Abstract: A surface having tacky images which comprise toner-receptive and background areas can be color developed by applying to the toner-receptive areas a prolonged tack toner, heating the toned image to a temperature sufficient to make the toner tacky, reducing the temperature of the tackified toned image below the tackifying temperature, the toner remaining tacky, and repeating the toner application, heating and cooling steps at least once. The prolonged tack toned image can be used in single or multiple transfers to an image receptor. The transferred image can also be toned with prolonged tack toner to generate an image of higher optical density.

Abstract: A dry-printing process which employs a photopolymer film and two toners, one for generating a master and a second for image transfer.

Abstract: Photopolymerized elements having addition polymerized and unpolymerized image areas comprise a support bearing a layer having hydrophilic or oleophilic polymerized image areas and unpolymerized areas of opposite character, at least one of the image areas having absorbed therein a dye of like character. The dye absorbed photopolymerized elements are prepared after imagewise exposure by leaching out ethylenically unsaturated compound in the unexposed areas and absorbing a dye of like character and solvent carrier for the dye into at least one of the image areas. The dye and carrier mixture are capable of swelling the image areas wherein the dye is absorbed. The absorbed dye is not capable of being transferred from the element. Positive and negative working color copies are produced useful in overlay or projection applications.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate is prepared from a layer of a photopolymerizable composition comprising an oleophilic macromolecular organic binder and a leachable hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated compound by exposing the layer and then leaching the compound from the unexposed areas by treating with a suitable developing solvent, preferably water, producing an oleophilic surface. A similar plate may be prepared from a composition containing a hydrophilic binder and oleophilic leachable compound by imagewise exposure and solvent leaching producing an oleophilic surface in exposed areas and a hydrophilic surface in unexposed areas.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate is prepared from a layer of a photopolymerizable composition comprising an oleophilic macromolecular organic binder and a leachable hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated compound by e posing the layer and then leaching the compound from the unexposed areas by treating with a suitable developing solvent, preferably water, producing an oleophilic surface. A similar plate may be prepared from a composition containing a hydrophilic binder and oleophilic leachable compound by imagewise exposure and solvent leaching producing an oleophilic surface in exposed areas and a hydrophilic surface in unexposed areas.