Positive-working direct write waterless lithographic printing members and methods of imaging and printing using same
US6022668A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/146
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lithographic imaging member has a support having thereon a melanophobic silicone copolymer layer and a contiguous surface melanophilic layer composed of an inorganic or organic polymeric matrix. Either or both layers includes a photothermal conversion material capable of converting irradiation, such as IR radiation, to heat in exposed regions. The imaging member can include in one or more layers a material capable of promoting adhesion across the interface of the contiguous layers. This imaging member can be digitally imaged, for example using a laser, and used for printing without wet processing.
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