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Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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N
B41N 1/00 (2006.01) B41C 1/10 (2006.01) B41F 7/00 (2006.01) B41N 1/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2321394
Provided are methods of imaging a wet positive working lithographic printing member comprising the steps of providing a positive working printing member comprising a substrate, a hydrophilic layer, an infrared-absorbing layer, and, optionally, an ink-accepting surface layer; exposing the printing member to infrared radiation in an imagewise pattern removing by ablation greater than 10% by weight, and most preferably none of the infrared-absorbing layer and optional ink-accepting surface layer; and removing with water the laser-exposed areas of the infrared-absorbing layer and optional ink-accepting surface layer to reveal the underlying hydrophilic layer. These methods are advantageous in reducing airborne debris and vapors during laser imaging, in increasing the speed of laser imaging, and in providing excellent cleanability and image quality. The printing member may further comprise a primer layer underlying the infrared- absorbing layer with an adhesion-promoting agent present in the primer layer. Also provided are methods of preparing a wet lithographic printing member and wet positive working lithographic printing members prepared according to the methods of this invention.
D'amato Richard J.
Dunley Timothy J.
Rorke Thomas P.
Presstek Inc.
Smart & Biggar
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