Abstract: A photosensitive recording element which is suitable for the production of printing plates or resist images possesses a photopolymerizable recording layer which is applied to a dimensionally stable base, can be developed in an aqueous alkaline medium and contains, as a polymeric binder, one or more film-forming copolymers which are insoluble in water but soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions and consist of from 10 to 50% by weight of one or more N-vinylamides, preferably N-vinylcaprolactam and/or N-vinylpyrrolidone, from 5 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, from 30 to 80% by weight of one or more comonomers from the group consisting of the vinyl aromatics and (meth)acrylates of monoalkanols and from 0.2 to 5% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated compound which contains basic nitrogen atoms and has a pK.sub.a >4.

Abstract: In dry film resists possessing a solid photopolymerizable resist layer, which is applied on a temporary base and can be developed with aqueous, in particular aqueous alkaline, media, and, if required, a cover sheet on the resist layer, the said resist layer is built from a homogeneous mixture of (a) not less than 40% by weight of one or more oligomers which contain free carboxyl groups and more than two acryloyl and/or methacryloyl groups and are soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions, (b) from 1 to 35% by weight of one or more film-forming compatible polymers which are soluble in aqueous media, (c) from 1 to 30% by weight of one or more compatible photopolymerizable monomers, (d) from 0.001 to 10% by weight of one or more photoinitiators and (e) from 0 to 30% by weight of further additives and/or assistants. Resist images are produced on a substrate by a process employing photopolymerizable resist layers of the type stated above.

Abstract: Oligomeric resins are crosslinkable by polymerization, soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions, preferably contain more than 2 (meth)acryloyl groups and free carboxyl groups and are prepared by a special process. Photosensitive, photopolymerizable and crosslinkable recording materials for optical information fixing are based on these oligomeric resins, and lithographic printing plates are produced by a process in which the novel photosensitive recording materials are used.

Abstract: A photosensitive recording material, in particular for the production of lithographic printing plates or resist images, possesses a photosensitive, photopolymerizable or electrophotographic recording layer which can be washed out with an aqueous, in particular aqueous alkaline, medium, the said recording layer containing, as a polymeric binder, a copolymer which is soluble or dispersible in the aqueous, in particular aqueous alkaline, medium and which contains, as a comonomer, an anhydride of a polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid in an amount of from 0.05 to 2% by weight, based on the copolymer, as copolymerized units.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable recording materials which are suitable for the production of photoresist layers, and contain one or more thermoplastic vinyl polymers as the binder, one or more low molecular weight, ethylenically unsaturated, photopolymerizable compounds and one or more photoinitiators, with or without other, conventional additives and/or assistants, have excellent adhesion to metallic substrate surfaces if the binder employed is a vinyl polymer which possesses amino and/or imino groups.

Abstract: To transfer a toner image from a toner-treated surface, a toner transfer film is employed, which comprises a transparent base carrying a transparent layer which is capable of picking up toner and has a temporary slight surface tack, the layer consisting of a mixture containing a polymeric and/or pre-polymeric binder, a polymerizable low molecular weight compound and a polymerization initiator. After transfer, the toner image can be permanently fixed to the toner transfer film by heating the film and/or exposing it to light.

Abstract: In the production of imagewise structured resist layers, for example for the manufacture of printed circuits, electronic components, soldering masks, etc., by application, onto a substrate, of a positive-working resist layer (R) which can be rendered soluble by exposure to actinic light, imagewise exposure of the resist layer (R) to actinic light and removal of the exposed parts of the layer by washing out with a developer, the photosensitive resist layer (R) used, in particular in the form of a dry film resist, consists of two or more strata (S) which posses different basic solubilities, at least the upper stratum (U) being photosensitive and the lower stratum (LS) having a higher basic solubility in the developer than has the upper stratum (U).

Abstract: A curable photosensitive mixture which is suitable as a positive-working recording material contains (a) one or more polymers which have a molecular weight of >500, contain not less than 5% by weight, based on the molecular weight of the polymer, of aromatic and/or heteroaromatic o-nitrocarbinol ester groups and also contain two or more further reactive functional groups which are available for reaction with a thermal crosslinking agent, (b) one or more compounds which effect crosslinking and are capable of reacting with the further reactive functional groups of the polymer (a) under the action of heat, at temperatures substantially above room temperature, and (c) a filler, with or without (d) other conventional additives and/or assistants. The photosensitive mixture is particularly useful as a positive-working recording material for optical information fixing, principally for the production of thermally stable relief images or resist images and, particularly advantageously, of soldering masks.

Abstract: Gravure printing plates which are highly abrasion-resistant and scratch-resistant can be produced rapidly and simply from a photosensitive recording material by exposing the latter through a photographic positive, washing out the unexposed areas and drying the resulting gravure printing plate, if the photosensitive recording material employed, which comprises a photopolymerizable and/or photocrosslinkable layer (L) applied to a dimensionally stable base, contains finely divided, hard, abrasive particles in the layer (L), the surface of this layer, which subsequently constitutes the surface of the printing plate, has a peak-to-valley height of <2 .mu.m, and the materials of this layer are chosen so that, after exposure and development, it has a Vickers hardness of not less than 10 N/mm.sup.2, measured under load.

Abstract: Gravure printing plates which are highly abrasion-resistant and scratch-resistant can be produced rapidly and simply from a photosensitive recording material by exposing the latter through a photographic positive, washing out the unexposed areas and drying the resulting gravure printing plate, if the photosensitive recording material employed, which comprises a photopolymerizable and/or photocrosslinkable layer (L) applied to a dimensionally stable base, contains finely divided, hard, abrasive particles in the layer (L), the surface of this layer, which subsequently constitutes the surface of the printing plate, has a peak-to-valley height of <2 .mu.m, and the materials of this layer are chosen so that, after exposure and development, it has a Vickers hardness of not less than 10 N/mm.sup.2, measured under load.

Abstract: An electrophotographic recording medium which consists essentially of an electrically conductive base and a photosemiconductive double layer which comprises a first layer containing charge carrier-producing dyes, and a second layer containing one or more compounds which are charge carrier-transporting when exposed to light, wherein the charge carrier-producing dyes are those of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or a non-ionic substituent, X and Y are each the radical of a methylene-active compound, or of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic amine or hydrazine, and Z is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl, and the production of this recording medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to relief plates for flexographic printing comprising a relatively soft elastomeric base (U) having a modulus of elasticity of from 10 to 200 kg/cm.sup.2 and a thickness of from 0.5 to 6 mm and, firmly bonded thereto, a thin, relatively hard, difficultly soluble intermediate layer Z having a modulus of elasticity of from 1 .times. 10.sup.3 to 2.1 .times. 10.sup.6 kg/cm.sup.2 and a thickness of from 5 to 500 .mu. and, firmly bonded to said intermediate layer Z, a relief layer P' consisting of a photocrosslinked elastomeric mixture having a modulus of elasticity of from 30 to 2000 kg/cm.sup.2 and a thickness of from 200 to 300 .mu., the modulus of elasticity of the photocrosslinked relief layer P' being the same as or higher than that of the base U and the neutral surface of the relief plate lying in or near the intermediate layer Z. The invention also relates to photosensitive laminates for the production of such plates.