Multilayer imageable elements
US6893783B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/165
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Multilayer, positive working, thermally imageable elements are disclosed. The elements produce bakeable lithographic printing plates that are resistant to press chemistries. The elements have a substrate, an underlayer, and a top layer. The underlayer comprises a resin or resins having activated methylol and/or activated alkylated methylol groups, such as a resole resin, and a polymeric material that comprises, in polymerized form, (a) methacrylic acid; (b) N-phenylmaleimide, N-cyclohexylmaleimide, N-benzylmaleimide, or a mixture thereof; and (c) one or more monomers of the structure:
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