Abstract: This present invention discloses a photopolymerisable mixture comprising a polymer binder, a radically photopolymerisable component containing at least one photooxidisable group, a polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate containing 2 or more ethylene glycol units, a photoreducible dye and a metallocene. This mixture can be used for preparing high-speed light-sensitive recording materials showing a particularly high resolution, especially for small negative types.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment dispersion which contains at least one polymer containing polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl ether an/or polyvinyl acetal units and at least one polymer based on acrylate, wherein the weight ratio is generally 1:10 to 10:1, preferably 4:1 to 1:4. This dispersion is used in positive- or negative-working and reversible photosensitive mixtures for the preparation of recording materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive recording material comprising a base, a photopolymerisable layer and a covering layer containing a mixture of at least one water-soluble or at least water-dispersible polymer and at least one additive, the additive being selected from the group consisting of alkoxylated alkylenediamines, alkoxylated (C10-C25) alkanols, phosphoric acid (C1-C15) alkyl esters and phosphoric acid (C1-C15) alkyl esters and the amount of the additive being in the range of 0.001 to 10.0% by weight, relative to the total weight of the non-volatile components of the covering layer. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing an offset printing plate with this recording material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a developer concentrate which comprises water, at least one agent which is alkaline in water and an amphoteric surfactant and additionally at least one anionic surfactant, at least one complexing agent, at least one aminoalcohol and at least one N-alkoxylated mono- or polyfunctional amine. A ready-to-use developer can be prepared from this concentrate by dilution with tap water advantageously in the ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:10, preferably in the ratio of from 1:2 to 1:6. The developer or the replenisher is preferably used in the production of printing plates.

Abstract: A positive-working or negative-working radiation-sensitive mixture includes as an IR absorbing component a carbon black pigment having a primary particle size smaller than 80 nm. The carbon black pigment is predispersed in a polymer containing acidic units having a pK.sub.a of less than 13. The radiation-sensitive component may include an ester of (i) a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide-4-sulfonic acid or a 1,2-naphthoquinone-2-diazide-5-sulfonic acid and (ii) a compound having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, such as 3 to 6 phenolic hydroxyl groups. After imagewise radiation exposure, the recording material including the radiation-sensitive mixture can be developed without difficulties in an aqueous alkaline solution without leaving residual coating on the areas that became soluble or that remained soluble upon exposure.