An outermost ozone-blocking layer protects the infrared absorber from discoloration, preserving on-press plate precursor performance after storage.
Asymmetric IR dye substitution prevents aggregation in photopolymer plate coatings, improving sensitivity, adhesion, and press life.
A water contact angle above 36° and a polymer outer layer help resist ozone discoloration while limiting development residues.
Low molecular weight ozone blockers protect infrared dyes in lithographic plate precursors from ambient ozone degradation during storage.
An infrared laser exposes an image recording layer with an iodonium salt and infrared absorbent, creating a visible latent image without wet development.
A planographic printing plate precursor incorporates a thiol compound into its image-recording layer to accelerate polymerization kinetics.
An infrared absorbing agent in a planographic printing plate precursor enables on-press thermal decomposition, eliminating wet treatment waste liquids.
A lithographic printing plate precursor uses hydrophobic polymer particles in a hydrophilic binder for direct on-press development.
A lithographic printing plate precursor incorporates an isocyanuric acid skeleton compound to enhance water permeability in the image-recording layer.
An infrared absorbing agent in the image-recording layer enables direct laser imaging without wet treatment steps, eliminating liquid waste discharge.
A lithographic printing plate precursor uses a heat-sensitive color-forming IR dye in its protective overcoat layer to induce visible color differences upon exposure.
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor uses a photopolymerizable layer containing a polymer compound with a urea bond in the main chain and a hydrophilic group.
A lithographic printing plate precursor incorporates a star-like polymer compound with hydrophilic side chains to improve dispersion and crosslinking.
Polyfunctional thiol compounds improve crosslinking density in the image-recording layer, balancing on-press development property with printing durability.