CA1050805A - Laser imagable dry planographic printing plate - Google Patents
Laser imagable dry planographic printing plateInfo
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- CA1050805A CA1050805A CA222,290A CA222290A CA1050805A CA 1050805 A CA1050805 A CA 1050805A CA 222290 A CA222290 A CA 222290A CA 1050805 A CA1050805 A CA 1050805A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
- B41C1/00—Forme preparation
- B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
- B41C1/1008—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials
- B41C1/1033—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme by removal or destruction of lithographic material on the lithographic support, e.g. by laser or spark ablation; by the use of materials rendered soluble or insoluble by heat exposure, e.g. by heat produced from a light to heat transforming system; by on-the-press exposure or on-the-press development, e.g. by the fountain of photolithographic materials by laser or spark ablation
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
- B41N1/00—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
- B41N1/003—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor with ink abhesive means or abhesive forming means, such as abhesive siloxane or fluoro compounds, e.g. for dry lithographic printing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
- B41C2201/00—Location, type or constituents of the non-imaging layers in lithographic printing formes
- B41C2201/02—Cover layers; Protective layers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
- B41C2201/00—Location, type or constituents of the non-imaging layers in lithographic printing formes
- B41C2201/04—Intermediate layers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
- B41C2210/00—Preparation or type or constituents of the imaging layers, in relation to lithographic printing forme preparation
- B41C2210/02—Positive working, i.e. the exposed (imaged) areas are removed
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
- B41C2210/00—Preparation or type or constituents of the imaging layers, in relation to lithographic printing forme preparation
- B41C2210/16—Waterless working, i.e. ink repelling exposed (imaged) or non-exposed (non-imaged) areas, not requiring fountain solution or water, e.g. dry lithography or driography
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A dry planographic printing plate which may be imaged by means of a laser beam, said plate comprising, on a litho-graphic substrate, a layer which is responsive to laser radiation and, overlying said layer, a layer of silicone rubber.
A dry planographic printing plate which may be imaged by means of a laser beam, said plate comprising, on a litho-graphic substrate, a layer which is responsive to laser radiation and, overlying said layer, a layer of silicone rubber.
Description
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This inven~ion relates to dry planographic printing plate~.
Dry planographic printing plates are disclosed in United States Patent 3,677,178 granted July 18, 1972 and as~igned to the assignee of the present invention. Such plates comprise a flex-ible substra~e having coated thereon a cured solid but elastic silicone rubber film which will not remove conventional litho-graphic ink from an ink roller on a printing press.
Recently, methods have been proposed to utiliæe a la~er beam to image a planographic (offset) or raised-image ~le~ter press) printing plate, see for example United States Patent Nos.
3,506,779 grantad April 14, 1970 tBrown et al.) "Laser Beam Type Setter" and 3,664,737 granted May 23, 1972 tLiPP) "Printing Plate Recording by Direct Exposure". While the laser offers great promise in producing high resolution printing plates, ~here has thu~ far been no practical way to image a dry planographic print-ing plate. The silicone rubber, which repels printing ink, is un-affected by laser radiation. The silicone rubber layer appears transparent to the energy and no significant reaction takes place.
It might be possible to directly image a photosensitive dry plano-graphic plate with a laser beam which emits light in the ultra-violet region. The disadvantage of such lasers is, however, that they are presently very expensive and do not have a high power output. In addition, such photosensitive plates would have to be handled under special, non-active lighting as overall exposure to ultraviolet would destroy their imaging capability. Further-more, the shelf-life of any photosensi~ive coating is limited.
It is therefoxe of interest to provide a dry plano-graphic printing plate which can be imaged by the use of a laser in a practical, commercially feasible manner.
According to this invention there is provided a dry 3Q planographic printing plate comprising, on an ink receptive sub-strate;
a laser responsi~e layer which contains particles which absorb laser energy, a self-oxidizing binder and a cross-linkable re~in;
and a film of silicone rubber overlying and in adherent contact with said layer.
With reference to the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the construc-tion of the dry planographic prinking plate of the present inven-tion;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the formation o an image on the plate of the present invention.
The present invention provides a dry planographic print~
ing plate comprising a laser responsive layer which contains par- ; -ticles which absorb lasex energy, a self-oxidizing binder and a cross-linkable resin. In the preferred embodiment these energy absorbing particles are carbon particles and the self-oxidizing binder is nitrocellulose. The cross-linkable resin is preferably cross-linked by means of a cross-linking agent. As will be more fully illustrated hereinafter, the cross-linking reaction is con-veniently ini~iated by heat. The laser responsive layer is inter~
posed between a lithographic substrate and a film of silicone rubber. An image is recorded on the plate by writing with a laser in a conven~ional manner. Selected areas of the laser-responsive coating are loosened or removed by the laser beam so as to define an image on the plate.
The laser-responsive coating utilized in the present invention absorbs radiation in the infrared as well as the visible range. A suitable beam may be applied by YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser which has an effective wave length of about 1.06 microns or by an argon laser beam which has an effective wave len~th in the range of from about 0.48 to about 0.52 micron. The beam of radiant energy is applied to the laser-responsive coating to loosen or vaporize and remove it and the overlying silicone rubber in selected areas so as to expose the underlying substrate.
In the areas irradiated by the laser the laser responsive . . . . .
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layer and the silicone rubber are removed, exposing the underlying lithoyraphic substrate. The plate then accepts ink in the area struck by laser beam and repels ink in the non-image areas, as these areas are constituted by silicone rubber. The thus-imaged plate is subjected to an appropriate treatment, such as heating, to cross-link the resin in the remaining portions of the laser re-sponsive layer, thereby forming a firm bond k,etween the silicone rubber film and the underlying substrate and providing durable bac]cground areas on the planographic printing plate.
1~ Referring now to the drawings, Fig. 1 depicts the com-posite structure of the article of the present invention. Sub-strate 10 may be a sheet of material conventionally usad as a support for offset duplicating plates, e.g., metal, especially aluminum, paper or plastic. In the embodiment illustrated, the substrate 10 is aluminum. Since metals such as aluminum are so highly conductive of heatt in order to prevent the metal from dis-sipating the thermal energy provided by the laser, the substrate 10 is pro~ided with an insulating layer 11 of an olephilic or ink receptive resin.
The composition of the resin or layer 11 is not critical, any of the oleophilic resins which are commonly used in the litho-graphic printing art and which provide good adhesion to the metal being suitable and the choice of such a resin is well within the skill of the worker in the art. Illustrative of the ink receptive resins suitable for use in the present invention include phenol-and cresol-formaldehyde resins especially the Novolak resins, urea formaldehyde resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins, vinyl resins, alkyd resins, polyester resins, polyacrylate including polymethacrylate and polyethyla~rylate resins, polyamides (nylon), polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polystyrene, copolymers of styrene and butadiene and polyalkylene especially polyethylene. Insulating layer 11 may be applied to the substrate 10 by conventional coating techniques in t:he form of .. . .
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an aqueous latex or organic solven~ solution. Alternatively, the resin may be applied by extruding it in the molten form, a tech-nique commonly refexred to as "hot melt" extrusion. In some cases, a film of a resin such as polyethylene~ polystyrene or polyvinyl acetate may be laminated to substrate 10.
Over the insulating layer 11 is applied laser-responsive layer 12 which comprises particles which absorb laser energy, such as carbon black, a self oxidizing binder, such as nltrocellulose and a cross-linkable resin, such as a "Novolak" resin in combina-tion with a cross-linking agent. Over the laser-responsive layer 12 is applied a silicone rubber top coating 13. Not illustrated, but preferred to insure good adhesion between the laser-responsive layer and the silicone rubber top coating 13, is the application o a primer for silicone rubber such as polytetrabutyl titanate or polytetraisopropyl titanate.
When the laser-responsive layer 12 is struck by ap-propriate laser radiation, it oxidizes or burns. The products of combustion from the irradiated area of the laser responsive layer 12, being hot and at least partially gaseous, necessarily attempt to escape their confinement between layers 13 and 11. The result, as shown in Fig. 2, is that the silicone rubber overlying the irradiated area is either directly removed by the escaping products of combustion or the bond of the silicone rubber to the under-lying layers i5 suEficiently weakened that it can later be re-moved by the application of a suitable developer solution.
After development, the imaged plate is subjected to a heat treatment of, for example, 400F., for one-half minute to increase the adhesion of the silicone rubber remaining in the back-ground areas r thus increasing run length of the plate.
EX~MPLE_I
To a 3 mil. thick sheet of Mylar*polyester film was ap-plied a laser responsive coating of the following composition:
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Parts b~ eight Carbon black 15.4 Nitrocellulose (self-oxidizing~ 7.7 "Novolak" resin (non-oxidizing cross linkable resin) 60.9 Melamine deriva~ive cross-linking agent ("Cymel"*301 sold by American Cyanamid Co.) 15.4 P-toluene sulfonic acid (catalyst)0.6 Methyl ethyl ketone in an amount sufficient to adjust total solids content to 20% by weight.
The coa~ing composition was applied to the ~ubstrate using a No. 6 mayer rod and dried. The weight of the clry coating was 0.5 pounds per ream, t3,300 square feet).
Over this laser-responsive coating was applied a tie coat of polytetrabutyl titanate (DuPont "Tyzor"*PB) to enhance adhesion between the laser responsive coating and the subsequently applied silicone rubbex. The tie coat was applied as a 4% organic~solvent solution by a No. 6 mayer bar in a nominal amount of less than 0.1 2Q pounds per ream (dry weight basis). Thereupon, a layer of silicone rubber ("Dow Corning 79-037 Rr~')*was applied by No. 16 mayer rod in an amount of 3 pounds per ream (dry weight basis).
An image was etched into the plate by means o a YAG
laser beam. The plate was developed by application of naphtha solvent to remove debris in the irradiated areas, leaving the poly- ;
ester substrate exposed in the image areas.
The developed plate was mounted on an offset duplicating press without connecting the dampening system and yielded many satisfactory copies.
EXAMPLE II
To a 5 mil. thick sheet of aluminum provided with a coat-ing of a cross-linked carboxy poly(~inyl benzal) resin (disclosed in United States Patent 3,776,888) was applied a laser responsive coating of the following composition:
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Carbon black 10 Nitrocellulose (sel~-oxidizing) 5 "Novola]c" resin (non-oxidizing) 50 Melamine derivative cross-linking agen~ ("Cymel"*301 sold b~
American Cyanamid Co.~ 2.5 p~toluene sulfonic acid 0.1 Methyl ethyl ketone in an amount sufficient to adjust total solids content to 20~ by weight.
The coating composition was applied to the substrate us-ing a No. 4 mayer rod and dried. The weigh~ of the dry coating was 0.65 pounds per ream, (3,300 square feet).
Over this laser-responsive coating was applied a tie coat of polytetrabutyl titanate (DuPont "Tyzor"*PB) to enhance adhesion between the laser~responsive coating and the subsequently applied silicone rubber. A tie coat was applied as a 4~ organic solvent solution by a No. 5 mayer bar in a nominal amount of less than 0.1 pounds per ream (dry weight basis). Thereupon, a layer of silicone rubber ("Dow Corning 79-037 RTV"~' was applied by No.
16 mayer rod in an amount of 3 pounds per ream (dry weight basis).
An image was etched into the plate by means of a YAG
laser beam. The plate was developed by application of naphtha solvent to remove debris in the irradiated areas, leaving the coated aluminum substrate exposed in the image areas.
The developed plate was mounted on an offset duplicating press without connecting the dampening system and yielded many satisfactory copies.
While the invention has been particularly described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it is understood that various other changes and modifications thereof will occur to a person skilled in the art without departing from khe spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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This inven~ion relates to dry planographic printing plate~.
Dry planographic printing plates are disclosed in United States Patent 3,677,178 granted July 18, 1972 and as~igned to the assignee of the present invention. Such plates comprise a flex-ible substra~e having coated thereon a cured solid but elastic silicone rubber film which will not remove conventional litho-graphic ink from an ink roller on a printing press.
Recently, methods have been proposed to utiliæe a la~er beam to image a planographic (offset) or raised-image ~le~ter press) printing plate, see for example United States Patent Nos.
3,506,779 grantad April 14, 1970 tBrown et al.) "Laser Beam Type Setter" and 3,664,737 granted May 23, 1972 tLiPP) "Printing Plate Recording by Direct Exposure". While the laser offers great promise in producing high resolution printing plates, ~here has thu~ far been no practical way to image a dry planographic print-ing plate. The silicone rubber, which repels printing ink, is un-affected by laser radiation. The silicone rubber layer appears transparent to the energy and no significant reaction takes place.
It might be possible to directly image a photosensitive dry plano-graphic plate with a laser beam which emits light in the ultra-violet region. The disadvantage of such lasers is, however, that they are presently very expensive and do not have a high power output. In addition, such photosensitive plates would have to be handled under special, non-active lighting as overall exposure to ultraviolet would destroy their imaging capability. Further-more, the shelf-life of any photosensi~ive coating is limited.
It is therefoxe of interest to provide a dry plano-graphic printing plate which can be imaged by the use of a laser in a practical, commercially feasible manner.
According to this invention there is provided a dry 3Q planographic printing plate comprising, on an ink receptive sub-strate;
a laser responsi~e layer which contains particles which absorb laser energy, a self-oxidizing binder and a cross-linkable re~in;
and a film of silicone rubber overlying and in adherent contact with said layer.
With reference to the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the construc-tion of the dry planographic prinking plate of the present inven-tion;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the formation o an image on the plate of the present invention.
The present invention provides a dry planographic print~
ing plate comprising a laser responsive layer which contains par- ; -ticles which absorb lasex energy, a self-oxidizing binder and a cross-linkable resin. In the preferred embodiment these energy absorbing particles are carbon particles and the self-oxidizing binder is nitrocellulose. The cross-linkable resin is preferably cross-linked by means of a cross-linking agent. As will be more fully illustrated hereinafter, the cross-linking reaction is con-veniently ini~iated by heat. The laser responsive layer is inter~
posed between a lithographic substrate and a film of silicone rubber. An image is recorded on the plate by writing with a laser in a conven~ional manner. Selected areas of the laser-responsive coating are loosened or removed by the laser beam so as to define an image on the plate.
The laser-responsive coating utilized in the present invention absorbs radiation in the infrared as well as the visible range. A suitable beam may be applied by YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser which has an effective wave length of about 1.06 microns or by an argon laser beam which has an effective wave len~th in the range of from about 0.48 to about 0.52 micron. The beam of radiant energy is applied to the laser-responsive coating to loosen or vaporize and remove it and the overlying silicone rubber in selected areas so as to expose the underlying substrate.
In the areas irradiated by the laser the laser responsive . . . . .
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layer and the silicone rubber are removed, exposing the underlying lithoyraphic substrate. The plate then accepts ink in the area struck by laser beam and repels ink in the non-image areas, as these areas are constituted by silicone rubber. The thus-imaged plate is subjected to an appropriate treatment, such as heating, to cross-link the resin in the remaining portions of the laser re-sponsive layer, thereby forming a firm bond k,etween the silicone rubber film and the underlying substrate and providing durable bac]cground areas on the planographic printing plate.
1~ Referring now to the drawings, Fig. 1 depicts the com-posite structure of the article of the present invention. Sub-strate 10 may be a sheet of material conventionally usad as a support for offset duplicating plates, e.g., metal, especially aluminum, paper or plastic. In the embodiment illustrated, the substrate 10 is aluminum. Since metals such as aluminum are so highly conductive of heatt in order to prevent the metal from dis-sipating the thermal energy provided by the laser, the substrate 10 is pro~ided with an insulating layer 11 of an olephilic or ink receptive resin.
The composition of the resin or layer 11 is not critical, any of the oleophilic resins which are commonly used in the litho-graphic printing art and which provide good adhesion to the metal being suitable and the choice of such a resin is well within the skill of the worker in the art. Illustrative of the ink receptive resins suitable for use in the present invention include phenol-and cresol-formaldehyde resins especially the Novolak resins, urea formaldehyde resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins, vinyl resins, alkyd resins, polyester resins, polyacrylate including polymethacrylate and polyethyla~rylate resins, polyamides (nylon), polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polystyrene, copolymers of styrene and butadiene and polyalkylene especially polyethylene. Insulating layer 11 may be applied to the substrate 10 by conventional coating techniques in t:he form of .. . .
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an aqueous latex or organic solven~ solution. Alternatively, the resin may be applied by extruding it in the molten form, a tech-nique commonly refexred to as "hot melt" extrusion. In some cases, a film of a resin such as polyethylene~ polystyrene or polyvinyl acetate may be laminated to substrate 10.
Over the insulating layer 11 is applied laser-responsive layer 12 which comprises particles which absorb laser energy, such as carbon black, a self oxidizing binder, such as nltrocellulose and a cross-linkable resin, such as a "Novolak" resin in combina-tion with a cross-linking agent. Over the laser-responsive layer 12 is applied a silicone rubber top coating 13. Not illustrated, but preferred to insure good adhesion between the laser-responsive layer and the silicone rubber top coating 13, is the application o a primer for silicone rubber such as polytetrabutyl titanate or polytetraisopropyl titanate.
When the laser-responsive layer 12 is struck by ap-propriate laser radiation, it oxidizes or burns. The products of combustion from the irradiated area of the laser responsive layer 12, being hot and at least partially gaseous, necessarily attempt to escape their confinement between layers 13 and 11. The result, as shown in Fig. 2, is that the silicone rubber overlying the irradiated area is either directly removed by the escaping products of combustion or the bond of the silicone rubber to the under-lying layers i5 suEficiently weakened that it can later be re-moved by the application of a suitable developer solution.
After development, the imaged plate is subjected to a heat treatment of, for example, 400F., for one-half minute to increase the adhesion of the silicone rubber remaining in the back-ground areas r thus increasing run length of the plate.
EX~MPLE_I
To a 3 mil. thick sheet of Mylar*polyester film was ap-plied a laser responsive coating of the following composition:
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Parts b~ eight Carbon black 15.4 Nitrocellulose (self-oxidizing~ 7.7 "Novolak" resin (non-oxidizing cross linkable resin) 60.9 Melamine deriva~ive cross-linking agent ("Cymel"*301 sold by American Cyanamid Co.) 15.4 P-toluene sulfonic acid (catalyst)0.6 Methyl ethyl ketone in an amount sufficient to adjust total solids content to 20% by weight.
The coa~ing composition was applied to the ~ubstrate using a No. 6 mayer rod and dried. The weight of the clry coating was 0.5 pounds per ream, t3,300 square feet).
Over this laser-responsive coating was applied a tie coat of polytetrabutyl titanate (DuPont "Tyzor"*PB) to enhance adhesion between the laser responsive coating and the subsequently applied silicone rubbex. The tie coat was applied as a 4% organic~solvent solution by a No. 6 mayer bar in a nominal amount of less than 0.1 2Q pounds per ream (dry weight basis). Thereupon, a layer of silicone rubber ("Dow Corning 79-037 Rr~')*was applied by No. 16 mayer rod in an amount of 3 pounds per ream (dry weight basis).
An image was etched into the plate by means o a YAG
laser beam. The plate was developed by application of naphtha solvent to remove debris in the irradiated areas, leaving the poly- ;
ester substrate exposed in the image areas.
The developed plate was mounted on an offset duplicating press without connecting the dampening system and yielded many satisfactory copies.
EXAMPLE II
To a 5 mil. thick sheet of aluminum provided with a coat-ing of a cross-linked carboxy poly(~inyl benzal) resin (disclosed in United States Patent 3,776,888) was applied a laser responsive coating of the following composition:
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Pa-t~
Carbon black 10 Nitrocellulose (sel~-oxidizing) 5 "Novola]c" resin (non-oxidizing) 50 Melamine derivative cross-linking agen~ ("Cymel"*301 sold b~
American Cyanamid Co.~ 2.5 p~toluene sulfonic acid 0.1 Methyl ethyl ketone in an amount sufficient to adjust total solids content to 20~ by weight.
The coating composition was applied to the substrate us-ing a No. 4 mayer rod and dried. The weigh~ of the dry coating was 0.65 pounds per ream, (3,300 square feet).
Over this laser-responsive coating was applied a tie coat of polytetrabutyl titanate (DuPont "Tyzor"*PB) to enhance adhesion between the laser~responsive coating and the subsequently applied silicone rubber. A tie coat was applied as a 4~ organic solvent solution by a No. 5 mayer bar in a nominal amount of less than 0.1 pounds per ream (dry weight basis). Thereupon, a layer of silicone rubber ("Dow Corning 79-037 RTV"~' was applied by No.
16 mayer rod in an amount of 3 pounds per ream (dry weight basis).
An image was etched into the plate by means of a YAG
laser beam. The plate was developed by application of naphtha solvent to remove debris in the irradiated areas, leaving the coated aluminum substrate exposed in the image areas.
The developed plate was mounted on an offset duplicating press without connecting the dampening system and yielded many satisfactory copies.
While the invention has been particularly described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it is understood that various other changes and modifications thereof will occur to a person skilled in the art without departing from khe spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Claims (7)
1. A laser-imageable dry planographic printing plate comprising:
an ink receptive substrate;
a film of silicone rubber overlying the substrate; and a laser-responsive layer interposed between the film of sili-cone rubber and the substrate, and which is capable of being oxidized when irradiated with a laser beam to produce products of combustion which escape by selectively loosening or removing the overlying areas of the silicone rubber film, the laser-responsive layer comprising particles which absorbs laser energy, a self-oxidizing binder, and a cross-linkable resin for cross-linking after laser-imaging to form a firm bond between the unremoved por-tions of the silicone rubber film and the substrate.
an ink receptive substrate;
a film of silicone rubber overlying the substrate; and a laser-responsive layer interposed between the film of sili-cone rubber and the substrate, and which is capable of being oxidized when irradiated with a laser beam to produce products of combustion which escape by selectively loosening or removing the overlying areas of the silicone rubber film, the laser-responsive layer comprising particles which absorbs laser energy, a self-oxidizing binder, and a cross-linkable resin for cross-linking after laser-imaging to form a firm bond between the unremoved por-tions of the silicone rubber film and the substrate.
2. A plate according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is metal provided with an insulating layer of oleophilic resin between the laser-responsive layer and the metal substrate to prevent the metal substrate from dissipating the thermal energy provided by the laser.
3. A plate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the particles are carbon black.
4. A plate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the self-oxidizing binder is nitrocellulose.
5. A plate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the laser-respon-sive layer further includes a cross-linking agent.
6. A method of imaging a laser-imageable dry planographic print-ing plate comprising an ink receptive substrate, a film of silicone rubber overlying the substrate, and a laser-responsive layer interposed between the film of silicone rubber and the substrate and which is cap-able of being oxidized when radiated with a laser beam to produce pro-duces of combustion which escape by selectively loosening or removing the overlying areas of the silicone rubber film, the laser-responsive layer comprising particles which absorb laser energy, a self-oxidizing binder and a cross-linkable resin for cross-linking after laser-imaging to form a firm bond between the unremoved portions of the silicone rubber film and the substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) oxidizing the self-oxidizing binder in selected areas of the laser-responsive layer by directing a laser beam onto the selected areas to produce products of combustion which escape by loosening or removing the areas of silicone rubber film overlying the selected areas of the laser-responsive layer;
(b) developing the plate to completely remove the areas of silicone rubber film; and (c) heating the imaged plate to cross-link the cross-linkable resin in the remaining laser-responsive layer to form a firm bond between the remaining silicone rubber film and the substrate.
(a) oxidizing the self-oxidizing binder in selected areas of the laser-responsive layer by directing a laser beam onto the selected areas to produce products of combustion which escape by loosening or removing the areas of silicone rubber film overlying the selected areas of the laser-responsive layer;
(b) developing the plate to completely remove the areas of silicone rubber film; and (c) heating the imaged plate to cross-link the cross-linkable resin in the remaining laser-responsive layer to form a firm bond between the remaining silicone rubber film and the substrate.
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the laser-responsive layer of the printing plate further includes a cross-linking agent.
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