Infrared-sensitive image forming material
US6727031B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41C2210/262
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An infrared-sensitive image forming material with which a plate can be directly formed by an infrared laser. The infrared-sensitive image forming material has a support having disposed thereon a recording layer whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline solution is altered by irradiation with an infrared laser. The recording layer has a binder phase formed of a polymer compound, a dispersion phase that is dispersed in the binder phase, and an infrared absorbent present in either one of the binder phase and the dispersion phase. Within a total incorporated amount of the infrared absorbent in the recording layer, a mass present in the dispersion binder is greater than a mass present in the binder phase. Namely, within the recording layer, the infrared absorbent is localized in the dispersion phase.
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