Method for processing of photopolymer printing plates with overcoat

US8105755B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Harald Baumann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Christopher D. Simpson · Osterode, DE
• Ulrich Fiebag · Würzburg, DE
• Bernd Strehmel · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03F7/09
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Method is described for producing an imaged lithographic printing plate from a precursor comprising a free-radical polymerizable coating and an oxygen-impermeable overcoat, characterized in that removing the overcoat, developing and gumming is carried out in one single step.