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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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• the present invention relates to a method for making a lithographic printing plate involving the use of a heat-sensitive imaging element.
• it concerns improvements in imaging properties due to its surface in contact with the heat source having a particular composition.
• Lithographic printing is the process of printing from specially prepared surfaces, some areas of which are capable of accepting ink, whereas other areas will not accept ink.
• a photographic material is made imagewise receptive to oily or greasy ink in the photo-exposed (negative working) or in the non-exposed areas (positive working) on a ink-repelling background.
• lithographic plates also called surface litho plates or planographic printing plates
• a support that has affinity to water or obtains such affinity by chemical treatment is coated with a thin layer of a photosensitive composition.
• Coatings for that purpose include light-sensitive polymer layers containing diazo compounds, dichromate-sensitized hydrophilic colloids and a large variety of synthetic photopolymers. Particularly diazo-sensitized systems are widely used.
• the exposed image areas become insoluble and the unexposed areas remain soluble.
• the plate is then developed with a suitable liquid to remove the diazonium salt or diazo resin in the unexposed areas.
• thermoplastic polymer particles By image-wise exposure to an infrared laser, the thermoplastic polymer particles are image-wise coagulated thereby rendering the surface of the imaging element at these areas ink acceptant without any further development.
• a disadvantage of this method is that the printing plate obtained is easily damaged since the non-printing areas may become ink-accepting when some pressure is applied thereto. Moreover, under critical conditions, the lithographic performance of such a printing plate may be poor and accordingly such printing plate has little lithographic printing latitude.
• EP-A-514145 discloses a heat-sensitive imaging element including a coating comprising core-shell particles having a water insoluble heat softenable core component and a shell component which is soluble or swellable in an aqueous alkaline medium.
• Red or infrared laser light directed image-wise at said imaging element causes selected particles to coalesce, at least partially, to form an image and the non-coalesced particles are then selectively removed by means of an aqueous alkaline developer. Afterwards a baking step is performed.
• the printing endurance of a so obtained printing plate is low.
• EP-A-599510 discloses a heat-sensitive imaging element which comprises a substrate coated with (i) a layer which comprises (1) a disperse phase comprising a water-insoluble heat softenable component A and (2) a binder or continuous phase consisting of a component B which is soluble or swellable in aqueous, preferably aqueous alkaline medium, at least one of components A and B including a reactive group or precursor therefor, such that insolubilisation of the layer occurs at elevated temperature and/or on exposure to actinic radiation , and (ii) a substance capable of strongly absorbing radiation and transferring the energy thus obtained as heat to the disperse phase so that at least partial coalescence of the coating occurs.
• EP-A 952022871.0, 952022872.8, 952022873.6 and 952022874.4 disclose a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of (1) image-wise exposing to light a heat-sensitive imaging element comprising (i) on a hydrophilic surface of a lithographic base an image-forming layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder and (ii) a compound capable of converting light to heat, said compound being comprised in said image-forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto; (2) and developing a thus obtained image-wise exposed element by rinsing it with plain water.
• thermosensitive imaging systems can also be used as direct thermosensitive imaging elements for a recording process wherein images are generated by the use of imagewise modulated thermal energy.
• the presence of a compound capable of converting light into heat in said image-forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto is not necessary.
• thermosensitive imaging element suitable for imaging with a thermal head with excellent transporting properties and developable in a convenient ecological way.
• thermosensitive imaging element which has no soiling or abrasive effects on the thermal head and shows no smearing after the thermographic imaging process.
• an imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate comprising on a flexible support (i) an ink-repellant layer containing a crosslinked hydrophilic binder and (ii) a thermosensitive layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder, characterized in that an outermost layer is present on top of said layers of said imaging element, said outermost layer comprising at least a solid or liquid lubricant in a hydrophilic binder.
• a thermal image forming process is realized, wherein the heat source is a thin or thick film thermal head.
• the lubricant may be liquid or solid.
• the solid lubricant may be thermomeltable or not.
• a lubricant is called thermomeltable when its melting point is below 200 °C.
• Non-thermomeltable lubricants such as teflon or inorganic particles can be added to the outermost layer. The addition of inorganic particles is especially recommended. It is advantageous that they protrude through the surface of said outermost layer to reduce building up of debris on the thermal head.
• Inorganic particles such as silica or salts derived from silica such as e.g. talc, clay, china clay, mica, chlorite, silica, or carbonates such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) can be added to the outermost layer in accordance with the invention.
• a mixture of talc and dolomite or talc and silica particles is highly preferred.
• thermomeltable lubricant has a melting point below 150 °C.
• solid lubricants having a melting point below 110°C, with solid lubricants with a molecular weight below 1000 being particularly preferred.
• solid lubricants are defined as those lubricants being solid at 20 °C.
• Solid thermomeltable lubricants which can be used according to the present invention are polyolefin waxes e.g. polypropylene waxes, ester waxes e.g. fatty acid esters, polyolefin-polyether block copolymers, amide waxes e.g. fatty acid amides, polyglycols e.g. polyethylene glycol, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, natural waxes and solid phosphoric acid ester derivatives.
• polyolefin waxes e.g. polypropylene waxes
• ester waxes e.g. fatty acid esters
• polyolefin-polyether block copolymers amide waxes e.g. fatty acid amides
• polyglycols e.g. polyethylene glycol
• fatty acids fatty alcohols
• natural waxes and solid phosphoric acid ester derivatives.
• Preferred solid thermomeltable lubricants are selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides and phosphoric acid esters.
• Preferred fatty acid esters are glycerine monostearate, glycerine monopalmitate and mixtures of glycerine monostearate and glycerine monopalmitate.
• Preferred fatty acid amides are selected from the group consisting of ethylenebisstearamide, stearamide, oleamide, myristamide and erucamide.
• Suitable solid non-phosphoric acid ester derivative lubricants according to the present invention with their melting points are: Melting point [°C] SL01 ethylenebisstearamide (CeridustTM 3910 from Hoechst AG) 141 SL02 myristamide 106 SL03 stearamide 104 SL04 glycerine monostearate 81 SL05 erucamide 80 SL06 oleamide 73 SL07 glycerine tristearate 55-73 SL08 MobilcerTM Q (a paraffin wax) 67 SL09 glycerine monotallow acid ester (RilanitTM GMS from Henkel AG) 55-60 SL10 sorbitan monostearate (SPANTM 60 from ICI PLC) 55 SL11 sorbitan tristearate (SPANTM 65 from ICI PLC) 48-53 SL12 sorbitan monopalmitate (SPANTM 40 from ICI PLC) 44-47 SL13 POE-(4)-sorbitan monoste
• PSL solid phosphoric acid ester derivative solid lubricants
• PSL melting point
• PSL01 ServoxylTM VPAZ 100 from Servo Delden BV mixture of monolauryl and dilauryl phosphates
• PSL02 ServoxylTM VPRZ 100 from Servo Delden BV mixture of monocetyl and monostearyl phosphates
• PSL03 potassium alkyl phosphate CrafolTM AP37 from Henkel AG
• Liquid lubricants which can be used according to the present invention include silicon oils, functionalized silicon oils, silicon block polymers such as polyalkyleneoxide-polysiloxane copolymers, glycerol esters, liquid phosphoric ester derivatives and the like . Liquid phosphoric ester derivatives are preferred among the liquid lubricants.
• non-phosphoric acid ester derivative liquid lubricants (LL) are:
• PLL phosphoric acid ester derivative liquid lubricants
• the outermost layer on top of the imaging layers of the imaging element comprises a hydrophilic binder.
• Suitable hydrophilic binders for said outermost layer are, for example, gelatin, polyvinylalcohol, cellulose derivatives or other polysaccharides, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose etc., with binders having a glass transition temperature above 100 °C being preferred and polyvinylalcohol being particularly preferred.
• additives or fillers can also be incorporated in the outermost layer e.g. colloidal particles such as colloidal silica.
• hardening of the binder may affect the water processability of the imaging element, a low degree of hardening can improve the thermostability of the outermost layer.
• the thickness of the outermost layer on top of the imaging layer of the imaging element may be any thickness to obtain sufficient protection of the image and the thermal head.
• the thickness of the outermost layer is 0.1 to 10 ⁇ m more preferably 0.2 to 5 ⁇ m.
• An intermediate layer between the outermost layer and the thermosensitive layer may be used to improve the development properties of the imaging element or to improve the adhesion between the outermost layer and the thermosensitive layer.
• the binder for said intermediate layer is preferably hydrophilic and the thickness of said layer may be 0.05 to 5 ⁇ m.
• An intermediate layer may be especially usefull when a slightly crosslinked hydrophilic binder is used in the outermost layer.
• a heat-sensitive imaging element comprising on a hydrophilic surface of a lithographic base an image-forming layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder.
• the hydrophilic binder in the image-forming layer used in connection with the present invention is preferably not crosslinked or only slightly crosslinked.
• the imaging element may further include a compound capable of converting light into heat. This compound is comprised in the image-forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto.
• the lithographic base comprises a flexible support, such as e.g. paper or plastic film, provided with a cross-linked hydrophilic layer.
• a particularly suitable cross-linked rough hydrophilic layer may be obtained from a hydrophilic binder cross-linked with a cross-linking agent such as formaldehyde, glyoxal, polyisocyanate or preferably a hydrolysed tetra-alkylorthosilicate.
• hydrophilic binder there may be used hydrophilic (co)polymers such as for example, homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl alcohol, acrylamide, methylol acrylamide, methylol methacrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate or maleic anhydride/vinylmethylether copolymers.
• hydrophilic (co)polymers such as for example, homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl alcohol, acrylamide, methylol acrylamide, methylol methacrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate or maleic anhydride/vinylmethylether copolymers.
• a cross-linked hydrophilic layer on a flexible support used in accordance with the present embodiment preferably also contains substances that increase the mechanical strength and the porosity of the layer e.g. colloidal silica.
• colloidal silica inert particles of larger size than the colloidal silica can be added e.g. silica prepared according to Stöber as described in J. Colloid and Interface Sci., Vol. 26, 1968, pages 62 to 69 or alumina particles or particles having an average diameter of at least 100 nm which are particles of titanium dioxide or other heavy metal oxides. Incorporation of these particles gives the surface of the cross-linked hydrophilic layer a uniform rough texture consisting of microscopic hills and valleys.
• the thickness of the cross-linked hydrophilic layer may vary in the range of 0.2 to 25 ⁇ m and is preferably 1 to 10 ⁇ m.
• cross-linked hydrophilic layers for use in accordance with the present invention are disclosed in EP-A 601240, GB-P-1419512, FR-P-2300354, US-P-3971660, US-P-4284705 and EP-A 514490.
• plastic film e.g. substrated polyethylene terephthalate film, polyethylene naphthalate film, cellulose acetate film, polystyrene film, polycarbonate film etc.
• the plastic film support may be opaque or transparent.
• An image-forming layer in connection with the present invention comprises thermoplastic polymer particles dispersed in a hydrophilic binder.
• Suitable hydrophilic binders for use in an image-forming layer in connection with this invention are water soluble (co)polymers for example synthetic homo- or copolymers such as polyvinylalcohol, a poly(meth)acrylic acid, a poly(meth)acrylamide, a polyhydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, a polyvinylmethylether or natural binders such as gelatin, a polysaccharide such as e.g. dextran, pullulan, cellulose, arabic gum, alginic acid.
• water soluble (co)polymers for example synthetic homo- or copolymers such as polyvinylalcohol, a poly(meth)acrylic acid, a poly(meth)acrylamide, a polyhydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, a polyvinylmethylether or natural binders such as gelatin, a polysaccharide such as e.g. dextran, pullulan, cellulose, arabic gum,
• the hydrophilic binder can also be a water insoluble, alkali soluble or swellable resin having phenolic hydroxy groups and/or carboxyl groups.
• the water insoluble, alkali soluble or swellable resin used in connection with the present invention comprises phenolic hydroxy groups.
• Suitable water insoluble, alkali soluble or swellable resins for use in an image-forming layer in connection with this invention are for example synthetic novolac resins such as ALNOVOL, a registered trade mark of Reichold Hoechst and DUREZ, a registered trade mark of OxyChem and synthetic polyvinylfenols such as MARUKA LYNCUR M, a registered trade mark of Dyno Cyanamid.
• the hydrophilic binder of the image-forming layer used in connection with the present invention is preferably not cross-linked or only slightly cross-linked.
• thermoplastic polymer particles preferred in the embodiment of this invention are hydrophobic polymer particles.
• the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles used in connection with the present invention preferably have a coagulation temperature above 50°C and more preferably above 70°C. Coagulation may result from softening or melting of the thermoplastic polymer particles under the influence of heat.
• There is no specific upper limit to the coagulation temperature of the thermoplastic hydrophobic polymer particles however the temperature should be sufficiently below the decomposition temperature of the polymer particles.
• the coagulation temperature is at least 10°C below the temperature at which the decomposition of the polymer particles occurs.
• said polymer particles When said polymer particles are subjected to a temperature above the coagulation temperature they coagulate to form a hydrophobic agglomerate in the hydrophilic layer so that at these parts the hydrophilic layer becomes insoluble in plain water or an aqueous liquid.
• hydrophobic polymer particles for use in connection with the present invention having preferably a Tg above 80°C are preferably polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl carbazole etc., copolymers or mixtures thereof. Most preferably used are polystyrene, polymethylmethacrylate or copolymers thereof.
• the weight average molecular weight of the polymers may range from 5,000 to 1,000,000g/mol as determined by GPC relative to polystyrene standards.
• the hydrophobic particles may have a particle size from 0.01 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m, more preferably between 0.05 ⁇ m and 10 ⁇ m and most preferably between 0.05 ⁇ m and 2 ⁇ m.
• the polymer particles are present as a dispersion in the aqueous coating liquid of the image-forming layer and may be prepared by the methods disclosed in US-P-3,476,937. Another method especially suitable for preparing an aqueous dispersion of the thermoplastic polymer particles comprises:
• the amount of hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles contained in the image-forming layer is preferably at least 30% by weight and more preferably at least 45% by weight and most preferably at least 60% by weight.
• the image-forming layer can also comprise crosslinking agents although this is not necessary.
• Preferred crosslinking agents are low molecular weight substances comprising a methylol group such as for example melamine-formaldehyde resins, glycoluril-formaldehyde resins, thiourea-formaldehyde resins, guanamine-formaldehyde resins, benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resins.
• a number of said melamine-formaldehyde resins and glycoluril-formaldehyde resins are commercially available under the trade names of CYMEL (Dyno Cyanamid Co., Ltd.) and NIKALAC (Sanwa Chemical Co., Ltd.).
• the imaging element may further include a compound capable of converting light to heat.
• This compound is preferably comprised in the image-forming layer but can also be provided in a layer adjacent to the image-forming layer.
• Suitable compounds capable of converting light into heat are preferably infrared absorbing components.
• Particularly useful compounds are for example dyes and in particular infrared dyes, carbon black, metal carbides, borides, nitrides, carbonitrides, bronze-structured oxides and oxides structurally related to the bronze family but lacking the A component e.g. WO 2.9 .
• a light-to-heat converting compound in connection with the present invention is most preferably added to the image-forming layer but at least part of the light-to-heat converting compound may also be comprised in a neighbouring layer.
• the image forming layer may further comprise a diazonium salt, diazo resin or aryldiazosulfonate resin.
• a diazonium salt, diazo resin or aryldiazosulfonate resin Such offers the advantage that subsequent to image-wise heating and development the printing properties, in particular the ink uptake by the image-areas, can be improved by applying an overall UV exposure to the developed imaging element. Such practice will however only be practical in case of off-line exposure and development rather than in an on-press development.
• diazo resins useful in the present invention include condensation products of an aromatic diazonium salt as the light-sensitive substance.
• condensation products are known and are described, for example, in German Pat. no. 1214086. They are in general prepared by condensation of a polynuclear aromatic diazonium compound, preferably of substituted or unsubstituted diphenylamine-4-diazonium salts, with active carbonyl compounds, preferably formaldehyde, in a strongly acid medium.
• the imaging element is image-wise heated with a thermal head, e.g. in a thermal printer, and subsequently developed with water or an aqueous solution.
• the imaging element is image-wise heated with a thermal head, e.g. in a thermal printer, and subsequently mounted on a print cylinder of a printing press.
• the printing press is then started and while the print cylinder with the imaging element mounted thereon rotates, the dampener rollers that supply dampening liquid are dropped on the imaging element and subsequent thereto the ink rollers are dropped.
• the dampener rollers that supply dampening liquid are dropped on the imaging element and subsequent thereto the ink rollers are dropped.
• the first clear and useful prints are obtained.
• the ink rollers and dampener rollers may be dropped simultaneously or the ink rollers may be dropped first.
• Suitable dampening liquids that can be used in connection with the present invention are aqueous liquids generally having an acidic pH and comprising an alcohol such as isopropanol.
• dampening liquids useful in the present invention there is no particular limitation and commercially available dampening liquids, also known as fountain solutions, can be used.
• imaging element after image-wise heating said imaging element with e.g. a cotton pad or sponge soaked with water before mounting the imaging element on the press or at least before the printing press starts running. This may remove some non-image areas and/or the outermost layer.
• a cotton pad or sponge soaked with water e.g. a cotton pad or sponge soaked with water
• the imaging element is first mounted on the print cylinder of the printing press and then image-wise heated directly on the press. Subsequent to heating, the imaging element can be developed as described above.
• This embodiment requires that a thermal head is build-in the printing press and offers the advantage of shorting total processing time between paste-up of the orginal (e.g. prepared on a computer) and actual printing of copies.
• the imaging element may be image-wise heated and subsequently developed with plain water or an aqueous liquid.
• the obtained dispersion was coated on a polyethyleneterephthalate film support (coated with a hydrophilic adhesion layer) to a wet coating thickness of 50 g/m 2 , dried at 30 °C, and subsequently hardened by subjecting it to a temperature of 57 °C for 1 week.
• thermosensitive layer Preparation of the thermosensitive layer.
• thermosensitive layer was produced by preparing the following coating composition and coating it to the above described lithographic base in an amount of 30 g/m 2 (wet coating amount) and drying it at 30°C. resulting in a heat-sensitive layer.
• the above described imaging element was printed (exposed) in a DRYSTAR 2000 thermal printer with an average printing power of 60 mWatt per dot (300 dpi) (commercially available from Agfa) and hereafter the unexposed parts are washed-off manually or on press.
• thermosensitive layer The preparation of the lithographic base and the thermosensitive layer was identical with these described in example 1.
• An outermost layer was produced by preparing the following coating composition and coating it to the above described heat-sensitive-layer in an amount of 40 g/m 2 (wet coating amount) and drying it at 30°C.
• the above described imaging element was printed (exposed) in a DRYSTAR 2000 thermal printer (commercially available from Agfa) and hereafter the unexposed parts are washed-off manually or on press. Printing was carried out on an AB Dick 360 offsetpress equipped with a VARN TM KOMPAC II dampening system. As ink, VanSon RB2329 TM and as dampening liquid G671c (3% in water) commercially available from Agfa-Gevaert N.V. were used. Good prints were obtained with the appropriate dimensions and without any ink uptake in the non-image areas. Smearing of the image did not occur.
• thermosensitive layer The preparation of the lithographic base and the thermosensitive layer was identical with these described in example 1.
• An outermost layer was produced by preparing the following coating composition and coating it to the above described heat-sensitive-layer in an amount of 40 g/m 2 (wet coating amount) and drying it at 30°C.
• the above described imaging element was printed (exposed) in a DRYSTAR 2000 thermal printer (commercially available from Agfa) and hereafter the unexposed parts are washed-off manually or on press. Printing was carried out on an AB Dick 360 offsetpress equipped with a VARN TM KOMPAC II dampening system. As ink, VanSon RB2329 TM and as dampening liquid G671c (3% in water) commercially available from Agfa-Gevaert N.V. were used. Good prints were obtained with the appropriate dimensions and without any ink uptake in the non-image areas.

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