US3220345A - Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate - Google Patents
Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US3220345A US3220345A US417096A US41709654A US3220345A US 3220345 A US3220345 A US 3220345A US 417096 A US417096 A US 417096A US 41709654 A US41709654 A US 41709654A US 3220345 A US3220345 A US 3220345A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- coating
- carbon
- binder
- facsimile
- conductive
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 238000007645 offset printing Methods 0.000 title description 10
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 description 42
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 description 37
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 33
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 33
- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 description 24
- 229920000126 latex Polymers 0.000 description 15
- 229920005989 resin Polymers 0.000 description 13
- 239000011347 resin Substances 0.000 description 13
- 239000000049 pigment Substances 0.000 description 12
- 239000004816 latex Substances 0.000 description 11
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 9
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 8
- 229920001971 elastomer Polymers 0.000 description 7
- 239000000806 elastomer Substances 0.000 description 7
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 7
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 7
- 239000006185 dispersion Substances 0.000 description 6
- 238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 description 6
- 239000004922 lacquer Substances 0.000 description 5
- 239000003232 water-soluble binding agent Substances 0.000 description 5
- -1 acrylic ester Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- 230000001464 adherent effect Effects 0.000 description 4
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 4
- 238000012546 transfer Methods 0.000 description 4
- KAKZBPTYRLMSJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Butadiene Chemical class C=CC=C KAKZBPTYRLMSJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 239000004793 Polystyrene Substances 0.000 description 3
- 239000004372 Polyvinyl alcohol Substances 0.000 description 3
- 239000005083 Zinc sulfide Substances 0.000 description 3
- 230000009471 action Effects 0.000 description 3
- NTXGQCSETZTARF-UHFFFAOYSA-N buta-1,3-diene;prop-2-enenitrile Chemical compound C=CC=C.C=CC#N NTXGQCSETZTARF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 239000008199 coating composition Substances 0.000 description 3
- PDZKZMQQDCHTNF-UHFFFAOYSA-M copper(1+);thiocyanate Chemical compound [Cu+].[S-]C#N PDZKZMQQDCHTNF-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 3
- 230000000873 masking effect Effects 0.000 description 3
- 229920003052 natural elastomer Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 229920001194 natural rubber Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229920001084 poly(chloroprene) Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 229920002223 polystyrene Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 229920002689 polyvinyl acetate Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 239000011118 polyvinyl acetate Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229920002451 polyvinyl alcohol Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 229920000915 polyvinyl chloride Polymers 0.000 description 3
- 239000004800 polyvinyl chloride Substances 0.000 description 3
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 3
- DRDVZXDWVBGGMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N zinc;sulfide Chemical compound [S-2].[Zn+2] DRDVZXDWVBGGMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 229920002134 Carboxymethyl cellulose Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 244000043261 Hevea brasiliensis Species 0.000 description 2
- 229920013646 Hycar Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 241001422033 Thestylus Species 0.000 description 2
- XLOMVQKBTHCTTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc monoxide Chemical compound [Zn]=O XLOMVQKBTHCTTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000001768 carboxy methyl cellulose Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000010948 carboxy methyl cellulose Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 239000008112 carboxymethyl-cellulose Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000005018 casein Substances 0.000 description 2
- BECPQYXYKAMYBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N casein, tech. Chemical compound NCCCCC(C(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=N)N=C(O)C(CC(C)C)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(C(C)O)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=N)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=N)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=N)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=O)N=C(O)C(COP(O)(O)=O)N=C(O)C(CCC(O)=N)N=C(O)C(N)CC1=CC=CC=C1 BECPQYXYKAMYBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 235000021240 caseins Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 239000003795 chemical substances by application Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000001704 evaporation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000008020 evaporation Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000010408 film Substances 0.000 description 2
- VKYKSIONXSXAKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N hexamethylenetetramine Chemical compound C1N(C2)CN3CN1CN2C3 VKYKSIONXSXAKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000002156 mixing Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229920003023 plastic Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000004033 plastic Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000004044 response Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000002195 soluble material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000003756 stirring Methods 0.000 description 2
- 244000215068 Acacia senegal Species 0.000 description 1
- IMROMDMJAWUWLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Ethenol Chemical compound OC=C IMROMDMJAWUWLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229920006385 Geon Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920000084 Gum arabic Polymers 0.000 description 1
- ZMZDMBWJUHKJPS-UHFFFAOYSA-M Thiocyanate anion Chemical compound [S-]C#N ZMZDMBWJUHKJPS-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 1
- RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Titanium Chemical compound [Ti] RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000000205 acacia gum Substances 0.000 description 1
- 235000010489 acacia gum Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- NIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N acrylic acid group Chemical group C(C=C)(=O)O NIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 230000003254 anti-foaming effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000005540 biological transmission Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000006229 carbon black Substances 0.000 description 1
- ZCDOYSPFYFSLEW-UHFFFAOYSA-N chromate(2-) Chemical class [O-][Cr]([O-])(=O)=O ZCDOYSPFYFSLEW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000000084 colloidal system Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004891 communication Methods 0.000 description 1
- 150000001875 compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- FKPGNMBJYBPNHL-UHFFFAOYSA-L dioxido-oxo-sulfanylidene-$l^{6}-sulfane;lead(2+) Chemical compound [Pb+2].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=S FKPGNMBJYBPNHL-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 1
- 239000004744 fabric Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000001914 filtration Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000000227 grinding Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000004312 hexamethylene tetramine Substances 0.000 description 1
- 235000010299 hexamethylene tetramine Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- ZMZDMBWJUHKJPS-UHFFFAOYSA-N hydrogen thiocyanate Natural products SC#N ZMZDMBWJUHKJPS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 230000001771 impaired effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000005470 impregnation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000011133 lead Substances 0.000 description 1
- VRNINGUKUJWZTH-UHFFFAOYSA-L lead(2+);dithiocyanate Chemical compound [Pb+2].[S-]C#N.[S-]C#N VRNINGUKUJWZTH-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 1
- 239000002932 luster Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 description 1
- VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N methane Chemical compound C VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-NJFSPNSNSA-N methanone Chemical compound O=[14CH2] WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-NJFSPNSNSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229960004011 methenamine Drugs 0.000 description 1
- 238000012986 modification Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004048 modification Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229920006173 natural rubber latex Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 230000003287 optical effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- QUBQYFYWUJJAAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxymethurea Chemical compound OCNC(=O)NCO QUBQYFYWUJJAAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229950005308 oxymethurea Drugs 0.000 description 1
- 230000000704 physical effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229920001495 poly(sodium acrylate) polymer Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920000058 polyacrylate Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000002952 polymeric resin Substances 0.000 description 1
- 235000019422 polyvinyl alcohol Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000002940 repellent Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000005871 repellent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000003839 salts Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- DCKVNWZUADLDEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N sec-butyl acetate Chemical compound CCC(C)OC(C)=O DCKVNWZUADLDEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000005507 spraying Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229920003051 synthetic elastomer Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920003002 synthetic resin Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000005061 synthetic rubber Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000012360 testing method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000010409 thin film Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000010936 titanium Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052719 titanium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000012463 white pigment Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000002023 wood Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000011787 zinc oxide Substances 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- 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
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/23—Reproducing arrangements
Definitions
- This invention relates to an electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate from which a number of copies of any subject matter written or recorded thereon may be made by lithographic offset printing methods, and in which the subject matter may be recorded by means of telegraph facsimile or other types of electrical signals which are applied to selected elemental areas of the printing plate by means of an electrical stylus that scans the recording surface of the plate.
- Facsimile communication methods are now commonly employed for the transmission and reproduction in facsimile of telegrams, press dispatches, pictures, maps, drawings and other subject matter. Such methods utilize a transmitting blank which is scanned either by optical or electrical pickup means, depending upon the character of the transmitting blank, for generating the facsimile signals. Reception of the messages commonly is effected on dry electrosensitive recording blanks in which the marking effects are obtained or are accompanied by removal of a high-resistance or insulating surface coating in elemental areas thereof in response to marking currents applied thereto by the receiving stylus.
- Such a blank commonly has comprised a base sheet of paper impregnated with a conductive substance such as carbon black, thereby to provide a relatively low-resistance path through the base sheet for the marking currents after they have passed through the high-resistance or insulating surface coating of a pigment that masks the underlying blackcolored conductive sheet.
- a conductive substance such as carbon black
- the instant plate may comprise a base sheet of paper, which may be composed of ordinary writing or manila paper, having on one side thereof an oleophilic, waterrepellant coating of conductive carbon black in a binder of the character hereinafter disclosed thereby to provide a conductive layer, or the base sheet may comprise a carbon impregnated paper which provides good conductivity through the sheet and coated in a manner similar to that in the foregoing non-conductive base sheet.
- a resin impregnation may be employed of the type commonly used in high wet-strength paper.
- the coated base sheet has applied thereto a highresistance masking coating.
- Recording may be effected by condenser action since the conductive layer and the metallic drum or platen of the facsimile recorder form condenser plates separated by the dielectric paper base sheet, although preferably, as disclosed in Kline Patent No. 2,528,005, an electrode is in contact with a marginal edge or other portion of the conductive coating of the blank, whereby the marking currents flow by conduction through conductive coating of the blank instead of by condenser action, or the marking currents may flow through the blank to the underlying platen when a conducting base sheet is employed.
- the overlying masking coating is decomposed, volatilized or blasted off in response to the marking currents, and for lithographic offset purposes it is desirable or necessary that the exposed layer of carbon be highly ink-receptive.
- One of the objects of the instant invention is to provide an electrically inscribable offset printing plate in which high ink receptivity of the recorded subject matter is obtained and at the same time cause the carbon layer to have good conducting characteristics, whereby excellent definition may be obtained during a recording operation and from which a large number of clean and sharp copies may be made by lithographic offset printing methods.
- Another object of the invention is to produce a lithographic plate having the foregoing advantages and which may be made and sold at but a fraction of the cost of other lithographic plates in commercial use in which there is provided an ink repellant surface on which may be imprinted ink-receptive characters.
- a further object of the invention is to produce an inexpensive printing plate of the character described on which pictorial subject matter may be recorded with suitable gradations in tone, and from which a large number of copies may readily be obtained by offset printing methods.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lithographic offset printing plate constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
- the printing plate preferably embodies a non-conductive base sheet 10 ofpaper.
- One side of the sheet has an adherent conductive coating 11 of finely divided conductive carbon uniformly and homogeneously dispersed in a suitable resinous or elastomeric binder of the character hereinafter disclosed.
- an adherent electrosensitive facsimile surface coating 12 which masks the underlying black colored conductive layer 11.
- the facsimile surface coating which bears the legend Fax Coating in the drawing, may comprise any of a number of pigments suspended in a binder of the character hereinafter set forth and adapted for marking purposes, for example, ouprous thiocyanate, lead thiocyanate, zinc sulphide, lead thiosulphate, the oxides of lead, titanium and zinc, and others, referred to in US. Patents Nos. 2,251,742, 2,294,146, 2,294,149, 2,528,005 and 2,555,321.
- the thickness of the paper 10 and that of each of the coatings 11 and 12 is greatly exaggerated in the figure in order to more clearly disclose the different layers; in practice, the paper base 10 will ordinarily have a thickness of from 2% to 3 mils, the mixture of carbon and binder 11 usually will have a thickness of from 0.8 to 1.2 mils, and the facsimile coating generally will have a thickness of 0.1 mil, plus or minus 25%. Preferably the facsimile coating is kept as thin as possible, consistent with reasonable masking and contrast characteristics, in order that when this coating is removed in elemental areas by the action of the marking currents, the exposed layer 11 will not lie much below the surface of the blank.
- the ink roller in the offset press will readily ink all of the exposed areas, and in the production of lithographic copies made therefrom by planographic printing methods there will be maximum ease in transfer of the ink to the impression sheets.
- less power is required in the stylus circuit to effect removal of the coating in the elemental areas to be marked, and hence there is less chance of disturbing the underlying ink-receptive carbon layer.
- the nature of the facsimile coating is such that when moistened with the usual repellant solutions the ink does not appear on the hydrophilic and ink-repellant surface.
- the thickness of each of the foregoing layers or coatings 11 and 12 may be varied within a considerable range.
- the paper base instead of being non-conductive may be impregnated with conductive carbon or metal powders in order to make the entire sheet conductive.
- Paper is usually employed as the sheet 10 since it is easy to handle and is inexpensive, but the sheet 10 may be comprised of a plastic, fabric, or other suitable material, in which case the layer 11 is relied upon to make the blank conductive.
- the layer 11 differs from the conducting layers heretofore employed in facsimile recording blanks in that it is substantially thicker and substantially impervious to water, and comprises carbon and binder in such relative proportions that the resin substantially equals or exceeds the amount of carbon by weight.
- a natural or artificial latex of a resin or elastomer is employed as a binder, in which the carbon is uniformly dispersed, this permits the use of such binder in the amounts stated without substantially increasing the electrical resistance of the resulting carbon layer, as distinguished from other resin-bonded coatings heretofore employed in which the amount of carbon had to be from 3 to 10 times the amount of binder in order to retain the necessary electrical conductivity, and which resulted in inadequate inkreceptivity.
- the precise reason why the conductivity of the layer is not substantially reduced notwithstanding the relatively large amount of binder, resulting from the evaporation of water from a latex of the binder, is not known, but that this is so has been adequately demonstrated in practice.
- the natural and artificial latices which are especially suitable in connection with the instant invention, either alone or in combination, are acrylic ester resin, styrenated butadiene, polystyrene, neoprene, acrylonitrile-butadiene, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, and natural rubber latex.
- latex is defined as a colloidal aqueous dispersion of nonfluid particles of polymeric resins or elastomers.
- the acrylic latices are those made from acrylic ester resins and do not include the water-soluble polyacrylates or sodium polyacrylates.
- resin as employed herein means a solid or semi-solid, complex, amorphous mixture of organic substances, having no definite melting point and showing no tendency to crystallize.
- a resin is characterized by such physical properties as a typical luster and a conchoidal fracture rather than by any definite chemical composition.
- elastomer as employed herein is defined as one of a class of polymerized compounds characterized by elastic, rubber-like properties, as natural and synthetic rubbers and various plastics.
- Aqueous carbon dispersion (38% solids) 50 Water 10 B Resin or elastomer latex (40% solids) Water 10
- the A portion of the above is poured slowly into the B portion, and mixed by propeller stirring.
- the coating composition is applied to the paper by any of the known coating methods, such as roller transfer or spraying in conjunction with doctor blade, leveling bar, air knife or reverse roll for controlling the desired amount of coating composition per unit area.
- a preferred weight of the dried coating is approximately from 1.3 grams to 2.0 grams per square foot, and as hereinbefore stated the thickness will be approximately from 0.8 mil to 1.2 mils.
- the carbon should be prcdispersed in water, and the resulting aqueous carbon dispersion added slowly to the latex. In practice it has been found preferable to add an aqueous carbon dispersion of 30% to 35% solids to a latex of 35% to 40% solids. Adequate mixing is effected by propeller stirring.
- the relative proportions of conductive carbon and the resin or elastomer binder referred to in the foregoing formulas may be varied over a considerable range between limits in which the amount of binder is approximately equal to, or approximately double, that of the carbon, on a dry weight basis, although it will be appreciated that this range may be affected somewhat by the use of a conductive carbon having inherently a higher or lower degree of conductivity than that of Statex B or R, or Dixie 60.
- the desired degree of conductivity of the layer may be maintained by adjusting the amount per unit area of the applied coating composition within the limits above stated, i.e., approximately 1.3 grams to 2.0 grams per square foot.
- the conductivity of the layer 11 is such that the resistance of an area of the layer between two concentric metallic rings, having their closest edges spaced Ms inch apart, and applied to the surface of the layer under a total load of 600 grams, is between and 500 ohms, and preferably is between 200 and 225 ohms. It will be understood that any other suitable method may be employed for determining the proper range of resistance values of the layer 11, and that these values may be otherwise expressed, such as the value in ohms per square which is at present under consideration for adoption as a standard for expressing the resistance of surfaces and thin films, and in the foregoing preferred range would be expressed as approximately 1400-1575 ohms per square.
- the ranges of resistance values given are such that sufficient resistance is provided to insure the liberation of power necessary to cause removal of the facsimile coating 12 in just those elemental areas Where marking currents are applied by the stylus, and yet have sufiicient conductivity, i.e., the electrical resistance is sufficiently low, to provide a good conducting path through the ink-receptive layer 11 for the passage of marking currents of such amplitude as will expose the surface of the layer without any substantial disruption thereof.
- the viscosity of the latex-carbon mixture may be increased, if desired, by the addition of small amounts of water-soluble materials, such as carboxymethyl cellulose or other water-swelling colloid or the like, and occasionally such an addition is desirable to improve mechanical stability of the latex.
- water-soluble materials such as carboxymethyl cellulose or other water-swelling colloid or the like
- the facsimile coating or film 12 may comprise any of a wide variety of pigments either alone or in combination.
- the binder it is essential that the binder be a water-soluble material which upon drying becomes or is made water-insolw ble, but remains quite hydrophilic in order that the film Will retain an adequate amount of the repellent solutions commonly used to prevent the transfer of ink to the unrecorded areas of the plate.
- binder materials well known in the lithographing art may be used, either individually or in combination, for example, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, casein, gum arabic, albumen, and the like, and these are used with appropriate insolubilizing agents, such as dimethylol urea divalent metal salts, formaldehyde, hexamethylene tetramine, chromates, and others, all in controlled amounts to secure the desired degree of insolubility.
- insolubilizing agents such as dimethylol urea divalent metal salts, formaldehyde, hexamethylene tetramine, chromates, and others, all in controlled amounts to secure the desired degree of insolubility.
- a wide range of ratios of pigment to binder may be used.
- a ratio of the order of three parts of pigment to one part of binder is employed, particularly when the plate is to be used for electrically inscribing the subject matter to be reproduced.
- a suitable formula is as follows, all parts being by Weight:
- Parts Casein or polyvinyl alcohol 15 Pigment 50 Water 185 A small amount of an insolubilizing agent, for example, from 5% to 25% of the water-soluble binder, is employed, and smaller amounts of well-known dispersing or anti-foaming aids may be used, if desired.
- a watersoluble binder which has been found eminently suitable for the present purpose is a grade of casin commercially available from the Borden Company and identified as Protovac 416, or a polyvinyl alcohol, Elvanol 70-05, sold by the Dupont Company.
- cuprous thiocyanate, zinc sulphide and/or zinc oxide are preferably employed as pigments in the facsimile coating; a mixture of three parts of cuprous thiocyanate and one part of zinc sulphide has been found to be especially suitable. Since an aqueous top coating is employed this presents commercial advantages when cuprous thiocyanate is employed as a pigment. This pigment must be manufactured specially for this use and since it has previously been used in a lacquer-type coating it has been necessary heretofore to ship it to another manufacturer for grinding in lacquer.
- aqueous coating of the type disclosed herein, the steps of filtering or centrifuging and drying, shipping and redispersion in lacquer may be eliminated, and substituted by merely mixing with a watersoluble binder.
- the relative proportions respectively of the various pigments is not critical, although the thickness of the facsimile coating is fairly critical; if the coating is too thin there is not enough of a hydrophilic layer to repel the transfer ink, and if the coating is too thick it will not be completely removed from the recorded areas and the sharpness of definition and the tone gradations Will be impaired.
- the coating is thinner than that customarily employed in facsimile recording blanks, and usually is of the order of of the thickness of the conductive layer; the Weight of the coating usually is 0.30.5 gram per square foot of surface, and as previously stated the thickness thereof is 0.1 mil, plus or minus 2.5%.
- the facsimile coating may be applied by any of the several well-known coating methods.
- An electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate comprising a base sheet having thereon an adherent, highly electrically conductive, oleophilic, inkreceptive, water-repellant layer essentially composed of a water-insoluble evaporation residue of a uniform dispersion of finely divided electrically conductive carbon in a latex composed of a colloidal aqueous dispersion of an oleophilic binder selected from the group consisting of acrylic ester resin, styrenated butadiene, polystyrene, neoprene, acrylonitrile-butadiene, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride and natural rubber, said binder being present in an amount which is at least substantially equal to the amount of carbon by weight and having the prop erty of binding the carbon particles to the sheet, said amount of binder being insufiicient to substantially reduce the conductivity of the carbon particles so as to permit passage of electrical marking currents of such magnitude as will produce
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Multimedia (AREA)
- Signal Processing (AREA)
- Thermal Sciences (AREA)
- Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
- Printing Plates And Materials Therefor (AREA)
Priority Applications (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
BE536594D BE536594A (is") | 1954-03-18 | ||
US417096A US3220345A (en) | 1954-03-18 | 1954-03-18 | Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate |
CH339935D CH339935A (de) | 1954-03-18 | 1955-03-10 | Elektrisch beschreibbare lithographische Offsetdruckplatte |
GB7231/55A GB767074A (en) | 1954-03-18 | 1955-03-11 | Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate |
FR1133823D FR1133823A (fr) | 1954-03-18 | 1955-03-17 | Cliché lithographique destiné à l'impression offset pouvant être gravé électriquement |
DEI9960A DE1014128B (de) | 1954-03-18 | 1955-03-17 | Elektrisch beschreibbare lithographische Offsetdruckplatte |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US417096A US3220345A (en) | 1954-03-18 | 1954-03-18 | Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US3220345A true US3220345A (en) | 1965-11-30 |
Family
ID=23652565
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US417096A Expired - Lifetime US3220345A (en) | 1954-03-18 | 1954-03-18 | Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate |
Country Status (6)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US3220345A (is") |
BE (1) | BE536594A (is") |
CH (1) | CH339935A (is") |
DE (1) | DE1014128B (is") |
FR (1) | FR1133823A (is") |
GB (1) | GB767074A (is") |
Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3298831A (en) * | 1963-07-02 | 1967-01-17 | Cons Papers Inc | Paper laminates for electrostatic printing support members |
US3505263A (en) * | 1965-04-08 | 1970-04-07 | Dow Chemical Co | Resin bonded semiconducting compositions of calcined petroleum coke |
US3920873A (en) * | 1973-11-09 | 1975-11-18 | Arthur D Diamond | Electrosensitive recording media |
US4718340A (en) * | 1982-08-09 | 1988-01-12 | Milliken Research Corporation | Printing method |
US4729310A (en) * | 1982-08-09 | 1988-03-08 | Milliken Research Corporation | Printing method |
US20090056577A1 (en) * | 2007-08-20 | 2009-03-05 | Hook Kevin J | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US9701120B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2017-07-11 | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US10427290B2 (en) | 2017-07-18 | 2019-10-01 | General Electric Company | Crawler robot for in situ gap inspection |
Families Citing this family (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3132584A (en) * | 1954-07-26 | 1964-05-12 | Timefax Corp | Planographic master-forming blank and method of manufacture thereof |
DE1201373B (de) * | 1955-03-16 | 1965-09-23 | Timefax Corp | Elektrisch beschreibbare lithographische Flach-druckplatte |
NL120974C (is") * | 1959-02-11 | 1900-01-01 | ||
NL258810A (is") * | 1959-12-14 | |||
DE1206926B (de) * | 1960-05-10 | 1965-12-16 | Timefax Corp | Elektrisch beschreibbare Flachdruckplatte und Verfahren zur Herstellung derselben |
EP1602982B1 (en) | 2004-05-31 | 2013-12-18 | FUJIFILM Corporation | Planographic printing method |
Citations (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE550575C (de) * | 1927-05-25 | 1932-05-12 | Karl Schinzel Dr | Verfahren zur Herstellung von Druckformen durch schrift- oder bildmaessiges Gerben, Entgerben oder Zerstoeren von Kolloidschichten auf elektrochemischem Wege |
US2186945A (en) * | 1937-06-16 | 1940-01-16 | Harris Seybold Potter Co | Preparing lithographic plates for printing |
US2534650A (en) * | 1947-05-09 | 1950-12-19 | Warren S D Co | Planographic printing plate and method of making same |
US2555321A (en) * | 1941-08-08 | 1951-06-05 | Western Union Telegraph Co | Facsimile recording paper |
US2562782A (en) * | 1947-12-29 | 1951-07-31 | Warren S D Co | Water-repellent ink transfer surface |
US2664044A (en) * | 1948-01-16 | 1953-12-29 | Timefax Corp | Electric signal recording blank |
US2693145A (en) * | 1948-03-09 | 1954-11-02 | Dick Co Ab | Lithographic printing plate and method of making |
US2713822A (en) * | 1948-12-20 | 1955-07-26 | Columbia Ribbon & Carbon | Planographic printing |
-
0
- BE BE536594D patent/BE536594A/xx unknown
-
1954
- 1954-03-18 US US417096A patent/US3220345A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
-
1955
- 1955-03-10 CH CH339935D patent/CH339935A/de unknown
- 1955-03-11 GB GB7231/55A patent/GB767074A/en not_active Expired
- 1955-03-17 FR FR1133823D patent/FR1133823A/fr not_active Expired
- 1955-03-17 DE DEI9960A patent/DE1014128B/de active Pending
Patent Citations (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE550575C (de) * | 1927-05-25 | 1932-05-12 | Karl Schinzel Dr | Verfahren zur Herstellung von Druckformen durch schrift- oder bildmaessiges Gerben, Entgerben oder Zerstoeren von Kolloidschichten auf elektrochemischem Wege |
US2186945A (en) * | 1937-06-16 | 1940-01-16 | Harris Seybold Potter Co | Preparing lithographic plates for printing |
US2555321A (en) * | 1941-08-08 | 1951-06-05 | Western Union Telegraph Co | Facsimile recording paper |
US2534650A (en) * | 1947-05-09 | 1950-12-19 | Warren S D Co | Planographic printing plate and method of making same |
US2562782A (en) * | 1947-12-29 | 1951-07-31 | Warren S D Co | Water-repellent ink transfer surface |
US2664044A (en) * | 1948-01-16 | 1953-12-29 | Timefax Corp | Electric signal recording blank |
US2693145A (en) * | 1948-03-09 | 1954-11-02 | Dick Co Ab | Lithographic printing plate and method of making |
US2713822A (en) * | 1948-12-20 | 1955-07-26 | Columbia Ribbon & Carbon | Planographic printing |
Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3298831A (en) * | 1963-07-02 | 1967-01-17 | Cons Papers Inc | Paper laminates for electrostatic printing support members |
US3505263A (en) * | 1965-04-08 | 1970-04-07 | Dow Chemical Co | Resin bonded semiconducting compositions of calcined petroleum coke |
US3920873A (en) * | 1973-11-09 | 1975-11-18 | Arthur D Diamond | Electrosensitive recording media |
US4718340A (en) * | 1982-08-09 | 1988-01-12 | Milliken Research Corporation | Printing method |
US4729310A (en) * | 1982-08-09 | 1988-03-08 | Milliken Research Corporation | Printing method |
US20090056577A1 (en) * | 2007-08-20 | 2009-03-05 | Hook Kevin J | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US20090064884A1 (en) * | 2007-08-20 | 2009-03-12 | Hook Kevin J | Nanoparticle-based compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US8136936B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2012-03-20 | Moore Wallace North America, Inc. | Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate |
US8328349B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2012-12-11 | Moore Wallace North America, Inc. | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US8434860B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2013-05-07 | Moore Wallace North America, Inc. | Method for jet printing using nanoparticle-based compositions |
US8496326B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2013-07-30 | Moore Wallace North America, Inc. | Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate |
US8894198B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2014-11-25 | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US9701120B2 (en) | 2007-08-20 | 2017-07-11 | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company | Compositions compatible with jet printing and methods therefor |
US10427290B2 (en) | 2017-07-18 | 2019-10-01 | General Electric Company | Crawler robot for in situ gap inspection |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
CH339935A (de) | 1959-07-31 |
GB767074A (en) | 1957-01-30 |
FR1133823A (fr) | 1957-04-02 |
BE536594A (is") | |
DE1014128B (de) | 1957-08-22 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US3220345A (en) | Electrically inscribable lithographic offset printing plate | |
US3113512A (en) | Planographic printing | |
US2638422A (en) | Telefacsimile recording and duplicating paper and method of making same | |
US2664043A (en) | Stencil recording blank and process of preparation | |
US2555321A (en) | Facsimile recording paper | |
US3138547A (en) | Electrosensitive recording sheets | |
US2294146A (en) | Electrosensitive recording blank | |
DE3875454T2 (de) | Antistatische schicht fuer farbstoffempfangselement, das beim thermischen farbstoffuebertragungsverfahren verwendet wird. | |
US3376162A (en) | Electrographic transfer sheet | |
US3376810A (en) | Duplicating stencils | |
US2726168A (en) | Electrosensitive recording and duplicating blank | |
US3113511A (en) | Composite stencil-offset printing blank | |
US2951441A (en) | Lithographic printing plates and coatings therefor | |
US3151548A (en) | Duplicating stencils | |
US3823034A (en) | Electro-sensitive recording blank | |
DE2255585A1 (de) | Elektrostatisches aufzeichnungselement | |
US2503679A (en) | Bonding planographic ink | |
US2593923A (en) | Method of making a telegraphic facsimile transmitting blank | |
US3151549A (en) | Electrically inscribable lithographic masters | |
DE2533111A1 (de) | Bildaufzeichnungsmaterial | |
US3496015A (en) | Pressure-sensitive magnetic transfer elements | |
US3079859A (en) | Electro-responsive planographic plate and methods of manufacture | |
US3132584A (en) | Planographic master-forming blank and method of manufacture thereof | |
US3194676A (en) | Pressure sensitive transfer element | |
US3697677A (en) | Facsimile copying process |