Lithographic printing plate precursor and method of use

A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising an aluminum-containing substrate comprising two or more aluminum oxide layers, and a negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive image-recording layer disposed as the outermost layer on the aluminum-containing substrate,

• the negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive image-recording layer comprising:
• a) two or more free radically polymerizable components;
• b) an initiator composition capable of generating free radicals and comprising an iodonium cation and a tetraaryl borate anion;
• and
• c) one or more infrared radiation absorbing cyanine dyes,
• wherein the a) two or more free radically polymerizable components comprise one or more urethane (meth)acrylates and one or more polyester (meth)acrylates, which together, comprise at least 80 weight % and up to and including 100 weight % of all free radically polymerizable components,
• wherein the weight ratio of the one or more urethane (meth)acrylates to the one or more polyester (meth)acrylates is from 75:25 to and including 50:50,
• wherein each of the one or more urethane (meth)acrylates comprises one or more urethane linkages and at least 4 acrylate or methacrylate ester groups and is represented by the following structure (III):
• L′-[NH—C(═O)—O—X′]p (III)
• wherein L′ represents a p-valent linking group, p is an integer of 2 or 3, and X′ is represented by the following structure (IV):
• -A′(R′)n′ (IV)
• wherein A′ represents an n′+1 valent organic group, R′ independently represents a hydroxy group, an acrylate ester group [CH2═CHC(═O)O—], or a methacrylate ester group [(CH2)═C(CH3)C(═O)O—], and n′ is an integer equal to or greater than 1 but less than 6, with the proviso that not all R′ groups are hydroxy groups, and
• wherein each of the one or more polyester (meth)acrylates is free of a urethane linkage and is represented by the following structure (I):
• X—OC(═O)-L-C(═O)—O—Y (I)
• wherein L represents a single bond or is selected from a *CH2—CH2* group, *CH═CH* group, and either of groups Ia and Ib shown as follows:
• wherein * represents the connecting points to the rest of structure (I), and X and Y represent independently a hydrogen atom or an organic group that is represented by structure (II) below, with the proviso that X and Y cannot both be hydrogen atoms,
• -A(R)n (II)
• wherein A represents an n+1 valent organic group, R represents a hydroxy group, an acrylate ester group (CH2═CHC(═O)O—), or a methacrylate ester group (CH2═C(CH3)C(═O)O—), and n is an integer equal to or greater than 1 but less than 12, with the proviso that not all R groups are hydroxy groups.