To provide an original plate for a
planographic printing plate, which is excellent in any of sensitivity, and printing resistance, scumming resistance and easy viewability of a water rise in the use of the original plate as the
planographic printing plate. In this original plate for the
planographic printing plate, an
image recording layer, where an image can be formed by heat, is provided on a substrate for the planographic printing plate, which is obtained by applying electrochemical surface roughing using an
aqueous solution containing at least
hydrochloric acid,
anodic oxidation and alkaline-
metal silicate treatment to an aluminum plate. The substrate for the planographic printing plate has a grained surface with a structure wherein a large pit with an average opening
diameter of 2-10 [mu]m and a small pit with an average opening
diameter of 0.05-0.8 [mu]m are superposed on each other, and the average ratio of the depth of the small pit to the opening
diameter thereof is in a range of 0.2-0.6. In terms of the substrate for the planographic printing plate, a surface area difference [
Delta]S50, which is obtained by means of an atomic force
microscope, is in a range of 20-40%, and the
coating weight of Si atoms on the surface of the substrate for the planographic printing plate is in a range of 1.0-12.0 mg / m2. (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI.