is formed, and transferring the ink onto the substrate. In Patent Document 1, as the organic thin film, a self-assembled film capable of forming a monomolecular film with few defects on various substrates (metal, semiconductor, oxide, etc.) with high reproducibility is used.
U. S. Patent 6060121 Further, as a printing method capable of forming a fine image pattern, a reverse offset printing method is also available (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  An apparatus used for the reverse offset printing method is generally a cylindrical ink film forming base material commonly called a blanket, an ink supply means for supplying ink to the ink film forming base material to form a film-like ink, and ink film forming A removal plate that is a printing plate that removes a non-image portion from a film-like ink formed on a substrate, and a substrate to be printed on which the image portion remaining on the ink film-forming substrate is transferred to become a printed material, , And a conveyance means for conveying the substrate to be printed to a position suitable for printing.

  The ink film forming substrate is usually treated so that the ink is easily peeled off. For example, silicone rubber is used. Here, the ink film forming substrate may be cylindrical or plate-like as long as a uniform film-like ink can be formed. For example, an arc shape with a deflection may be selected. it can. Also, the removal plate, which is a printing plate, may have any shape as long as it can appropriately remove the non-image portion of the film-like ink.

  The printing process of reverse offset printing will be described in order. First, ink is applied from an ink supply means onto an ink film forming substrate to form a film-like ink. At this time, the ink is placed in a pre-dried state on the ink film forming substrate, and loses some solvent to form a film-like ink. Next, a removal plate having a predetermined shape is brought into contact with the film-like ink to transfer a non-image portion of the film-like ink and remove it from the ink film-forming substrate. Here, a plate in which a portion corresponding to the image portion is a concave portion and a portion corresponding to the non-image portion is a convex portion is used as the removal plate. Next, the printed ink remaining on the ink film-forming substrate can be transferred to a substrate to be printed to obtain a printed matter.

  As an example of forming an image pattern by such a reverse offset printing method, it has been proposed to produce an electromagnetic wave shield by performing printing using a conductive ink on a substrate (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

In addition, it is desired to produce printed materials on which various image patterns are printed. In particular, it is desired to form both a large area solid pattern, such as a capacitor electrode and a wiring pattern, and a narrow and narrowly spaced pattern on one printed surface.
JP 2000-289320 A JP, 2005-175061, A Intaglio printing technology is also attracting attention as an alternative to conventional screen printing technology [Nikkei Electronics separate volume "Flat Panel Display '90" (1989) publication].

  Of these, the relief printing method has a "per bottom" in which ink adheres to a non-image area having a large area when the depth of the depression (plate depth) of the relief printing plate, which is a printing plate, is shallow relative to a non-image area having a large area. There is a bug called. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state in which the relief plate 300 is used as a printing plate for the relief printing method, and the ink film 341 of the inking mechanism and the top of the relief portion of the relief plate 300 are brought into contact with each other. is there. The letterpress 300 includes a pattern sparse part 370 whose image pattern is relatively sparse and a pattern dense part 360 which is dense.

  Here, since the letterpress usually has elasticity, when it comes into contact with the inking mechanism 340, stress is applied to cause deformation. When the area of the concave portion, which is a region corresponding to the non-image portion of the printed material, is large with respect to the depth of the relief printing plate, such as the pattern sparse portion 370, the concave bottom portion of the relief printing plate and the ink film of the inking mechanism are in contact with each other. become. Next, when the inked relief plate is brought into contact with the substrate to be printed, the plate is deformed in the same manner as when brought into contact with the inking mechanism (FIG. 3B).

  The bottom of the concave portion provided in the relief printing plate should not allow ink to adhere to the substrate to be printed, so if it comes into contact with the ink film in this way, it will be removed from the inking mechanism on the portion to be formed as a non-image portion on the printed matter. When ink is supplied and the plate and the substrate to be printed are brought into contact with each other, the ink adheres to the non-image area of the substrate to be printed (FIG. 3C).

  In order to avoid this, if the image pattern is sparse, a method of increasing the plate depth to prevent contact between the ink film and the bottom of the recess can be considered. However, since it is generally difficult to finely process a plate having a high aspect ratio, the formation of a plate having a high aspect ratio is a problem in performing fine patterning.

  In addition, a plate with a high aspect ratio has problems such as a decrease in the strength of the convex portion and a deterioration in positional accuracy due to the deformation of the convex portion. Further, when the image patterns are densely arranged, there arises a problem that ink tends to adhere due to a capillary phenomenon other than a necessary portion of the plate, that is, between the convex portions.

  Such a phenomenon is more likely to occur as the viscosity of the ink becomes lower, and countermeasures are required depending on the properties of the ink used. Further, when the pattern width and pitch are reduced, the height of the convex portions of the plate has to be lowered, so that it becomes easy for ink to enter between the convex portions, thus making it difficult to form a fine pattern.

  On the other hand, the reverse offset printing method is not good at leaving an image pattern having a large area as the image portion with respect to the depth of relief (plate depth) of the removed plate, which is a printing plate. This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state in which the film-like ink 640 of the ink film-forming substrate on which the ink is formed on the entire surface is in contact with the top of the convex portion of the printing plate 600. . The printing plate 600 includes a pattern sparse part 670 in which the image pattern is relatively sparse and a pattern dense part 660 in which the image pattern is dense. Further, the difference in height between the top of the convex part and the bottom of the concave part is called plate depth.

  Here, since the ink film forming substrate and the printing plate usually have elasticity, deformation occurs when the printing plate and the ink film forming substrate come into contact with each other. That is, the printing plate is deformed as shown in FIG. 6A, or the ink film forming substrate is deformed as shown in FIG.

  When the area of the recess, which is a region corresponding to the image portion of the printed material, is larger than the plate depth of the printing plate, the bottom of the recess provided in the printing plate and the film-like ink on the ink film forming substrate are in contact become. The concave portion provided in the printing plate means that the film-like ink must be left on the ink film-forming substrate. Therefore, when it comes into contact with the film-like ink, it should be formed as an image pattern on the printed matter. Ink is removed from the ink film forming substrate, and an image pattern omission 643 occurs.

  In order to avoid this, when the image pattern is sparse, a method of preventing the contact between the film-like ink and the bottom of the concave portion by increasing the plate depth can be considered. However, since it is generally difficult to finely process a plate having a high aspect ratio, the formation of a plate having a high aspect ratio is a problem in performing fine patterning. In addition, a plate with a high aspect ratio has problems such as a decrease in the strength of the convex portion and a deterioration in positional accuracy due to the deformation of the convex portion.

  On the other hand, in the case of intaglio printing, when printing is actually performed using the intaglio printing method with the conventional configuration, the print pattern pitch (total of line width and interline width) is several tens of μm or less, resulting in higher resolution. As the number of defects increases, the defect occurrence rate of defects such as defective image portions increases, and the yield of the printed circuit board deteriorates. In response to such problems, overprinting is performed for defects with missing image portions, or ink received at different positions as proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-169357 is used at the same location. A method has been devised to reduce the occurrence of defects in the image area which are caused by defects in the intaglio as a printing plate by transferring to the plate, but there is a problem that the mass productivity is poor.

  In the future, the higher the resolution of the printed pattern, the shorter the image part width and non-image part width, and the probability that the image part will be defective even with a pattern that was not a problem with the conventional low resolution increases. . This is because when the line width of the concave portion corresponding to the image portion is shortened, the ink holding capacity of the concave portion is reduced, and when the ink holding capacity is lowered, the ink transfer property from the plate to the printing substrate is reduced. This is because of a decrease.

  In order to avoid this, it is conceivable to increase the plate depth in order to increase the ink holding capacity. However, since it is generally difficult to finely process a plate with a high aspect ratio, it is difficult to form a plate with a high aspect ratio. This is a problem when performing patterning.

  In addition, a plate with a high aspect ratio has problems such as a decrease in the strength of the convex portion and a deterioration in positional accuracy due to the deformation of the convex portion.

  In addition, glass substrates, silicon wafers, plastic substrates, etc. are raised as substrates to be used for electronic components such as circuit boards and display devices, but these substrates to be printed have low ink adhesion, Missing defects are likely to occur. Printing on such a substrate to be printed with low ink adhesion is also a problem from the viewpoint of ink transferability.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing plate capable of high-definition printing even when a sparse part and a dense part are mixed, a method for producing the same, and a method for producing a printed matter using the same. And

  Specifically, in the case of a relief plate that is a printing plate in the relief printing method, in order to provide a relief plate that does not cause ink adhesion to a non-image portion of a sparse pattern without increasing the plate depth. In particular, a high-definition printing plate that does not occur near the bottom even if a portion having a sparse pattern and a portion having a dense pattern are mixed, a method for manufacturing the same, and a printed material using the same It is an object to provide a method.

  In addition, in the case of a printing plate used as a removal plate in the reverse offset printing method, it was made in order to provide a plate that does not cause ink transfer omission in a sparse pattern without increasing the plate depth. In particular, to provide a high-definition printing plate that does not cause pattern omission even when a sparse pattern and a dense pattern are mixed, a manufacturing method thereof, and a printed material manufacturing method using the same. Is an issue.

  Furthermore, in the case of an intaglio, which is a printing plate in the intaglio printing method, in order to provide an intaglio that gives high-detail and high-quality printed matter with excellent ink transferability from the recess without increasing the plate depth. The present invention provides an intaglio plate that is less prone to defects in which an image portion is chipped, especially when printing on a substrate to be printed with low ink adhesion, a method for producing the same, and a method for producing printed matter using the same. This is the issue.

1st invention based on Claim 1 made | formed in order to solve the said subject WHEREIN: In the printing plate in which the inactive layer which comprises a convex part and the low surface energy layer which comprises a recessed part bottom are formed on the base material , The low surface energy layer is composed of a negative resist containing a silane coupling agent, and the back side of the surface of the printing plate on which the inactive layer and the low surface energy layer are formed is used as a mask. The present invention provides a printing plate in which the low surface energy layer is formed on the substrate in a self-aligning manner by exposure .

Further, in a second invention according to claim 2 made to solve the above problems, the silane coupling agent is R ₁ SiX ₁ X ₂ X ₃ (R ₁ is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, The alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, and phenyl group may be perfluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₁ , X ₂ , and X ₃ are independently halogen such as chlorine, bromine, iodine, or the like; Is an alkoxy group.) And R ₂ R ₃ SiX ₄ X ₅ (R ₂ and R ₃ are independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group and a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and phenyl group are perfluorinated. Alternatively, it may be partially fluorinated, and X ₄ and X ₅ are independently halogen or alkoxy groups such as chlorine, bromine and iodine) and R ₄ R ₅ R ₆ SiX ₆ (R ₄ , R ₅ and R ₆ are German An alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, and phenyl group may be fully fluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₆ is independently chlorine, bromine, The printing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the printing plate is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a halogen such as iodine or an alkoxy group.

A third invention according to claim 3 for solving the above-mentioned problems provides the printing plate according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the printing plate is for relief printing. It is.

A fourth aspect of the present invention according to claim 4 made to solve the above-mentioned problem provides the printing plate according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the printing plate is for reverse offset printing. Is.

A fifth invention according to claim 5 for solving the above-mentioned problems provides the printing plate according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the printing plate is for intaglio printing. It is.

Further, a sixth invention according to claim 6 made to solve the above-mentioned problem is characterized in that an inert layer forming a convex portion and a low surface energy layer forming a bottom portion of the concave portion are formed on a base material. In the method for producing a printing plate, the step of forming an inert layer pattern at a position corresponding to the convex portion on the substrate, and then a silane coupling agent on the surface on which the inert layer pattern is formed Applying a negative resist, and then exposing and developing from the back side of the surface of the printing plate on which the inactive layer pattern is formed using the inactive layer as a mask, the low surface energy layer is self-aligned. The manufacturing method of the printing plate characterized by including the process of forming on a base material is provided.

A seventh invention according to claim 7 for solving the above-described problems includes an inking step of inking ink into the convex portion of the printing plate according to claim 3 , and ink on the convex portion. And a step of printing on a substrate to be printed.

Further, an eighth invention according to claim 8 made to solve the above-mentioned problems is related to an inking process for forming an ink film on an ink film forming substrate and an ink film on the ink film forming substrate. 4. A patterning step of transferring a non-image portion of the ink film onto the convex portion of the printing plate according to 4 to form a patterned ink on the ink film-forming substrate; The present invention provides a method for producing a printed matter comprising a step of printing on a material.

A ninth invention according to claim 9 for solving the above problems includes an inking step of inking ink into the concave portion of the printing plate according to claim 5 , and ink on the concave portion of the intaglio plate. And a step of printing on a substrate to be printed.

  As described above, the printing plate of the present invention is formed with the adsorption layer having a weak adhesion to the ink at the bottom of the concave portion of the plate, so that it is possible to suppress printing defects and there is no need to make the plate depth extremely deep. Therefore, high resolution can be achieved.

  Specifically, in the printing plate of the present invention when used for relief printing or reverse offset printing, the bottom of the concave portion of the plate is formed of an adsorption layer having low adhesion to ink, so that the ink adheres to the bottom of the concave portion. And printing defects can be suppressed. Further, since it is not necessary to make the plate depth extremely deep, high resolution can be achieved.

  Further, when used in an intaglio, the printing plate of the present invention has a concave portion of the plate formed by an adsorption layer having low adhesion to ink, so that the ink transfer from the concave portion to the substrate to be printed is good, and the image portion Printing defects such as defects lacking can be suppressed. Further, since it is not necessary to make the plate depth extremely deep, high resolution can be achieved.

<Composition of printing plate>
The printing plate of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the printing plate of the present invention, an inert layer 130 forming a convex portion 131 and a low surface energy layer 110 forming a concave bottom portion 111 are formed on a substrate 120. When used for letterpress, the convex portion 131 of the inactive layer 130 corresponds to the image portion of the printed material, and the concave bottom portion 131 of the low surface energy layer 110 corresponds to the non-image portion of the printed material. When used for reverse offset printing or for intaglio printing, the convex portion 131 of the inactive layer 130 corresponds to a non-image portion of the printed material, and the concave bottom portion 131 of the low surface energy layer 110 serves as the image portion of the printed material. Equivalent to.

<Method for forming plate>
The process for forming the printing plate of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

[Step 1]
Film formation and patterning of the inactive layer 430 are performed on the substrate 420. The film can be formed by a wet process such as spray coating, bar coating, dip coating, die coating, cap coating, spin coating, roll coating, applicator, gravure coating, or lamination. As the patterning method, imprint, photolithography, cutting, or the like can be used, but photolithography is preferable from the viewpoint of patterning accuracy.

[Step 2]
Film formation and patterning of the low surface energy layer 410 is performed on the substrate. The film can be formed by a wet process such as spray coating, bar coating, dip coating, die coating, cap coating, spin coating, roll coating, applicator, gravure coating, or lamination. The patterning method is preferably photolithography, and more preferably photolithography by back exposure in which the inactive layer is used as a mask from the back surface of the base material on which the inactive layer and the low surface energy layer 430 are formed.

  Since the low surface energy layer is formed on the substrate in a self-aligning manner with respect to the inert layer by back exposure, it is possible to easily form a plate with high positional accuracy of the low surface energy layer.

  The printing plate of the present invention can also be formed by utilizing the low surface energy of the low surface energy layer. In other words, using the fact that the resin solution constituting the inactive layer does not repel on the low surface energy layer, the inactive layer is applied in a consistent manner to the location where the low surface energy layer is not formed on the substrate. Can be formed.

<Plate material>
The material which comprises the printing plate of this invention is demonstrated.

  The low surface energy layer is composed of a negative resist containing a long-chain alkyl or a fluorinated long-chain alkyl compound.

  Negative resists constituting the low surface energy layer are acrylic, polyimide, benzocyclobutene, epoxy, silicone, polymethyl methacrylate, urethane, polyvinyl alcohol, methoxymethylated nylon, polyamide, polybutadiene, unsaturated polyester, oxetane, vinyl ether, etc. A negative photosensitive resin such as a photosensitive resin or a polymer alloy obtained by combining these resins can be used, but is not limited thereto.

  The long-chain alkyl or fluorinated long-chain alkyl compound constituting the low surface energy layer can be composed of a silane coupling agent.

The silane coupling agent is R ₁ SiX ₁ X ₂ X ₃ (R ₁ is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group or phenyl group is fully fluorinated or partially fluorinated. X ₁ , X ₂ and X ₃ are independently halogen or alkoxy groups such as chlorine, bromine and iodine.) And R ₂ R ₃ SiX ₄ X ₅ (R ₂ , R ₃ Is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, or phenyl group may be fully fluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₄ and X ₅ are independently A halogen or an alkoxy group such as chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.) and R ₄ R ₅ R ₆ SiX ₆ (R ₄ , R ₅ and R ₆ are each independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a phenyl group; Base , A cycloalkyl group and a phenyl group may be fully fluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₆ is independently a halogen or alkoxy group such as chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.) More than one type of compound can be used.

  Specifically, isobutyltrimethoxysilane, trimethylmethoxysilane, cyclohexylmethyldimethoxysilane, n-decyltrimethoxysilane, diisopropyldimethoxysilane, n-propyltrimethoxysilane, diisobutyldimethoxysilane, n-octylmethoxysiloxane, ethyltrimethoxy Silane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, n-octyltriethoxysilane, methyltrimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane, n-hexyltrimethoxysilane, n-hexyltriethoxysilane, dimethylethoxysilane, n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane, trimethylpropoxy Silane, trimethylisopropoxysilane, phenoxytrimethylsilane, cyclohexyloxytrimethylsilane, hexyltrichlorosila , Alkyl groups such as heptyltrichlorosilane, octyltrichlorosilane, nonyltrichlorosilane, decyltrichlorosilane, octadecyltrichlorosilane, cyclohexyltrimethoxysilane, dicyclopentyldimethoxysilane, (cyclopropylmethyl) dimethylmethoxysilane, cyclohexyltrichlorosilane, etc. Alkoxysilanes having a cycloalkyl group, dimethoxymethyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropylsilane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane, 2- (nonadecafluorononyl) ethyltriethoxysilane, 3 , 3,3-trifluoropropyltriethoxysilane, (pentafluorophenyl) triethoxysilane, 8,8,8-trifluorooctyltriethoxysilane, 2- Henicosafluorodecyl) ethyltriethoxysilane, (4-fluorophenyl) trimethoxysilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyltrichlorosilane, 3,3 Examples include, but are not limited to, fluorinated alkoxysilanes such as 1,3-trifluoropropyltrichlorosilane, henicosafluorodecyltrichlorosilane, and 4-fluorobenzyltrichlorosilane.

  As described above, when a material having a low surface energy surface having an alkyl group or a fluorinated alkyl group is used for the low surface energy layer, adhesion of ink to the low surface energy layer is suppressed.

  When the printing plate configured as described above is used for relief printing or reverse offset printing, a low surface energy layer with extremely low adhesion to ink is formed on the bottom of the recess, so that the ink adheres to the non-image area due to the bottom. Can be suppressed. For this reason, even in a plate having a pattern sparse portion and a pattern dense portion, it is not necessary to make the plate depth extremely deep, so that a high-detail plate can be easily formed. Further, if the plate depth can be reduced, it is possible to improve the strength of the plate protrusion and the position accuracy. Therefore, it is possible to supply a relief printing plate capable of forming a high-detail and high-quality printed material and a printing plate used for reverse offset printing.

When used as an intaglio, a low surface energy layer with low adhesion to the ink is formed at the bottom of the recess, so that ink transfer from the recess to the substrate to be printed is good and printing defects such as defects that cause missing image areas are suppressed. it can. Further, since it is not necessary to make the plate depth extremely deep, a high-detail plate can be easily formed. Further, if the plate depth can be reduced, it is possible to improve the strength of the plate protrusion and the position accuracy. Accordingly, it is possible to supply an intaglio capable of forming a high-detail and high-quality printed matter.

  Inactive layers are metal oxides such as silicon dioxide, alumina, kaolin, mica, talc, clay, alumina, wollastonite, potassium titanate, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, chromium oxide, zirconium oxide, and indium oxide. And metals such as Au, Ag, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Fe, Co, Cr, Al, Zn, Ti, Mn, Mo, W, Zr and alloys selected from these, acrylic, polyimide, benzo Photosensitive resins such as cyclobutene, epoxy, silicone, polymethylmethacrylate, urethane, polyvinyl alcohol, methoxymethylated nylon, polyamide, polybutadiene, unsaturated polyester, oxetane, vinyl ether, and polymer alloys combining these resins. This can be resin But it is not limited. The photosensitive resin can be used in either a positive photosensitive mechanism or a negative photosensitive mechanism.

  The base materials are glass base materials such as quartz glass, crystal glass, soda lime glass, borosilicate glass, metal base materials such as stainless steel, aluminum and copper, wafer base materials composed of silicon, polyethylene terephthalate, Polyethylene naphthalate, polyethersulfone, polyetherimide, polyetheretherketone, polyetherketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyarylate, polyimide, polycarbonate, cellulose triacetate, cycloolefin polymer, polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride, liquid crystal polymer, epoxy resin, Materials such as phenolic resin, urea resin, melamine resin, and silicone resin can be used. Polymer alloys combining these resins, glass epoxy substrates, one or two or more types can be used. It can be used in the plastic substrate, such as a multilayer structure film of a multilayer structure formed by laminating a combination of the resin material.

<Manufacture of printed materials when used as letterpress>
The production of a printed matter by the relief printing method using the printing plate of the present invention thus obtained will be described with reference to FIG.

  The relief plate 500 of the present invention is used as a printing plate for relief printing. First, the relief plate 500 is brought into contact with the inking mechanism 540, and the ink 541 is adhered to the inactive layer 530 forming the projections of the relief plate 500 (FIG. 5A). Next, the relief printing plate 550 is brought into contact with the printing substrate 550 to transfer the ink 543 to the printing substrate 550 (FIG. 5B). At this time, the ink 533 on the relief printing plate 500 may be transferred entirely or partially to the printing substrate 550.

  The ink used in the relief printing method may be adjusted according to the type of printed matter to be produced, such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ITO, tin oxide, and zinc oxide, and metal oxides. Inorganic conductive inks with various additives added to the fine particle dispersion as needed, organic conductive inks in which PEDOT / PSS, polyaniline, polypyrrole, etc. are dissolved in water or organic solvents, organic electroluminescence (EL) Examples include, but are not limited to, inks in which materials are dissolved or dispersed in organic solvents, pigment dispersions for color filters, etching resists, and the like.

  The substrate to be printed on which an image is formed by transfer of film-like ink can be appropriately selected according to the intended printed matter. When manufacturing electronic parts, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide, polyethersulfone (PES), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycarbonate, plastic materials such as glass epoxy substrates, glass substrates such as quartz, silicon wafers, etc. Can be mentioned. It is also possible to select a flexible base material such as a film according to the environment in which the printed material is used. In this case, continuous printing is performed using a long base material to improve production efficiency. Is preferred.

  Examples of the printed matter produced by the production method using the relief plate of the present invention include a circuit board, a thin film transistor substrate, a color filter, a printed wiring board, an organic electroluminescence element, and a component built-in substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors in an array corresponding to the pixels, and can be used as a display member that needs to be turned on and off for each pixel such as a liquid crystal display.

  Examples of the image pattern printed using the relief printing plate of the present invention include, for example, an electrode, a capacitor electrode, wiring, and the like provided in the thin film transistor substrate, a colored layer provided in the color filter, an electrode provided in the organic electroluminescence element, and organic electroluminescence. Layer, wiring provided on the printed wiring board, or in the case of a built-in type printed wiring board, a passive element / active element such as a capacitor electrode or dielectric layer, a resistive element electrode or resistor, an inductor, or a transistor component, circuit board An etching resist for formation can be mentioned.

<Manufacture of printed matter when used in reverse offset printing method>
The production of printed matter by the reverse offset printing method using the printing plate of the present invention thus obtained will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The printing plate 700 of the present invention is used as a plate for the reverse offset printing method. First, a film-like ink is formed on an ink film forming substrate. Next, the printing plate 700 is brought into contact with the ink film forming substrate 740 to transfer the ink 741 to the convex portions of the printing plate 700 (FIG. 7A). Next, the ink film forming substrate is brought into contact with the substrate to be printed 750 to transfer the ink 743 to the substrate to be printed 750 (FIG. 5B).

  The ink used in the reverse offset printing method may be adjusted according to the type of printed matter to be produced, such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ITO, tin oxide, and zinc oxide, and metal oxide. Inorganic conductive ink with various additives added to the fine particle dispersion, organic conductive ink in which PEDOT / PSS, polyaniline, polypyrrole, etc. are dissolved in water or an organic solvent, organic electroluminescence (EL ) Examples include, but are not limited to, inks in which materials are dissolved or dispersed in organic solvents, pigment dispersions for color filters, and etching resists.

  The substrate to be printed on which an image is formed by transfer of film-like ink can be appropriately selected according to the intended printed matter. When manufacturing electronic parts, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide, polyethersulfone (PES), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycarbonate, plastic materials such as glass epoxy substrates, glass substrates such as quartz, silicon wafers, etc. Can be mentioned. It is also possible to select a flexible substrate such as a film according to the environment in which the printed material is used. In this case, a long substrate is used to improve production efficiency, and the printed material is continuously manufactured. Preferably it is done.

The ink film forming substrate used in the reverse offset printing method is commonly called a blanket, and this material includes the formation of film-like ink, removal of film-like ink in non-image areas by a printing plate, and application to a substrate to be printed. Those capable of transferring ink in the image area are used. A material with little deformation is preferable, but a certain degree of flexibility is required. As such a material, various polymer materials such as silicone elastomer, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene rubber, and urethane rubber can be used. Further, in order to adjust the wettability of the blanket surface, surface treatment such as application of fluororesin and silicone, plasma treatment, UV ozone cleaning treatment may be performed on the blanket surface. Since such an ink film forming member is usually supplied as a flexible plate, it can be used by being wound around a cylindrical plate cylinder, or can be fixed to a strong flat plate.

  Examples of the printed matter produced by the production method using the printing plate used for the reverse offset printing of the present invention include a circuit board, a thin film transistor substrate, a color filter, a printed wiring board, an organic electroluminescence element, a component-embedded substrate, and the like. be able to. The thin film transistor substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors in an array corresponding to the pixels, and can be used as a display member that needs to be turned on and off for each pixel such as a liquid crystal display.

  As an image pattern printed using the printing plate used for the reverse offset printing of the present invention, for example, an electrode, a capacitor electrode, a wiring and the like provided in the thin film transistor substrate, a colored layer provided in the color filter, and an organic electroluminescence element Electrodes, organic electroluminescence layers, wiring provided in printed wiring boards, and passive wiring such as capacitor electrodes, dielectric layers, resistive element electrodes, resistors, inductors, and transistor components in the case of embedded printed wiring boards Examples thereof include an etching resist for forming an element / active element and a circuit board.

<Manufacture of printed materials when used as intaglio>
The production of printed matter by the intaglio printing method using the printing plate of the present invention thus obtained will be described with reference to FIG.

  The intaglio 800 which is a printing plate of the present invention is used as a plate for intaglio printing. First, the recess is filled with ink by the movement of the squeegee 840 (FIG. 8A). Next, the intaglio is brought into contact with the substrate to be printed 850 to transfer the ink 841 to the substrate to be printed 850 (FIG. 8B).

  The ink used in the intaglio printing method may be adjusted according to the type of printed matter to be produced, such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ITO, tin oxide, and zinc oxide, and metal oxides. Inorganic conductive inks with various additives added to the fine particle dispersion as needed, organic conductive inks in which PEDOT / PSS, polyaniline, polypyrrole, etc. are dissolved in water or organic solvents, organic electroluminescence (EL) Examples include, but are not limited to, inks in which materials are dissolved or dispersed in organic solvents, pigment dispersions for color filters, etching resists, and the like.

  The substrate to be printed on which an image is formed by transfer of film-like ink can be appropriately selected according to the intended printed matter. When manufacturing electronic parts, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide, polyethersulfone (PES), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycarbonate, plastic materials such as glass epoxy substrates, glass substrates such as quartz, silicon wafers, etc. Can be mentioned. It is also possible to select a flexible base material such as a film according to the environment in which the printed material is used. In this case, continuous printing is performed using a long base material to improve production efficiency. Is preferred.

  Examples of the printed matter produced by the production method using the printing plate of the present invention include a circuit board, a thin film transistor substrate, a color filter, a printed wiring board, an organic electroluminescence element, and a component-embedded substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors in an array corresponding to the pixels, and can be used as a display member that needs to be turned on and off for each pixel such as a liquid crystal display.

Examples of the image pattern printed using the printing plate of the present invention include, for example, electrodes provided in the thin film transistor substrate, capacitor electrodes, wirings, colored layers provided in the color filter, electrodes provided in the organic electroluminescent element, and organic In the case of an electroluminescent layer, a wiring provided in a printed wiring board, or a printed wiring board with a built-in element, a passive element / active element such as a capacitor electrode, a dielectric layer, a resistive element electrode or a resistor, an inductor, a transistor component, An etching resist for forming a circuit board can be mentioned.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with examples.

  A PEN film having a size of 100 mm × 100 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as a relief printing substrate. A resist pattern was formed on this PEN by a photolithography method using a positive resist, and irregularities were formed such that the depth of the concave portion of the resist was 5 μm. Subsequently, the base material on which the unevenness was formed was subjected to a heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes.

  Next, a negative resist containing 5% by weight of a fluoroalkylsilane (manufactured by GE Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd .: trade name TSL8233) as a silane coupling agent is applied on a substrate with irregularities so as to have a thickness of 0.5 μm. The back exposure was performed. Next, by performing development and heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes, the part corresponding to the image part becomes a convex part, the part corresponding to the non-image part becomes a concave part, and the low surface energy layer is formed on the bottom part of the concave part corresponding to the non-image part. A letterpress printing relief plate having a formed thereon was prepared.

  In addition, the pattern formed here is 100 units in a unit of 10 units × 10 units in a 100 mm square region at the center of the glass plate, with the pattern schematically shown in FIG. 2 (a, b) as one unit. Is. The image pattern corresponding to the pattern sparse portion 270 is a 250 μm × 250 μm square, and the image pattern corresponding to the pattern dense portion 211 is a 140 μm × 210 μm rectangle. The line / space width between the pattern sparse part and the pattern dense part is 5 μm / 5 μm.

<Ink 1>
A conductive ink was prepared by dissolving an aqueous silver particle dispersion having an average particle diameter of 20 nm as an ink so that the silver particles were 20 parts by weight and the water was 80 parts by weight.

<Manufacture of printed matter>
The printed matter according to the example was manufactured as follows.
The conductive ink adjusted as described above was applied to a glass substrate used as an inking substrate with a bar coater to form a conductive ink film.

  Next, the relief printing plate of the present invention according to Example 1 in which the adsorption layer was formed on the bottom of the recess was adhered to the ink film of the inking substrate and then peeled to form an ink film on the projection of the relief printing plate. Next, the intaglio plate on which the ink of the image portion is formed on the convex portion and the soda lime glass substrate having a thickness of 0.7 mm and a size of 100 mm × 100 mm used as the substrate to be printed are adhered and then peeled off. The ink film on the letterpress was transferred to the substrate to be printed. Next, this was heat-treated at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes to form a printed matter having a conductive pattern. When the obtained conductive pattern was observed with an optical microscope, no ink adhered to the non-image area due to the bottom in the pattern sparse part.

A relief printing plate for letterpress printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the color filter coloring ink prepared as described below was used as the ink, and a printed material was produced using this.
<Ink 2>
First, a red pigment dispersion was prepared with the following composition.
[Red pigment dispersion]
-Red pigment C.I. I. Pigment Red 254 (“Ilgar Forred B-CF” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 18 parts by weight C.I. I. Pigment Red 177 (“Chromophthal Red A2B” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 2 parts by weight / acrylic varnish (solid content 20%) 108 parts by weight [red colored ink]
Thereafter, a mixture having the following composition was stirred and mixed to be uniform, and then filtered through a 5 μm filter to obtain a red colored ink.
-Red pigment dispersion liquid: 100 parts by weight-Methylated methylol melamine (manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd .: trade name MW-30) ... 20 parts by weight- Leveling agent (manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc .: trade name: Megafuck) F-483SF) ... 1 part by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether ... 85 parts by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate ... 45 parts by weight The red colored ink thus adjusted was applied to the blanket in the same manner as in Example 1 to remove non-image parts. An ink pattern was obtained on a glass substrate by transferring to a substrate to be printed. In the printed matter thus obtained, no ink adheres to the non-image portion due to the bottom in the pattern sparse portion.

[Comparative example]
A relief printing plate for letterpress printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the adsorption layer was not formed on the bottom of the depression, and the production of printed matter was performed. When the conductive pattern of the obtained printed material was observed with an optical microscope, the bottom of the pattern sparse part was remarkable, and ink was observed on the non-image part.

  Table 1 summarizes the results of the above examples.

A PEN film having a size of 100 mm × 100 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as the base material of the plate. A resist pattern was formed on this PEN by a photolithography method using a positive resist, and irregularities were formed such that the depth of the concave portion of the resist was 5 μm. Subsequently, the base material on which the unevenness was formed was subjected to a heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes.

Next, a negative resist containing 5% by weight of a fluoroalkylsilane (manufactured by GE Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd .: trade name TSL8233) as a silane coupling agent is formed on the substrate on which irregularities are formed so that the thickness becomes 0.5 μm. Application and back exposure were performed. Next, by performing development and heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes, the portion corresponding to the non-image portion becomes a convex portion, the portion corresponding to the image portion becomes a concave portion, and the low surface energy layer is formed on the bottom of the concave portion that is the image portion corresponding region. A plate used for the formed reverse offset printing was prepared.

In addition, the pattern formed here is 100 units in a unit of 10 units × 10 units in a 100 mm square region at the center of the glass plate, with the pattern schematically shown in FIG. 2 (a, b) as one unit. Is. The image pattern corresponding to the pattern sparse portion 270 is a 250 μm × 250 μm square, and the image pattern corresponding to the pattern dense portion 211 is a 140 μm × 210 μm rectangle. The line / space width between the pattern sparse part and the pattern dense part is 5 μm / 5 μm.

<Ink 1>
A conductive ink was prepared by dissolving an aqueous silver particle dispersion having an average particle diameter of 20 nm as an ink so that the silver particles were 20 parts by weight and the water was 80 parts by weight.

<Manufacture of printed matter>
The printed matter according to the example was manufactured as follows.
The conductive ink adjusted as described above was applied to a silicone sheet used as an ink film forming substrate with a bar coater to form a conductive ink in a film form.

  Next, the printing plate of the present invention according to Example 1 having an adsorption layer formed on the bottom of the concave portion is adhered to the ink of the ink film forming substrate and then peeled off, and the non-image portion ink is transferred to the convex portion of the plate. did. Next, the ink film forming substrate on which the ink of the image area is left and the soda lime glass substrate having a thickness of 0.7 mm and a size of 100 mm × 100 mm used as the substrate to be printed are adhered and then peeled off. Then, the ink on the ink film forming substrate was transferred to the substrate to be printed. Next, this was heat-treated at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes to form a printed matter having a conductive pattern. When the obtained conductive pattern was observed with an optical microscope, no ink adhered to the non-image area due to the bottom in the pattern sparse part.

  A plate used for reverse offset printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the color filter coloring ink prepared as described below was used as the ink, and a printed material was produced using the plate.

<Ink 2>
First, a red pigment dispersion was prepared with the following composition.
[Red pigment dispersion]
-Red pigment C.I. I. Pigment Red 254 (“Ilgar Forred B-CF” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 18 parts by weight C.I. I. Pigment Red 177 (“Chromophthal Red A2B” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 2 parts by weight / acrylic varnish (solid content 20%) 108 parts by weight [red colored ink]
Thereafter, a mixture having the following composition was stirred and mixed to be uniform, and then filtered through a 5 μm filter to obtain a red colored ink.
-Red pigment dispersion liquid: 100 parts by weight-Methylated methylol melamine (manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd .: trade name MW-30) ... 20 parts by weight- Leveling agent (manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc .: trade name: Megafuck) F-483SF) ... 1 part by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether ... 85 parts by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate ... 45 parts by weight The red colored ink thus adjusted was applied to the ink film-forming substrate in the same manner as in Example 1 and non-image The ink pattern was obtained on the glass substrate by removing the part and transferring it to the substrate to be printed. In the printed matter thus obtained, no ink adheres to the non-image portion due to the bottom in the pattern sparse portion.

[Comparative example]
A plate used for reverse offset printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the adsorption layer was not formed on the bottom of the recess, and the production of the printed matter was performed. When the conductive pattern of the obtained printed material was observed with an optical microscope, the bottom of the pattern sparse part was remarkable, and ink was observed on the non-image part.

  Table 2 summarizes the results of the above examples.

  A PEN film having a size of 100 mm × 100 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as the base material of the plate. A resist pattern was formed on this PEN by a photolithography method using a positive resist, and irregularities were formed such that the depth of the concave portion of the resist was 5 μm. Subsequently, the base material on which the unevenness was formed was subjected to a heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes.

  Next, a negative resist containing 5% by weight of a fluoroalkylsilane (manufactured by GE Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd .: trade name TSL8233) as a silane coupling agent is formed on the substrate on which irregularities are formed so that the thickness becomes 0.5 μm. Application and back exposure were performed. Next, development and heat treatment at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes were performed.

  A part corresponding to the non-image part was a convex part, and a part corresponding to the image part was a concave part, and an intaglio plate for intaglio printing in which an adsorption layer was formed on the bottom part of the concave part, which was the image part corresponding region, was produced.

  In addition, the pattern formed here is 100 units in a unit of 10 units × 10 units in a 100 mm square region at the center of the glass plate, with the pattern schematically shown in FIG. 2 (a, b) as one unit. Is. The image pattern corresponding to the pattern sparse portion 270 is a 250 μm × 250 μm square, and the image pattern corresponding to the pattern dense portion 211 is a 140 μm × 210 μm rectangle. The line / space width between the pattern sparse part and the pattern dense part is 5 μm / 5 μm.

<Ink 1>
A conductive ink was prepared by dissolving an aqueous silver particle dispersion having an average particle diameter of 20 nm as an ink so that the silver particles were 20 parts by weight and the water was 80 parts by weight.

<Manufacture of printed matter>
The printed matter according to the example was manufactured as follows.
The conductive ink adjusted as described above was applied to a glass substrate used as an inking substrate with a bar coater to form a conductive ink film.

  Next, the recess was filled with ink by moving the squeegee of the intaglio according to Example 1 in which the adsorption layer was formed on the bottom of the recess. Next, the intaglio in which the ink of the image portion is formed in the recess and the soda lime glass substrate having a thickness of 0.7 mm and a size of 100 mm × 100 mm used as the printing substrate side are peeled off, The ink film on the intaglio was transferred to the printing substrate side. Next, this was heat-treated at 200 ° C. for 30 minutes to form a printed matter having a conductive pattern. When the obtained conductive pattern was observed with an optical microscope, no ink was missing from the image area in the dense pattern area.

  An intaglio for intaglio printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 7 except that the color filter color ink adjusted as shown below was used as the ink, and a printed material was produced using this.

<Ink 2>
First, a red pigment dispersion was prepared with the following composition.

[Red pigment dispersion]
-Red pigment C.I. I. Pigment Red 254 (“Ilgar Forred B-CF” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 18 parts by weight C.I. I. Pigment Red 177 (“Chromophthal Red A2B” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 2 parts by weight / acrylic varnish (solid content 20%) 108 parts by weight [red colored ink]
Thereafter, a mixture having the following composition was stirred and mixed to be uniform, and then filtered through a 5 μm filter to obtain a red colored ink.
-Red pigment dispersion liquid: 100 parts by weight-Methylated methylol melamine (manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd .: trade name MW-30) ... 20 parts by weight- Leveling agent (manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc .: trade name: Megafuck) F-483SF) ... 1 part by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether ... 85 parts by weight, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate ... 45 parts by weight The red colored ink thus adjusted was applied to the blanket in the same manner as in Example 1 to remove non-image parts. An ink pattern was obtained on a glass substrate by transferring to a substrate to be printed. The printed matter thus obtained showed no ink missing in the image area in the pattern dense area.

[Comparative example]
An intaglio for intaglio printing was produced in the same manner as in Example 7 except that no adsorption layer was formed on the bottom of the recess, and the production of printed matter was performed. When the electroconductive pattern was observed with the optical microscope about the obtained printed matter, the ink lack of the image part was notably seen in the pattern dense part.
Table 3 summarizes the results of the above examples.

  The present invention relates to an electronic component requiring a fine pattern such as a display device such as a circuit board, a liquid crystal, an organic EL, and an electronic paper, and a conductor, an insulator, a dielectric, a magnetic material, a semiconductor, a resistor, a light emitting material, and a resist. , Printing plates used when forming color filters by printing, manufacturing methods thereof, circuit boards manufactured with the printing plates, electronic components that require fine patterns such as display devices such as liquid crystal, organic EL, and electronic paper It is about.

It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the printing plate of this invention. (A) is a top view which shows the example of the printing plate of this invention, (b) is sectional drawing in the AB line of the figure shown by (a). (A) is a schematic diagram explaining the contact of an ink film and a letterpress, (b) is a schematic diagram explaining the contact of a to-be-printed base material and a letterpress. It is a schematic diagram explaining an example of the formation method of the printing plate of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the process explaining a relief printing method. (A) is a schematic diagram explaining the contact of an ink film and a plate, (b) is a schematic diagram explaining the contact of the printing base material and the plate used for reverse offset printing. It is a schematic diagram of the process explaining the reverse offset printing method. It is a schematic diagram of the process explaining the intaglio printing method.

Explanation of symbols

100: letterpress 110: low surface energy layer 111: recess bottom 120: substrate 130: inert layer 131: protrusion 200: letterpress 211: recess bottom 260: pattern dense part 270: pattern sparse part 300: letterpress 340: inking Mechanism 341: Ink 342: Inking mechanism ink support 343: Ink adhered to non-image part 350: Printed substrate 360: Pattern dense part 370: Pattern sparse part 410: Low surface energy layer 420: Substrate 430: Inactive layer 480: Support base material 500: Letterpress 510: Low surface energy layer 520: Base material 530: Inactive layer 540: Inking mechanism 541: Ink 542: Ink support for inking mechanism 543: Ink 550: Printed Substrate 600: Plate 640: Ink film forming substrate 641: Ink 642: Ink support 64 of ink film forming substrate : Image pattern missing 650: Printed substrate 660: Pattern dense portion 670: Pattern sparse portion 700: Printing plate 710: Low surface energy layer 720: Substrate 730: Inactive layer 740: Ink film forming substrate 741: Ink 742: Ink support for ink film forming substrate 743: Ink 750: Printed substrate 800: Intaglio 810: Low surface energy layer 820: Substrate 830: Inactive layer 840: Squeegee 841: Ink 850: Printed substrate

Claims (9)

In the printing plate in which the inactive layer forming the convex portion and the low surface energy layer forming the bottom of the concave portion are formed on the substrate ,
The low surface energy layer is composed of a negative resist containing a silane coupling agent, and the back side of the surface of the printing plate on which the inactive layer and the low surface energy layer are formed is used as a mask. The printing plate , wherein the low surface energy layer is formed on the substrate in a self-aligning manner by exposure . The silane coupling agent is R ₁ SiX ₁ X ₂ X ₃ (R ₁ is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, or phenyl group is fully fluorinated or partially fluorinated. X ₁ , X ₂ and X ₃ are independently halogen or alkoxy groups such as chlorine, bromine and iodine.) And R ₂ R ₃ SiX ₄ X ₅ (R ₂ and R ₃ are Independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a phenyl group, and the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, or phenyl group may be perfluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₄ and X ₅ are independently chlorine And R ₄ R ₅ R ₆ SiX ₆ (R ₄ , R ₅ , and R ₆ are independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and a phenyl group, and an alkyl group) , A cycloalkyl group and a phenyl group may be perfluorinated or partially fluorinated, and X ₆ is independently a halogen or an alkoxy group such as chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.) The printing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the printing plate comprises the above compound. The printing plate according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the printing plate is for relief printing. Claim 1 or 2 printing plate according printing plate is characterized in that it is a printing reverse offset. The printing plate according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the printing plate is for intaglio printing. In the method for producing a printing plate, wherein an inert layer forming a convex portion and a low surface energy layer forming a concave bottom portion are formed on a substrate,
A step of forming an inert layer pattern at a position corresponding to the convex portion on the substrate, a step of applying a negative resist containing a silane coupling agent on the surface on which the inert layer pattern is formed, and Forming a low surface energy layer on the substrate in a self-aligning manner by exposing and developing from the back side of the surface of the printing plate on which the inert layer pattern is formed using the inert layer as a mask. A method for producing a printing plate, comprising: A method for producing a printed matter, comprising: an inking step for inking ink on a convex portion of the printing plate according to claim 3; and a step for printing the ink on the convex portion on a substrate to be printed. An inking process for forming an ink film on the ink film forming substrate; and an ink film formed by transferring a non-image portion of the ink film to the convex portion of the printing plate according to claim 4 on the ink film on the ink film forming substrate. A method for producing a printed matter, comprising: a patterning step of forming a patterned ink on a forming substrate; and a step of printing the ink on the ink film forming substrate on a substrate to be printed. A method for producing a printed matter, comprising: an inking step of inking ink into a concave portion of the printing plate according to claim 5; and a step of printing ink on the concave portion of the intaglio plate on a substrate to be printed.