Plate for lithography or offset printing

A plate for lithography or offset printing comprising a flexible substrate and a water-resistant coating layer formed on said flexible substrate, said water-resistant coating layer being composed of a water-insoluble resin binder comprising 5 to 45% by weight of a wax and 55 to 95% by weight of a water-insoluble resin, and dispersed in said binder, an inorganic pigment capable of being rendered hydrophilic by an etching treatment, said water-resistant coating layer including an oleophilic ink-supporting portion and an etched hydrophilic ink-repelling portion, wherein said oleophilic ink-supporting portion is formed by applying to said water-resistant coating layer magnetic developer particles comprising 100 parts by weight of triiron tetroxide, 10 to 150 parts by weight of a binder, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of carbon black, said developer particles consisting essentially of nuclear particles composed of said triiron tetroxide, said binder and a part of carbon black and the remainder of carbon black crumbed on the nuclear particles, and passing the water-resistant layer having the image of the developer particles thereon between a pair of rollers whereby the magnetic developer particles are tightly embedded in the water-resistant coating layer and the water-resistant coating layer is smoothened and rendered compact in said hydrophilic ink-repelling portion.