Adhesion promoting polymeric materials and planographic printing elements containing them

Abstract

A planographic printing element suitable to receive and bond with a subsequently applied hydrophilic layer comprises a substrate layer such as polyester film or paper having coated thereon an adhesion layer, said adhesion layer comprising a polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 15° C. and containing functional groups such as hydroxyl, epoxy or glycidyl capable of reacting with the hydrophilic layer. The polymer may be a terpolymer of a hydroxyalkylacrylate, an alkyl acrylate and an aminoalkylmethacrylate. The polymer may be mixed with gelatin and the mixture applied to the substrate as a coating. The hydrophilic layer comprising a mixture of alumina and titania particles in a sodium silicate binder is subsequently applied as a coating to the adhesion layer.

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