Abstract: A process for the production of a photosensitive recording material for producing relief printing plates is described, in which a photosensitive layer is laminated with a composite element comprising a protective cover sheet, a release layer and, if required, a further layer, wherein the surface of the uppermost layer of the composite element or the surface of the photosensitive layer is subjected to a corona treatment immediately before contact. As a result of the corona treatment, the adhesion of the applied layer is substantially increased.

Abstract: Photosensitive recording materials which are suitable for the production of printing plates and relief plates and possess a photopolymerizable relief-forming layer which can be developed with water and is based on a polyvinylalcohol/monomer mixture contain, as a binder in the said layer, a polyvinylalcohol derivative which is obtained by reacting polyvinylalcohol with an acylating agent which has groups which are polymerizable by free radicals, the reaction being carried out in the heterogeneous phase, in an aprotic dispersant, using the acylating agent in an amount which corresponds to not less than twice the molar amount required to achieve the desired degree of acylation.