WO2008119619A1 - Procédé de fabrication d'un précurseur de plaque d'impression lithographique - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication d'un précurseur de plaque d'impression lithographique Download PDF

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WO2008119619A1
WO2008119619A1 PCT/EP2008/052811 EP2008052811W WO2008119619A1 WO 2008119619 A1 WO2008119619 A1 WO 2008119619A1 EP 2008052811 W EP2008052811 W EP 2008052811W WO 2008119619 A1 WO2008119619 A1 WO 2008119619A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
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  • the present invention relates to a method for making a heat- and/or light sensitive printing plate precursor.
  • Lithographic printing presses use a so-called printing master such as a printing plate which is mounted on a cylinder of the printing press.
  • the master carries a lithographic image on its surface and a print is obtained by applying ink to said image and then transferring the ink from the master onto a receiver material, which is typically paper.
  • a lithographic image In conventional, so-called "wet" lithographic printing, ink as well as an aqueous fountain solution (also called dampening liquid) are supplied to the lithographic image which consists of oleophilic (or hydrophobic, i.e. ink-accepting, water- repelling) areas as well as hydrophilic (or oleophobic, i.e.
  • Printing masters are generally obtained by the image-wise exposure and processing of an imaging material called plate precursor.
  • plate precursor an imaging material
  • pre-sensitized plates which are suitable for UV contact exposure through a film mask
  • heat-sensitive printing plate precursors have become very popular in the late 1990s.
  • thermal materials offer the advantage of daylight stability and are especially used in the so-called computer-to-plate method wherein the plate precursor is directly exposed, i.e.
  • the material is exposed to heat or to infrared light and the generated heat triggers a (physico-) chemical process, such as ablation, polymerization, insolubilization by cross linking of a polymer, heat-induced solubilization, or by particle coagulation of a thermoplastic polymer latex.
  • a chemical process such as ablation, polymerization, insolubilization by cross linking of a polymer, heat-induced solubilization, or by particle coagulation of a thermoplastic polymer latex.
  • the most popular thermal plates form an image by a heat-induced solubility difference in an alkaline developer between exposed and non-exposed areas of the coating.
  • the coating typically comprises an oleophilic binder, e.g. a phenolic resin, of which the rate of dissolution in the developer is either reduced (negative working) or increased (positive working) by the image-wise exposure.
  • the solubility differential leads to the removal of the non- image (non-printing) areas of the coating, thereby revealing the hydrophilic support, while the image (printing) areas of the coating remain on the support.
  • Typical examples of such plates are described in e.g. EP-A 625728, 823327, 825927, 864420, 894622 and 901902.
  • Negative working embodiments of such thermal materials often require a pre-heat step between exposure and development as described in e.g. EP- A 625,728.
  • Negative working plate precursors which do not require a pre-heat step may contain an image-recording layer that works by heat- induced particle coalescence of a thermoplastic polymer particle (latex), as described in e.g. EP-As 770 494, 770 495, 770 496 and 770 497.
  • EP-As 770 494, 770 495, 770 496 and 770 497 disclose a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of (1) image-wise exposing an imaging element comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder and a compound capable of converting light into heat, (2) and developing the image-wise exposed element by applying fountain and/or ink.
  • Some of these thermal processes enable plate making without wet processing and are for example based on ablation of one or more layers of the coating. At the exposed areas the surface of an underlying layer is revealed which has a different affinity towards ink or fountain than the surface of the unexposed coating.
  • EP-A 1 614 538 describes a negative working lithographic printing plate precursor which comprises a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and a coating provided thereon, the coating comprising an image-recording layer which includes hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and a hydrophilic binder, characterised in that the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles have an average particle size in the range from 45 nm to 63 nm, and that the amount of the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles in the image-recording layer is at least 70 % by weight relative to the image-recording layer.
  • EP-A 1 614 539 and EP-A 1 614 540 describe a method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of (1) image-wise exposing an imaging element disclosed in EP- A 1 614 538 and (2) developing the image-wise exposed element by applying an aqueous, alkaline solution.
  • WO2006/037716 describes a method for preparing a negative-working lithographic printing plate which comprises the steps of (1) image-wise exposing an imaging element comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder and a compound capable of converting light into heat and (2) developing the image-wise exposed element by applying a gum solution; characterised in that the average particle size of the thermoplastic polymer particles ranges between 40 nm and 63 nm and wherein the amount of the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles is 5 more than 70 % and less than 85 % by weight relative to the image recording layer .
  • EP-A 06 122 423 discloses a heat- sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising on a support an image-recording layer comprising5 hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, an infrared light absorbing dye and a dye with a specified structure and a most bathochromic light absorption peak between 451 nm and 750 nm.
  • EP 1 247 644 discloses a lithographic printing plate comprising a support which is subjected to a hydrophilico surface treatment by dipping it in an aqueous solution containing one or more hydrophilic compounds selected from compounds having a sulfonic acid group, polyvinyl phosphonic acid, sugar compounds or silicate compounds.
  • a solution comprising an alkali metal silicate, zirconium potassium fluoride or a mixture of a phosphate and an inorganic fluoro compound, may be used.
  • EP 1 142 707 discloses a method whereby the density of micropores present at the anodic oxidation layer of a grained and anodized aluminum support is controlled by specific treatments such as treating the support in an aqueous acid or alkali solution (a pore widening treatment) which may be followed by a treatment with a hydrophylic compound such as polyvinylphosphonic acid, compounds containing sulfonic acid groups, and saccharide compounds. After the pore widening treatment, a pore sealing treatment may be carried out.
  • JP 2005/063518 discloses a method for making a photosensitive, lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of treating a grained and anodized aluminum support with sodium silicate and polyvinylphosphonic acid followed by drying the support at a temperature between 150 and 230 0 C.
  • a major problem associated with negative-working printing plates that work according to the mechanism of heat- induced latex-coalescence is their relative low sensitivity. It has been disclosed in the art that the sensitivity of such printing plates can be improved by applying a coating comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic particles with a small particle diameter. However, the shelf life obtained for printing plate precursors comprising such small hydrophobic thermoplastic particles is highly reduced.
  • It an object of the present invention to provide a method for making a negative working, heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor with an improved shelf life.
  • a method for making a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising the steps of: providing a grained and anodized aluminum support; treating the support with an aqueous solution comprising a compound containing a silicate anion and one or more cations ; s - treating the support with an aqueous solution comprising a compound containing an organic acid group and/or an ester or a salt thereof; applying a coating on to said treated support comprising an image-recording layer including o hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles having a particle size ranging between 20 nm and 55 nm.
  • the shelf life of a printing plate comprising a grained and anodized aluminum support which wass first treated with an aqueous solution comprising a compound containing a silicate anion and one or more cations followed by an aqueous solution comprising a compound containing an organic acid group and/or an ester or a salt thereof, is substantially improved compared to such printing plates 0 comprising supports post-treated according to the prior art.
  • the support of the lithographic printing plate precursor is a grained and anodized aluminum support.
  • Theo support may be a sheet-like material such as a plate or it may be a cylindrical element such as a sleeve which can be slid around a print cylinder of a printing press.
  • the aluminum support has usually a thickness of about 0.1-0.6 mm. However, this thickness can be changed appropriately depending on the size of the printing plate used and/or the size of the plate- setters on which the printing plate precursors are exposed.
  • the aluminum is preferably grained by electrochemical graining, and anodized by means of anodizing techniques employing sulphuric acid or a sulphuric acid/phosphoric acid mixture.
  • the surface roughness is often expressed as arithmetical mean center- line roughness Ra (ISO 4287/1 or DIN 4762) and may vary between 0.05 and 1.5 ⁇ m.
  • the aluminum substrate of the current invention has preferably an Ra value less then 0.45 ⁇ m, more preferably lower than 0.40 ⁇ m, even more preferably lower than 0.30 ⁇ m and most preferably lower than 0.25 ⁇ m.
  • the lower limit of the Ra value is preferably about 0.1 ⁇ m. More details concerning the preferred Ra values of the surface of the grained and anodized aluminum support are described in EP 1 356 926. [0024] By anodising the aluminum support, its abrasion resistance and hydrophilic nature are improved.
  • the microstructure as well as the thickness of the Al 2 O 3 layer are determined by the anodising step, the anodic weight (g/m 2 Al 2 O 3 formed on the aluminium surface) varies between 1 and 8 g/m . In the current invention, the anodic weight is preferably ⁇ 3 g/m , more preferably ⁇ 3.2 g/m ; even more preferably ⁇ 3.5 g/m 2 and most preferably ⁇ 4.0 g/m 2 .
  • An optimal ratio between pore diameter of the surface of the aluminium support and the average particle size of hydrophobic thermoplastic particles provided thereon may enhance the press life of the printing plate and may improve the toning behaviour of the prints.
  • This ratio of the average pore diameter of the surface of the aluminium support to the average particle size of the thermoplastic particles present in the image-recording layer of the coating preferably ranges from 0.05:1 to 1.0:1, more preferably from 0.10:1 to 0.80:1 and most preferably from 0.15:1 to 0.65:1.
  • the support is first treated with an aqueous solution comprising a compound containing a silicate anion and one or more cations (compound A) .
  • the silicate anion is preferably an anion in which one or more central silicon atoms are surrounded by electronegative ligands such as for example fluor or oxygen atoms.
  • the silicate anion is preferably selected from phosphosilicates, orthosilicates, metasilicates, hydrosilicates, polysilicates or pyrosilicates .
  • the one or more cations make the compound electrically neutral and are preferably selected from alkali metals, Mg, Be , Zn , Fe, Ca, Al, Mn or Zr, and/or mixtures thereof.
  • alkali metals such as sodium, potassium and lithium are preferred.
  • Particularly preferred compounds herein are alkali metal orthosilicates such as sodium or potassium orthosilicate, and alkali metal metasilicates such as sodium or potassium metasilicate .
  • the aqueous solution containing compound A may contain a suitable amount of hydroxide such as sodium, potassium, and/or lithium hydroxide to raise the pH value.
  • Said solution may further contain alkali earth metal salts or the fourth group (IVB) metal salts.
  • the alkaline earth metal salts are, for example, water soluble salts such as nitrates (strontium, magnesium, and barium nitrate), sulfates, hydrochlorides, phosphates, acetates, oxalates and borates.
  • the fourth group (IVB) metal salts are, for example, titanium tetrachloride, titanium trichloride, titanium potassium fluoride, titanium potassium oxalate, titanium sulfate, titanium tetrachloride, zirconium chloroxide, zirconium dioxide, zirconium oxychloride, and zirconium tetrachloride - S -
  • alkaline earth metal salts and the fourth group (IVB) metal salts may be used alone or in combination of more than two thereof .
  • the aqueous solution comprising compound A preferably has a concentration of 5-100 g/1, more preferably a concentration of 10-50 g/1 and has a preferred pH value of 10- 13 at 25 0 C.
  • the treatment is preferably performed by for example dipping the support in said aqueous solution at a preferred temperature of 20-100 0 C, and more preferably at 25- 50 0 C for preferably 0.5-40 s, and more preferably for 1-20 s.
  • the support is further treated with an aqueous solution comprising a compound including an organic acid group and/or an ester or a salt thereof (compound B) .
  • Suitable examples thereof include compounds comprising a carboxylic acid group and/or a phosphonic acid group, or their salts.
  • Suitable examples of a compound including a carboxylic acid group such as a hydroxycarboxylic acid group are gluconic acid, citric acid or tartaric acid.
  • Suitable examples of a compound with a phosphonic acid group are represented by the following formula I :
  • R 1 and R 2 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group having unto 8 carbon atoms, a halogen, a hydroxy1 group, an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group,- R 3 represents an optionally substituted straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group having unto 8 carbon atoms, a halogen, a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group, a carboxyl group, a phosphonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulphuric acid group or a sulphonic acid group.
  • the optional substituents present on the straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group or on the aryl or heteroaryl group represent a halogen such as a chlorine or bromine atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a (di) alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, a sulphonic acid group, a sulphuric acid group, phosphoric acid group and a phosphonic acid group.
  • the aryl or heteroaryl group may further comprise an alkyl group as optional substituent .
  • the compound with a phosphonic acid group is represented by formula II:
  • R 4 and R 5 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group having unto 8 carbon atoms, a halogen, a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group.
  • the optional substituents present on the straight, branched or cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group or on the aryl or heteroaryl group represent a halogen such as a chlorine or bromine atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a (di) alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, a sulphonic acid group, a sulphuric acid group, a phosphoric acid group and a phosphonic acid group.
  • the aryl or heteroaryl group may further comprise an alkyl group as optional substituent .
  • the compound with a phosphonic acid group is represented by formula III:
  • R 6 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group.
  • the optional substituents present on the straight, branched or cyclic or heterocyclic alkyl group or on the aryl or heteroaryl group represent a halogen such as a chlorine or bromine atom, a hydroxy1 group, an amino group, a (di) alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, a sulphonic acid group, a sulphuric acid group, phosphoric acid group and a phosphonic acid group.
  • the aryl or heteroaryl group may further comprise an alkyl group as optional substituent .
  • Specific compound especially suitable to be used in the current invention are the following compounds com-1 and com-2 :
  • compound B is a polymer comprising a s repeating structural unit which comprises the organic acid group and/or an ester or a salt thereof .
  • Suitable examples thereof include polyvinylphosphonic acid, polyvinylmethylphosphonic acid, phosphonic acid esters of polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid ando a copolymer of acrylic acid and vinylphosphonic acid.
  • a solution comprising polyvinylphosphonic acid or poly (meth) acrylic acid is highly preferred.
  • the treatment using the aqueous solution comprising compound B is preferably performed by for example dipping thes support in said aqueous solution having a concentration preferably ranging between 0.5-100 g/1, more preferably a concentration of 1-50 g/1; a dipping temperature of preferably 20-120 0 C, and more preferably of 50-100 0 C and a dipping time preferably ranging between 1-120 s, more preferably between 2-0 60 s.
  • the support is first treated with a solution comprising an alkali metal orthosilicate or an alkali metal metasilicate followed by a treatment with a solution comprising polyvinylphosphonic acid5 or poly (meth) acrylic acid.
  • the solution for a post-anodic treatment may also contain materials such as sequestering agents, tannin, sulphuric acid, fluorides and other additives which are known to improve the lithographic properties of ao substrate .
  • various other coating techniques may be employed for application of the post anodic solution; for example spray coating, slot coating, reverse roll coating or electrochemical s coating. Umong these coating techniques, spray coating is preferred. Single pass processes are also preferred since they facilitate the avoidance of contamination which could otherwise occur as a consequence of re-circulation of the solution.
  • the lithographic printing plate precursor of the present invention comprises a heat- sensitive coating on the hydrophilic support.
  • thermoplastic polymer particles may fuse or coagulate so as too form a developer-resistant phase which corresponds to the printing areas of the printing plate. Coagulation may result from heat-induced coalescence, softening or melting of the thermoplastic polymer particles.
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles preferably have an average particle size below 2005 nm, preferably between 10 nm to 75 nm, more preferably between 15 nm and 65 nm and most preferably between 20 nm and 55 nm.
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles have preferably an average particle size of less than 45 nm, more preferably of less than 38 nm and most preferably of less than 36 nm.
  • the particleo size is defined as the particle diameter, measured by Photon Correlation Spectrometry, also known as Quasi-Elastic or Dynamic Light-Scattering.
  • the amount of hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles present in the image-recording layer of the coating is preferably at least 60% by weight,5 more preferably at least 70% by weight and most preferably at least 80% by weight.
  • the amount of hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles in the image-recording layer of the coating is between 65% by weight and 85% by weight, and more preferably between 75% by weight and 85% by weight.
  • the weight percentage of the thermoplastic polymer particles is determined relative to the weight of all the components in the image-recording layer.
  • thermoplastic polymer particles are preferably hydrophobic polymers selected from polyethylene, poly (vinyl) chloride , polymethyl (meth) acrylate , polyethyl (meth) acrylate, poyvinylidene chloride, poly (meth) acrylonitrile, polyvinylcarbazole, polystyrene or copolymers thereof.
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles comprise polystyrene or derivatives thereof, mixtures comprising polystyrene and poly (meth) acrylonitrile or derivatives thereof, or copolymers comprising polystyrene and poly (meth) acrylonitrile or derivatives thereof .
  • the latter copolymers may comprise at least 50% by weight of polystyrene, and more preferably at least 65% by weight of polystyrene.
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles preferably comprise at least 5% by weight of nitrogen containing units as described in EP 1 219 416, more preferably at least 30% by weight of nitrogen containing units, such as (meth) acrylonitrile .
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles consist essentially of styrene and acrylonitrile units in a weight ratio between 1:1 and 5:1 (styrene : acrylonitrile) , e.g. in a 2 : 1 ratio .
  • the weight average molecular weight of the thermoplastic polymer particles may range from 5,000 to 1, 000, 000 g/mol.
  • the thermoplastic polymer particles present in the coating can be applied onto the lithographic base in the form of a dispersion in an aqueous coating liquid and may be prepared by the methods disclosed in US 3,476,937 or EP 1 217 010. Another method especially suitable for preparing an aqueous dispersion of the thermoplastic polymer particles s comprises: dissolving the thermoplastic polymer in an organic water immiscible solvent, dispersing the thus obtained solution in water or in an aqueous medium and o - removing the organic solvent by evaporation.
  • the coating further preferably comprises a hydrophilic binder which is preferably soluble in an aqueous developer.
  • suitable hydrophilic binders are homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl alcohol, acrylamide,s methylol acrylamide, methylol methacrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and maleic anhydride/vinylmethylether copolymers .
  • the coating preferably also contains one or more compound (s) which absorbs infrared light and convert the 0 absorbed energy into heat .
  • the amount of infrared absorbing agent (s) in the coating is preferably between 0.25 and 25.0 % by weight, more preferably between 0.5 and 20.0 % by weight.
  • the infrared absorbing compound (s) can be present in the image-recording layer and/or an optional other layer.
  • 5 Preferred IR absorbing compounds are dyes such as cyanine, merocyanine, indoaniline, oxonol, pyrilium and squarilium dyes or pigments such as carbon black. Examples of suitable infrared absorbers are described in e.g.
  • Infrared absorbing dyes which become intensively colored after exposure by infrared irradiation or heating and thereby form a visible image, are also of interest and are extensively described in EP 1 614 541 and PCT 2006/063327.
  • Another preferred IR compound is the following cyanine dye IR- 1:
  • the coating may in addition to the image-recording layer also contain one or more additional layer (s) .
  • the coating may also comprise a protective layer such as a covering layer which is removed during processing.
  • This layer protects the surface of the coating in particular from mechanical damage and generally comprises at least one water- soluble binder, such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetates, gelatin, carbohydrates or hydroxyethylcellulose .
  • the protective layer can be produced in any known manner such as from an aqueous solution or dispersion and may contain small amounts, i.e.
  • the thickness of the protective layer is advantageously up to 5.0 ⁇ m thick, preferably from 0.1 to 3.0 ⁇ m, particularly preferably from 0.15 to 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • the coating may further comprise for example an adhesion-improving layer between the image-recording layer and the support.
  • the image-recording layer comprises an organic compound, characterised in that said organic compound comprises at least one phosphonic acid group or at least one phosphoric acid group or a salt thereof, as described in the unpublished European Patent Application 05 109 781 (filed 2005-10-20) .
  • the image- recording layer comprises an organic compound as represented by formula III above.
  • the light stabilizer or anti-oxidant is preferably selected from the group consisting steric hindered phenoles, hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS) and their N-oxyl radicals, tocopheroles, hydroxyl amine derivatives, such as hydroxamic acids and substituted hydroxylamines, hydrazides, thioethers, trivalent organophosphor compounds such as phosphites and reductones .
  • the light stabilizer is a reductone.
  • the light stabilizer is an ascorbic or isoascorbic acid derivative according to Formula IV:
  • R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkynyl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, an optionally substituted alkaryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group.
  • R 1 and R 2 may represent the necessary atoms to form a carbocyclic or a heterocyclic ring.
  • both R 1 and R 2 represent a C-I to C- 5 alkyl group.
  • the alkyl group referred to means all variants possible for each number of carbon atoms in the alkyl group, i.e. for three carbon atoms: n-propyl and i-propyl; for four carbon atoms: n-pentyl, 1, 1-dimethylpropyl, 2 , 2-dimethylpropyl and 2-methylbutyl; etc.
  • the stabilizer according to Formula IV is preferably
  • 2 2 from 2 to 50 mg/m , most preferably from 5 to 25 mg/m .
  • any coating method can be used for applying two or more coating solutions to the hydrophilic surface of the support.
  • the multi-layer coating can be applied by coating/drying each layer consecutively or by the simultaneous coating of several coating solutions at once.
  • the volatile solvents are removed from the coating until the coating is self-supporting and dry to the touch.
  • the residual solvent content may be regarded as an additional composition variable by means of which the composition may be optimized. Drying is typically carried out by blowing hot air onto the coating, typically at a temperature of at least 70°C, suitably 80-15O°C and especially 90-140 0 C. Also infrared lamps can be used.
  • the drying time may typically be 15-600 seconds.
  • a heat treatment and subsequent cooling may provide additional benefits, as described in WO99/21715, EP-A 1074386, EP-A 1074889, WO00/29214, and WO/04030923, WO/04030924, WO/04030925.
  • the printing plate precursor of the present invention can be image-wise exposed directly with heat, e.g. by means of a thermal head, or indirectly by infrared light by means of e.g. LEDs or an infrared laser.
  • the infrared light is preferably converted into heat by an IR light absorbing compound as discussed above.
  • lasers emitting near infrared light having a wavelength in the range from about 700 to about 1500 nm, e.g. a semiconductor laser diode, a Nd: YAG or a Nd: YLF laser, are used. Most preferably, a laser emitting in the range between 780 and 830 nm is used.
  • the required laser power depends on the sensitivity of the image-recording layer, the pixel dwell time of the laser beam, which is determined by the spot diameter (typical value of modern plate-setters at 1/e 2 of maximum intensity : 10-25 ⁇ m) , the scan speed and the resolution of the exposure apparatus (i.e. the number of addressable pixels per unit of linear distance, often expressed in dots per inch or dpi; typical value : 1000- 4000 dpi) .
  • ITD plate-setters for thermal plates are typically characterized by a very high scan speed up to 500 m/sec and may require a laser power of several Watts.
  • An XTD platesetter equipped with one or more laserdiodes emitting in the wavelength range between 750 and 850 nm is an especially preferred embodiment for the method of the present invention.
  • the known plate-setters can be used as an off-press exposure apparatus, which offers the benefit of reduced press down-time.
  • XTD plate- setter configurations can also be used for on-press exposure, offering the benefit of immediate registration in a multi-color press. More technical details of on-press exposure apparatuses are described in e.g. US 5,174,205 and US 5,163,368.
  • the precursor can be developed by means of a suitable processing liquid, such as an aqueous alkaline solution, whereby the non- image areas of the coating are removed; the development step may be combined with mechanical rubbing, e.g. by using a rotating brush. During development, any water-soluble protective layer present is also removed.
  • a preferred aqueous alkaline developer is a silicate-based developer which has a ratio of silicon dioxide to alkali metal oxide of at least 1 and with a pH ⁇ 11.
  • Preferred alkali metal oxides include Na 2 O and K 2 O, and mixtures thereof.
  • a particularly preferred silicate-based developer solution is a developer solution comprising sodium or potassium metasilicate, i.e. a silicate where the ratio of silicon dioxide to alkali metal oxide is 1.
  • the developer may s optionally contain further components, such as buffer substances, complexing agents, antifoaming agents, organic solvents in small amounts, corrosion inhibitors, dyes, surfactants and/or hydrotropic agents as known in the art .
  • Preferred surfactants include non- ionic surfactants such aso Genapol C 200 (trademark from Clariant GmbH) and amphoteric surfactants such as librateric AA30 (trademark from Libra Chemicals Limited) .
  • the development is preferably carried out at temperatures of from 20 to 40 °C in automated processing unitss as customary in the art.
  • alkali metal silicate solutions having alkali metal contents of from 0.6 to 2.0 mol/1 can suitably be used. These solutions may have the same silica/alkali metal oxide ratio as the developer 0 (generally, however, it is lower) and likewise optionally contain further additives.
  • the required amounts of regenerated material must be tailored to the developing apparatuses used, daily plate throughputs, image areas, etc. and are in general from 1 to 50 ml per square meter of plate precursor.
  • the 5 addition of replenisher can be regulated, for example, by measuring the conductivity of the developer as described in EP 0 556 690.
  • the printing plate can also be developed using plain water or aqueous solutions, e.g. a gumming solution.
  • the gum0 solution is typically an aqueous liquid which comprises one or more surface protective compounds that are capable of protecting the lithographic image of a printing plate against contamination or damaging. Suitable examples of such compounds are film-forming hydrophilic polymers or surfactants.
  • the gum solution has preferably a pH from 4 to 10, more preferably from 5 to 8. Preferred gum solutions are described in EP 1 342 568.
  • the printing plate precursor can after exposure directly be mounted on a printing press and be developed on-press by supplying ink and/or fountain to the precursor.
  • EP 1 614 538 More details concerning the development step can be found in for example EP 1 614 538, EP 1 614 539, EP 1 614 540 and WO/2004071767.
  • the development step may be followed by a rinsing step and/or a gumming step.
  • the gumming step involves post- treatment of the lithographic printing plate with a gum solution as described above.
  • the plate precursor may be post-treated with a suitable correcting agent or preservative as known in the art .
  • the layer can be heated to elevated temperatures (so called "baking").
  • the plate can be heated at a temperature which is higher than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic particles, e.g. between 100 0 C and 230 0 C for a period of 40 minutes to 5 minutes.
  • a preferred baking temperature is above 60 0 C.
  • the exposed and developed plates can be baked at a temperature of 230 0 C for 5 minutes, at a temperature of 150 0 C for 10 minutes or at a temperature of
  • Baking can be done in conventional hot air ovens or by irradiation with lamps emitting in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrum. As a result of this baking step, the resistance of the printing plate to plate cleaners, correction agents and UV-curable printing inks increases. Such a thermal post-treatment is for example described in DE 1 447 963 and GB 1 154 749.
  • the printing plates thus obtained can be used for conventional, so-called wet offset printing, in which ink and an aqueous dampening liquid are supplied to the plate.
  • Another suitable printing method uses so-called single-fluid ink without a dampening liquid.
  • the single- fluid ink comprises an ink phase, also called the hydrophobic or oleophilic phase, and a polyol phase as described in WO 00/32705.
  • a 0.3 mm thick aluminium foil was degreased by spraying with an aqueous solution containing 34 g/1 NaOH at 7O 0 C for 6 seconds and rinsed with demineralised water for 3.6 seconds.
  • the foil was then electrochemically grained during 8 seconds using an alternating current in an aqueous solution containing 15 g/1 HCl, 15 g/1 SO4 2" ions and 5 g/1 Al 3+ ions at a temperature of 37 0 C and a current density of about 100 A/dm (charge density of about 800 C/dm 2 ) .
  • the aluminium foil was desmutted by etching with an aqueous solution containing 145 g/1 of sulphuric acid at 8O 0 C for 5 seconds and rinsed with demineralised water for 4 seconds .
  • the foil was subsequently subjected to anodic oxidation during 10 seconds in an aqueous solution containing 145 g/1 of sulphuric acid at a temperature of 57 0 C and a current density of 33 A/dm (charge density of 330 C/dm ) , then washed with demineralised water for 7 seconds and dried at 120 0 C for 7 seconds.
  • the reference substrate AS-Ol is obtained.
  • the untreated substrate AS-Ol was dipped in s a Na-silicate solution (see below) at a dipping temperature of 30 0 C and a dipping time of 10 s resulting in substrates AS-02 to AS-04 (Table 1) .
  • Substrates AS-05 to AS-07 were obtained by further treating the silicate treated substrates with a PVPA solution (see below) at a dipping temperature of 70 0 C and ao dipping time of 5 s (Table 1) .
  • the support thus obtained has a surface roughness Ra of 0.35-0.4 ⁇ m (measured with interferometer NTIlOO) and an anodic weight of 4.0 g/m 2 .
  • Na-orthosilicate solution (Natriumsilikat 5/2, commercially available from Roland N. V) in demineralized water at a concentration of 25 g/1 was used. This solution is called herein "Na-silicate solution” . 5
  • PVPSlOO polyvinylphosphonic acid, trademark of Clariant GmbH
  • PVPA solution A solution of PVPSlOO (polyvinylphosphonic acid, trademark of Clariant GmbH) in demineralized water at a concentration 200 g/1 was used. This solution is called herein "PVPA solution”.
  • Table 1 substrates AS-02 to AS-07.
  • the polymer emulsion is prepared by means of a semi- continuous emulsion polymerisation were all monomers (styrene and acrylonitrile) are added to the reactor. All surfactant (3% towards the monomer amount) is present in the reactor before the monomer addition is started.
  • a double-jacketed reactor of 2 liter 10 grams,8 grams of Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS Ultra Pure obtained via Alkemi BV, Lokeren, Belgium ) and 1243,9 grams of demineralised water was added. The reactor was flushed with nitrogen and heated until 80 C. When the reactor content reached a temperature of 80 C, 12 gram of a 5% solution of sodium persulfate in water was added.
  • the reactor is subsequently heated for 15 minutes at 80 C. Then the monomer mixture (238,5 gram of styrene and 121,5 grams of acrylonitrile) was dosed during 180 minutes. Simultaneously during the monomer addition an additional an aqueous persulfate solution was added (24 grams of a 5% aqueous Na2S2O8 solution) . After the monomer addition is finished the reactor is heated for 30 minutes at 80 C. To reduce the amount of residual monomer a redox-initiation system is added (1,55 s gram sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate (SFS) dissolved in 120 gram water and 2,57 gram of a 70 wt% tert.
  • SFS sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate
  • butyl hydroperoxide diluted with 22,5 gram of water.
  • the aqueous solutions of SFS and TBHP are added separately during 80 minutes.
  • the reaction is then heated for another 10 minuteso and is subsequently cooled to room temperature.
  • 100 ppm of Proxyl ultra (5-bromo-5-nitro-l , 3-dioaxane) is added as biocide and the latex is filtered using coarse filter paper.
  • the coating solution for the printing plate precursors PPP-02 to PPP-07 was prepared as follows: the latex dispersion LX-Ol was added to demineralized water and the obtained 5 dispersion was stirred for 10 minutes. Subsequently the IR-dye was added and after stirring the solution for 60 minutes, the polyacrylic acid solution was added. After 10 minutes of stirring the DEQUEST 2010 solution was added and subsequently after another 10 minutes of stirring the surfactant solution.0 The coating dispersion was stirred for another 30 minutes and the pH was adjusted to a value of 3.6. Table 2 lists the dry coating weight of the different ingredients of the coating.
  • the obtained coating solution was subsequently coated ons the Al-substrates AS-02 to AS-07 with a coating knife at a wet thickness of 30 ⁇ m. After drying at 60 0 C this resulted in printing plate precursors PPP- 02 to PPP- 07.
  • HEDP hydroxyethyldiphosphonate
  • the plate sensitivity is defined as the lowest energy density at which the 2% dot is perfectly visible on print 1.000 by means of a 5x magnifying glass.
  • the plate sensitivity obtained for all the aged and fresh printing plates was ⁇ 150 mJ/m .
  • shelf life results The shelf life of the printing plates was measured in terms of clean out results obtained on aged printing plates. A plate has a good shelf life if its clean-out behaviour is maintained or only slightly reduced after the aging period.
  • Table 3 clean-out results of the aged printing plates.
  • the untreated substrate AS-Ol (see Example 1) was dipped in a Na-metasilicate solution (see below), in a PVPA solution, in a PAA solution (see below) and/or in a mixed solution (see below) according to the conditions described in Table 4.
  • the temperature of each of these solutions was 70 0 C.
  • the post-anodic treated substrates AS-08 to AS-l ⁇ were rinsed for 5 seconds with demineralized water and dried at room temperature.
  • Na-metasilicate pentahydrate (commercially available from Van Baerle & Co. Chemische Fabrik) was dissolved in demineralized water at a concentration of 25 g/1. This solution is called herein "Na-metasilicate solution” .
  • a solution of a mixture of Na-metasilicate and polyacrylic acid was used at concentrations of respectively 25 g/1 and 20 g/i.
  • a solution of a mixture of Na-metasilicate and polyvinylphosphonic acid was used at concentrations of respectively 25 g/1 and 20 g/1.
  • Table 4 Aluminum substrates AS- 08 to AS- 16.
  • a redox-initiation system was added: 6.99 gram of sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate dihydrate (SFS) dissolved in 534 g water and 11.43 g of a 70 % by weight solution of t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) diluted with 100 g of water.
  • SFS sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate dihydrate
  • TBHP t-butyl hydroperoxide
  • the aqueous solutions of SFS and TBHP were added separately during 80 minutes. The reaction was then heated for another 10 minutes and subsequently cooled to room temperature. 100 ppm of 5-bromo- 5-nitro-l, 3-dioxane was added as biocide and the latex was filtered using coarse filter paper.
  • the coating solution for the printing plate precursors PPP-08 to PPP-016 was prepared as follows: the latex dispersion LX- 02 was added to demineralized water and the obtained dispersion was stirred for 10 minutes. Subsequently the IR-dye was added and after stirring the solution for 60 minutes, the polyacrylic acid solution was added. After 10 minutes of stirring the DEQUEST 2010 solution was added and subsequently after another 10 minutes of stirring the surfactant solution. The coating dispersion was stirred for another 30 minutes and the pH was adjusted to a value of 3.6. Table 5 lists the dry coating weight of the different ingredients of the coating.
  • the obtained coating solution was subsequently coated on the Al-substrates AS-08 to AS-16 with a coating knife at a wet thickness of 30 ⁇ m. After drying at 60 0 C this resulted in printing plate precursors PPP-08 to PPP-16.
  • Aqueous solution containing 5% by weight of polyacrylic acid (PAA, Aqualic AS58, trademark of Nippon Shokubai , Japan); (4) Aqueous solution containing 10% by weight of
  • HEDP 1-hydroxyethylidene-l, 1-diphosphonic acid
  • printing plate precursors PPP-08 to PPP-16 one plate was immediately exposed ("fresh” printing plate precursors) and another plate was stored for 7 days at 80% relative humidity and 35°C before exposure, these are the “aged” printing plate precursors.
  • the plate sensitivity is defined as the lowest energy density at which the 2% dot is perfectly visible on print 1.000 by means of a 5x magnifying glass.
  • the plate sensitivity obtained for all the fresh printing plates was ⁇ 120 mJ/m 2 .
  • the comparative printing plates PP-08 to PP-12 which comprise a support which had a single-step post-anodic treatment (either a Na-metasilicate solution, a PVPA solution, a mixed Na-metasilicate/PAA solution or a mixed Na-metasilicate/PVPA solution) give bad clean-out results after storage under warm and humid conditions;
  • the comparative printing plates PP-13 and PP- 14 which comprise a support which was first treated with a PVPA solution or a PAA solution and then with a metasilicate solution give an unacceptable clean-out result after storage under warm and humid conditions;
  • inventive printing plates PP-15 to PP-16 which comprise a support which was first treated with a Na- metasilicate solution and then with a PVPA solution or PAA solution give a good clean-out performance after storage under warm and humid conditions.

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L'invention porte sur un procédé de fabrication d'un précurseur de plaque d'impression lithographique. Ce procédé comporte les étapes consistant à se procurer un support d'aluminium grené et anodisé ; traiter le support avec une solution aqueuse incluant un composé contenant un anion silicate et un ou plusieurs cations ; traiter le support avec une solution aqueuse incluant un composé contenant un groupe acide organique et/ou un ester ou un sel de celui-ci ; appliquer un revêtement sur ledit support traité incluant une couche d'enregistrement d'image comprenant des particules de polymère thermoplastique hydrophobe dont les particule mesurent de 20 nm à 55 nm.
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