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AssigneeMitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
InventorsEiji Kanada, Yasuo Tsubai, Akira Tanaka, Toshiro Kondo, Yoshikazu Takaya, Masahiko Saikawa, Hiroshi Nishinoiri
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Lithographic printing plates which have such a high sensitivity as permitting use of semiconductor laser beam of low output, a high resolving power and a high printing endurance and are free from occurrence of scumming are made by a method which comprises imagewise exposing a light sensitive material which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on the support, said emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains which contain at least silver bromide and containing at least one sensitizing dye having a maximum spectral sensitivity in the region of longer than 700 .mu.m and then developing the exposed light sensitive material with a silver complex diffusion transfer developer containing at least a thiocyanate. Further improvement can be obtained by providing an antihalation means to keep the reflectance of a light of longer than 700 .mu.m at 13-40%.
A method for making a lithographic printing plate which comprises imagewise exposing to light of wavelength greater than 700 m.mu., a light sensitive material which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on the support, said emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains which contain at least silver bromide and containing at least one sensitizing dye having a maximum spectral sensitivity in the region of longer than 700 m.mu. and then developing the exposed light sensitive material with a silver complex diffusion transfer developer containing at least a thiocyanate.
A method of printing which comprises the steps of:
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