Process for the production of a printing plate by inkjet

Abstract

Process for the manufacture of a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: (1) information-wise projecting droplets of liquid, onto a receiving material having a hydrophilic surface to form a silver image by bringing into working relationship on said hydrophilic surface a reducible silver compound (A), a reducing agent (B) for said silver compound and physical development nuclei (C) that catalyze the reduction of said silver compound to silver metal, and (2) hydrophobizing the silver image that has been obtained through said step (1) e.g. by overall contacting the printing surface with a hydrophobizing substance for said silver image or hydrophobizing said silver image by imagewise depositing said hydrophobizing substance thereon.

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