Method for preparing an aluminium foil for use as a support in lithographic printing plates
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsNikolaas de Jaeger, Walter Verdyck, Augustin Meisters
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for preparing an image receiving element comprising an aluminum foil as support comprising the steps of roughening and anodizing said aluminum foil and applying an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei on said aluminum foil characterized in that said roughened and anodized aluminum foil is posttreated with an aqueous solution containing one or more organic compounds having at least one cationic group.
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A method for preparing an image receiving element comprising an aluminum foil as support comprising the steps of roughening and anodizing said aluminum foil and applying an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei on said aluminum foil characterized in that said roughened and anodized aluminum foil is posttreated with an aqueous solution containing one or more organic compounds having at least one cationic group before the image receiving layer comprising physical development nuclei is applied to said roughened and anodized aluminum foil.
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