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7604923 Image forming method  
The present invention provides an image forming method comprising the steps of exposing imagewisely an image forming material having a photosensitive layer comprising an infrared absorbing agent, a...
7592128 On-press developable negative-working imageable elements  
The present invention relates to negative-working imageable elements that can be used for the manufacture of printing plates. These imageable elements can be developed on on-press by the action of...
7473515 Thermally reactive near-infrared absorbing acetal copolymers, methods of preparation and methods of use  
Described herein are novel thermally reactive near-infrared absorbing acetal copolymers that undergo chemical and physical changes upon exposure to near-infrared radiation. Also described are the...
7467587 Method for accurate exposure of small dots on a heat-sensitive positive-working lithographic printing plate material  
A method is disclosed for accurate reproduction of high-quality halftone images comprising microdots by means of lithographic plate materials which comprise a heat-sensitive positive-working...
7461594 Printing plate material, printing plate manufacturing method, and printing method  
A printing plate material having an aluminum support on which an image forming layer is provided, wherein a wireless IC tag is provided on a part of the printing plate material.
7442485 Lithographic process involving on press development  
A lithographic printing process comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer...
7380499 Image recording apparatus and printing plate material  
A sheet printing plate material includes a plastic support having optical transparency for infrared light, and at least a hydrophilic layer and a thermosensitive image formed layer formed on the...
7363856 Flat bed platesetter system  
The present invention provides a flat bed platesetter system and a method for its use, particularly for imaging printing plates. For providing a precise, continuous, rapid and format-independent...
7343856 Apparatus for controlling the temperature of an exposure drum in a printing plate exposer  
An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a recording material, in particular a printing plate, in an exposer for recording printing originals. An exposer has an exposure drum for holding the...
7341815 Planographic printing plate precursor  
A positive planographic printing plate precursor includes a support having disposed thereon a lower thermosensitive layer containing a water-insoluble but alkali-soluble polymer compound and an...
7318995 Method of making a negative-working lithographic printing plate  
A method for preparing a negative-working lithographic printing plate is provided which comprises the steps of (1) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising on a grained and...
7297467 Method of making a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate  
A method of making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which comprises the steps of (1) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising (i) a support having a hydrophilic...
7291445 Single-coat self-organizing multi-layered printing plate  
A single manufacturing pass for manufacturing a multilayered self-organized coating onto a substrate to provide all of the functions usually provided in multiple-pass coatings for manufacturing an...
7288361 Lithographic printing process  
A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and a removable...
7284484 Laser ablating of printing plates and/or printing rollers to decrease taper and TIR  
Apparatus for reducing variations in total indicated run-out and taper in a printing roller, includes a detector which detects variations in total indicated run-out and taper in a surface of the...
7214469 Lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method  
The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor and a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor, which is capable of an image recording by...
7213516 Method of processing laser sensitive lithographic printing plate  
A method of developing a laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or...
7194956 Offset printing method and printing apparatus using heat and light to make a printing plate hydrophilic and hydrophobic  
There is prepared a printing plate on which a material being hydrophilic due to light energy at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature due to heat energy which is lower...
7152530 Printing form and method for modifying its wetting properties  
A printing form ( 10 ) having a surface ( 12 ) of pure silicon or of a silicon ceramic, which bears a pattern composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, the hydrophilic regions having a first...
7147995 Developing solution for heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor and method for preparing lithographic printing plate  
An alkaline developing solution for development of a heat-sensitive presensitized plate of positive-working mode for use in making a lithographic printing plate, which developing solution comprises...
7146909 Image forming material  
An image forming material, a lithographic printing plate precursor and a lithographic printing method, in which a color image with good visibility is obtained by laser exposure, are provided,...
7144681 Heat-sensitive composition in which removal of the unexposed regions is unnecessary, negative lithographic plate coated with the said composition and method for forming a negative image on the said plate  
A heat-sensitive composition which forms an image without the removal of material, which does not require any developing treatment after the stage of exposure to heat and comprises: (a) a...
7140298 Method for evaluating planographic printing plates and quality-control method thereof  
A method for evaluating planographic printing plates according to the present invention includes: a step (A) of exposing a planographic printing plate precursor by irradiating a thin-line image of...
7140297 Printing process and manufacturing process of printing plate material  
Disclosed is a printing process employing a printing plate material obtained by providing, on a support, a coating solution for an image formation layer capable of forming an image by heating, the...
7089856 On-press development of thermosensitive lithographic printing member  
Method of on-press developing a thermosensitive lithographic printing member with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a thermosensitive layer...
7078159 Method for the preparation of a printing plate  
The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a printing plate comprises inkjet printing an oleophilic image on a surface of a support by applying to the support an aqueous solution or...
7078152 Lithographic printing with printing members having plasma polymer layers  
A plasma polymer layer facilitates selective removal of the imaging layer of a lithographic printing member, which allows for imaging with low-power lasers. The printing member can be used on press...
7074545 Printing plate material  
Disclosed are a printing plate material capable of being developed on a printing press and its manufacturing method which comprises the steps of subjecting an aluminum plate to electrolytic surface...
7074542 Planographic printing plate precursor  
A planographic printing plate precursor comprising: a substrate; a photosensitive layer disposed on the substrate, the photosensitive layer including a light-to-heat conversion agent and a...
7073440 Printing members having solubility-transition layers and related methods  
Solubility transitions rather than ablation mechanisms facilitate selective removal of the imaging layer of a lithographic plate, which allows for imaging with low-power lasers that need not impart...
7067232 Printing Plate  
A printing plate for computer-to plate lithography having a laser-ablatable member supported by a substrate. At least one portion of the laser-ablatable member is formed form an acrylic polymer...
7060416 Positive-working, thermally sensitive imageable element  
Alkali soluble copolymers, imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors that contain the alkali soluble copolymers, and methods for forming images using the imageable...
7051652 Wet offset printing form  
A wet offset printing form has atop layer containing a photocatalytically and thermally modifiable material. The material can be brought photocatalytically into a hydrophilic state by irradiation...
7045266 Lithographic printing plate  
A lithographic printing original plate, a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing original plate and a process for producing the lithographic printing plate are disclosed. The...
6997108 Plate-making type printing press, multi-color printing press and plate-making type printing method  
The plate-making printing press is constructed by installing a plate-making apparatus in a printing press that supplies ink and dampening water to a printing plate and performs printing on a...
6994028 Development process on a press of planographic printing plate material and printing process  
Disclosed is a developing process on a press of a planographic printing plate material comprising a hydrophilic layer and an image formation layer, which is capable of being developed with water or...
6994026 Preparation of a flexographic printing plate  
A method for the preparation of a flexographic printing plate is disclosed. In this method an ink jet image is used as mask for the exposure of a flexo plate precursor. The ink jet recording...
6983694 Negative-working thermal lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a smooth aluminum support  
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a grained and anodized aluminum support having a hydrophilic surface and a heat-sensitive coating provided on...
6978715 Printing press, and apparatus and process for regenerating printing plate  
A printing press, and an apparatus and a process for regenerating a printing plate can repetitiously reuse the same printing plate and shorten time for decomposition of image areas formed by a...
6976428 Wet offset printing form  
A wet offset printing form has a top layer containing a photocatalytically and thermally modifiable material. The material can be brought photocatalytically into a hydrophilic state by irradiation...
6973875 Printing machine with image-setting device for a rotary printing machine  
A rotary printing machine having a plurality of printing-unit cylinders mounted one above another on a side wall, their axes lying in a plane inclined with respect to the plane of the...
6938546 Printing press, layered formation and making method thereof, and printing plate and making method thereof  
A layered formation, possibly used as a printing plate that is to be mounted to a printing press when performing printing, has a photocatalystic layer including a photocatalyst so that the surface...
6935235 Printing method and device  
A method for applying printing ink to a printing material, includes producing ink-conducting and ink-repelling areas on an at least approximately flat surface. A plurality of areas with defined...
6931992 Combined ablation and exposure system and method  
An exposure system is provided that surrounds a photopolymer on a rotating cylinder ablation system. The exposure system linearly follows the ablation source and operates to expose the ablated...
6924080 Thermally sensitive compositions containing cyanoacrylate polymers  
The present invention provides a processless printing plate precursor including a thermally sensitive layer applied onto a substrate. The thermally sensitive layer includes polycyanoacrylate...
6919166 Method for preparing lithographic printing plate  
A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate is disclosed, and said method comprises the steps of imagewise light-exposing to infrared radiation, a presensitized plate for use in making a...
6919165 Imaging and erasing of a printing form made of polymer material containing imide groups  
A method for producing a pattern of hydrophilic ( 34 ) and hydrophobic ( 32 ) regions on a printing form ( 30 ) is presented which, in a first, essentially unpatterned state, features a polymer...
6908726 Thermally imageable elements imageable at several wavelengths  
Infrared absorbing compounds that absorb at 800 nm±50 nm and at 1050 nm±50 nm, the two different regions of the infrared spectrum typically used for imaging, are disclosed. Thermally imageable...
6899030 Lithographic plate imaging system to minimize plate misregistration for multicolor printing applications  
A method and apparatus of producing images on a series of master plates that are suitable for use as printing plates for the reproduction of multiple copies of composite images from said plates....
6893798 Method of lithographic printing with a reusable substrate  
A method for treating a micro-emulsion that can be used for removing the ink-accepting areas of a lithographic printing master is disclosed, which enables to recycle the water from the used...