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A PROCESS OF BONDING A LIGHT-SENSITIVE MATERIAL TO A METAL SURFACE OF A SUPPORT MEMBER COMPRISING HYDROXYLATING THE METAL SURFACE, COATING THE HYDROXYLATED METAL SURFACE WITH A FILM OF A SOLUTION OF A METAL ESTER IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT, THE ESTER HAVING THE FORMULA (RO)4M, WHEREIN R IS A MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHENYL, TOLYL, XYLYL AND ALIPHATIC RADICALS HAVING FROM 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AND M IS A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM, SAID SOLUTION CONTAINING SUFFICIENT METAL ESTER TO DEPOSIT AN AMOUNT OF SUCH ESTER ON SAID HYDROXYLATED SURFACE EQUIVALENT TO THAT DEPOISTED BY CONTACTING THE PLATE WITH AN ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PERCENT SOLUTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UP TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, HYDROLYZING AND CONDENSING SAID ESTER ON SAID HYDROXYLATED METAL SURFACE WHILE REACTING SAID ESTER WITH THE HYDROXYL GROUPS OF THE HYDROXYLATED METAL SURFACE, SAID REACTION PRODUCT BEING HYDROPHILIC, SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF OXIDES OF M AND SUBSTANTIALLY NON-SUSCEPTIVLE TO FURTHER HYDROLYSIS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPLYING A LAYER OF LIGHTSENSITIVE MATERIAL OVER SAID REACTION PRODUCT.