US4557994A
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Light-sensitive printing plate with patterned matting layer
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1984-09-13
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Granted: 1985-12-10
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Expires: 2004-09-13
Abstract
Abstract A light-sensitive printing plate is disclosed. The printing plate is comprised of a support base having a light-sensitive layer positioned thereon and a matting layer comprised of a micropattern of protuberances. The protuberances are present in a regular or randomly mixed manner on the light-sensitive layer and are comprised of a copolymer. The copolymer includes a monomer (unit a) with a sulfonic acid group, a monomer (unit b) selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof and alkyl methacrylates having 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof and a monomer (unit c) copolymerizable with monomer (unit a) and monomer (unit b), monomer (unit c) as a copolymer having a glass transition point of 60° C. or above. The matting layer does not cause staining of a film original when superposed thereon and is resistant to rubbing or pressure and provides a surface which can be vacuum contacted with a film in a short period of time.
Inventors
- 👤 Teruo Nagano
- 👤 Eiji Nakakita
- 👤 Toshiyuki Sekiya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:03
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/09; G03F7/115; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/151; Y10S430/162
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
242 words
In a light-sensitive, presensitized printing plate comprising: a support base; a lithographically suitable light-sensitive layer provided on at least one surface of said support base, said light-sensitive layer comprising a diazo light-sensitive layer; and a matting layer consisting essentially of a pattern of coated portions and non-coated portions on said light-sensitive layer; the improvement which comprises said coating portions being in the form of a regular or random micropattern resistant against rubbing or pressure formed of a terpolymer having an average molecular weight of 2,000-200,000 comprised of: at least one monomer (unit a) selected from the group consisting of p-styrenesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methypropanesulfonic acid, ethylenesulfonic acid, and alkali metal salts, ammonium salts, and water-soluble amine salts thereof; at least one monomer (unit b) selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof and alkyl methacrylates having 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof; and at least one monomer (unit c) copolymerizable with said monomer (unit a) and monomer (unit b), wherein said monomer (unit c) as a homopolymer has a glass transition point of 60° C. or more, wherein said terpolymer is comprised of amounts of monomer (unit a), monomer (unit b) and monomer (unit c) in the range of from 5-50 mole %, 10-70 mole % and 20-80 mole %, respectively, wherein monomer (unit c) is selected from monomer units other than monomer (unit a) and monomer (unit b).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
242 words
In a light-sensitive, presensitized printing plate comprising: a support base; a lithographically suitable light-sensitive layer provided on at least one surface of said support base, said light-sensitive layer comprising a diazo light-sensitive layer; and a matting layer consisting essentially of a pattern of coated portions and non-coated portions on said light-sensitive layer; the improvement which comprises said coating portions being in the form of a regular or random micropattern resistant against rubbing or pressure formed of a terpolymer having an average molecular weight of 2,000-200,000 comprised of: at least one monomer (unit a) selected from the group consisting of p-styrenesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methypropanesulfonic acid, ethylenesulfonic acid, and alkali metal salts, ammonium salts, and water-soluble amine salts thereof; at least one monomer (unit b) selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof and alkyl methacrylates having 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety thereof; and at least one monomer (unit c) copolymerizable with said monomer (unit a) and monomer (unit b), wherein said monomer (unit c) as a homopolymer has a glass transition point of 60° C. or more, wherein said terpolymer is comprised of amounts of monomer (unit a), monomer (unit b) and monomer (unit c) in the range of from 5-50 mole %, 10-70 mole % and 20-80 mole %, respectively, wherein monomer (unit c) is selected from monomer units other than monomer (unit a) and monomer (unit b).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the copolymer is comprised of amounts of monomer (unit a), monomer (unit b) and monomer (unit c) in the range of 8 to 25 mole%, 15 to 50 mole%, and 40 to 70 mole%, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the micropattern is present in an amount of 1 to 1,000/mm 2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 3, wherein the micropattern is present in an amount of about 5 to about 5,000/mm 2 and the micropattern has a height of 0.5 to 20μ and a diameter of about 1 to 200μ.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the light-sensitive layer coated is 0.1 to 5 g/m 2 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monomer (unit b) is selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, n-amyl acrylate, isoamyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-octyl acrylate, n-decyl acrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, n-amyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, n-octyl methacrylate, and n-decyl methacrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
A light-sensitive printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monomer (unit c) is selected from the group consisting of styrene, o-methylstyrene, m-methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, 2,4-dimethylstyrene, 2,5-dimethylstyrene, 3,4-dimethylstyrene, 3,5-dimethylstyrene, 2,4,5-trimethylstyrene, 2,4,6-trimethylstyrene, o-ethylstyrene, o-sec-butylstyrene, o-tert-butylstyrene, p-fluorostyrene, 2,5-difluorostyrene, o-chlorostyrene, m-chlorostyrene, p-chlorostyrene, 2,4-dichlorostyrene, 2,5-dichlorostyrene, 2,6-dichlorostyrene, 3,4-dichlorostyrene, p-bromostyrene, p-cyanostyrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, acrylamide, N-sec-butylacrylamide, N-tert-butylacrylamide, N,N-dibutylacrylamide, and N-tert-butylmethacrylamide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A light-sensitive presensitized printing plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein said micropattern is provided by coating a solution containing said terpolymer in the form of an aqueous solvent system and then drying the coating.
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