Dialo printing plate made from laser
US4486529A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 1978 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/146
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention relates to an improvement in a photochemical process for the preparation of printing plates wherein a printing plate comprising a photosensitive composition coated on a support is exposed to a pattern of laser light, the intensity of which is modulated in accordance with an input source of information and said printing plate is subsequently developed by removal from said support of that portion of the photosensitive coating composition which is not exposed to said pattern of laser light, the improvement comprising utilizing a pattern of laser light generated by a laser at a wavelength greater than about 450 nm, and utilizing as a photosensitive composition a negative-working condensate of a para-aminobenzene diazonium compound, said compound being present in a quality of at least 25% of the total coating weight.
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