A Lithographic Printing Plate Precursor

A lithographic printing plate precursor including on a support a coating comprising a photopolymerisable layer including a polymerisable compound, a photoinitiator, and a first infrared absorbing dye of Formula (I)

• wherein
• Z and Z′ each independently represent —S—, —CRaRb—, or —CH═CH—, wherein Ra and Rb each independently represent an alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group;
• T and T′ each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, —CO2Rk, —CONRlRm, —SO2Rn, —SO2NRoRp, or an optionally substituted annulated benzene ring, wherein Rl and Rm each independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group, Rn represents an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group, and Ro and Rp each independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group,
• W− represents a counterion in order to obtain an electrically neutral compound;
• and
• Rz represents a linear or branched alkyl group, characterized in that the linear or branched alkyl group comprises 6 or more than 6 carbon atoms.