Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polymer soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, and a top layer on the same side of the lithographic base as the first layer that is IR-sensitive and unpenetrable for an aqueous alkaline developer wherein said first layer and said top layer may be one and the same layer; characterized in that the surface of said element upon exposure and treatment with an aqueous alkaline developer is such that
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 2, 1999
Publication date:
May 24, 2001
Applicant:
Joan Vermeersch
Inventors:
JOAN VERMEERSCH, MARC VAN DAMME, ERIC VERSCHUEREN, GUIDO HAUQUIER