Heat-sensitive non-ablatable wasteless imaging element for providing a lithographic printing plate
US6165679A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41C1/1041
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a heat-sensitive non-ablatable wasteless imaging element for providing a lithographic printing plate, having on a support as top layer an image forming layer comprising a heat-switchable binder, characterized in that said image forming layer becomes more hydrophobic under the influence of heat.
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