Abstract: The invention relates to a coating material for coating a metal or non-metal printing plate, comprising a liquid starting material which can be polymerised using UV light in order to form a polymer matrix, and comprising a filling material which can be covalently incorporated into a polymer matrix of the starting material. The filling material is of a sub-microscale size, wherein absorption of IR radiation can be brought about by the filling material in the starting material, said absorption being higher than an absorption without filling material.