Support for printing plate and printing plate
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsTakahiro Mori, Kazuyuki Nishio, Io Mizushima, Katsura Hirai
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Abstract
A support for a printing plate is disclosed, comprising a substrate having thereon at least one component layer contains porous particles. The component layer further contains a flaky inorganic particles or a material having the function of converting light to heat. A printing plate comprising the support is also disclosed, having on the support an image forming layer containing a thermally fusible particles.
Claims15
A printing plate comprising a substrate and at least one component layer, wherein said component layer contains porous particles having a pore volume of not less than 0.5 ml/g and said printing plate contains a thermally fusible material which is ink-receptive and has a melting point of 50 to 200° C. and wherein said thermally fusible material of exposed area fuses and surface of said printing plate of said exposed area varies from hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity.
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