Materials for lithographic plates coatings, lithographic plates and coatings containing same, methods of preparation and use
AssigneeAmerican Dye Source, Inc.
InventorsMy T. Nguyen, Marc-Andre Locas
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Abstract
This invention relates to iodonium salts, acetal copolymers and polymer binders comprising functional groups capable of undergoing cationic or radical polymerization, their method of preparation and their use in the preparation of coating solutions and coatings. This invention also relates to coatings containing the iodonium salts, acetal copolymers and/or polymer binders and to negative working lithographic printing plates comprising these coatings.
Claims1
An acetal copolymer having attached thereto at least one functional group capable of undergoing cationic or radical polymerization, the acetal copolymer being one of:
- wherein a, b, c, d and e are molar ratios that can vary from 0.01 to 0.99.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.