US5437952A
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Lithographic photosensitive printing plate comprising a photoconductor and a naphtho-quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester of a phenol resin
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1993-02-26
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Granted: 1995-08-01
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Expires: 2013-02-26
Abstract
Abstract A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprises a conductive support and provided thereon, a photoconductive layer of a composition comprising a photoconductor and an esterified compound of o-naphtho-quinonediazide sulfonic acid with a phenol resin, the phenol resin being a polycondensation compound of a monovalent phenol with an aldehyde or a ketone, and the content of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid residue being 0.4×10 -3 to 3.0×10 -3 mole per gram of the photoconductive layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsura Hirai
- 👤 Yasuo Kojima
- 👤 Kiyoshi Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 16:59
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G5/00; G03G5/02; G03G5/04; G03G5/05; G03G5/0528; G03G5/0557; G03G5/0567; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/09; G03F7/095; G03G13/00; G03G13/26; G03G13/28; G03G5/0503; G03G5/051; G03G5/0517; G03G5/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photoconductive layer of a composition comprising a photoconductor and an esterified compound of o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid with a phenol resin, wherein the phenol resin is a polycondensation compound of m-cresol or p-cresol with an aldehyde or a ketone, and the content of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid residue is 0.4×10 -3 to 3.0×10 -3 mole per gram of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photoconductive layer of a composition comprising a photoconductor and an esterified compound of o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid with a phenol resin, wherein the phenol resin is a polycondensation compound of m-cresol or p-cresol with an aldehyde or a ketone, and the content of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid residue is 0.4×10 -3 to 3.0×10 -3 mole per gram of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
86 words
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photoconductive layer of a composition comprising a photoconductor and an esterified compound of o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid with a phenol resin, wherein the phenol resin is a polycondensation compound of a monovalent phenol with an aldehyde or a ketone, the sulfonic acid group is present at the 4-position of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid and the content of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid is 0.4×10 -3 to 3.0×10 -3 mol per gram of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
86 words
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photoconductive layer of a composition comprising a photoconductor and an esterified compound of o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid with a phenol resin, wherein the phenol resin is a polycondensation compound of a monovalent phenol with an aldehyde or a ketone, the sulfonic acid group is present at the 4-position of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid and the content of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid is 0.4×10 -3 to 3.0×10 -3 mol per gram of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the monovalent phenol is p-cresol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the condensation ratio of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid to the hydroxyl group in the phenol resin is 15 to 80 mole %.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the photoconductive layer further contains an alkali-soluble resin which is a polycondensation product of a monovalent phenol with an aldehyde or a ketone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The printing plate of claim 5, wherein the alkali-soluble resin comprises a novolak resin and the novolak resin is contained in an amount of 5 to 70% by weight of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The printing plate of claim 5, wherein the novolak resin comprises a polycondensation product of phenol, m-cresol and p-cresol with formaldehyde.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the photoconductor is contained in an amount of 3 to 50% by weight of the photoconductive layer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the sulfonic acid group is present at the 4- or 5-position of the o-naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
99 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the printing plate is manufactured by the method comprising the steps of: dissolving the composition in a solvent, the solvent being selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol monoalkyl ether, the alkyl of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms; propylene glycol monoalkyl ether acetate, the alkyl of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms; diethylene glycol dialkyl ether, the alkyl of which has 1 to 2 carbon atoms; and ethylene glycol monopropyl ether; coating the resulting solution on the support+; and drying the coated solution to form the photoconductive layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The printing plate of claim 10, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ethyl ether and ethylene glycol monopropyl ether.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The printing plate of claim 1, wherein the photoconductor is an organic photoconductive pigment.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The printing plate of claim 12, wherein the organic photoconductive pigment is phthalocyanine pigment.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The printing plate of claim 12, wherein the organic photoconductive pigment is ε-type phthalocyanine pigment.
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