Abstract: Methods of making a stenciled screen for use in screen printing an image onto a substrate are generally disclosed. The method involves removing a portion of a transfer coating from a transfer sheet via heat transfer with a printable sheet defining a printable surface. The portion of the transfer coating removed from the transfer sheet corresponds to areas where an ink is present on the printable surface of the printable sheet. The transfer coating can then be transferred to a screen to form a stenciled screen having closed mesh areas corresponding to where the transfer coating is present. The stenciled screen can then be used to screen print an image onto any of a variety of fibrous substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded imaging element comprising an extruded support bearing an extruded image receiving layer and an extruded antistatic tie layer between the extruded support and the extruded image receiving layer, wherein the extruded tie layer absorbs less than 3 weight % of moisture at 80% RH and 70 F (22.78° C.) comprises 5-30% polyether-containing antistatic material in a matrix polymer, and a method for making the same.

Abstract: An image forming process comprises the steps of image-wise exposing to light a light-sensitive material, heating the light-sensitive material to develop the silver halide within the exposed area and to harden the hardening layer, and removing the light-sensitive layer and the unhardened area of the hardening layer from the light-sensitive material with an etching solution to form a replica image of the hardened area on the support. The light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in this order. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound represented by the formula (I).A(--NH--CO--Y--L--Q.sub.n).sub.m (I)in which A is an m-valent organic group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms; Y is --O-- or --NR--, wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; L is an (n+1)-valent aliphatic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Q is acryloyloxy or methacryloyloxy; n is 1, 2 or 3; and m is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in order. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or a cross-linkable polymer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and fine particles containing a reducing agent. The fine particles are made of a mixture of a reducing agent and a non-reducing compound. A melting point of the mixture is lower than a melting point of the reducing agent. The difference between the melting points is not smaller than 10.degree. C.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in order. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a hydrophilic polymer. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. The hardening layer contains a mixture of a polymer (A) and a polymer (B). The mixture contains the polymer (A) in an amount of 5 to 70 wt. % and the polymer (B) in an amount of 30 to 95 wt. %. The polymer (A) comprises repeating units of (A1) in an amount of not less than 95 mol %. The polymer (B) comprises repeating units of (B1) in an amount of 10 to 90 mol % and repeating units of (B2) in an amount of 10 to 90 mol %.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in order. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a hydrophilic polymer. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. The hardening layer contains a mixture of a polymer (A) and a polymer (B). The mixture contains the polymer (A) in an amount of 5 to 70 wt. % and the polymer (B) in an amount of 30 to 95 wt. %. The polymer (A) comprises repeating units of (A1) in an amount of not less than 95 mol %. The polymer (B) comprises repeating units of (B1) in an amount of 10 to 90 mol % and repeating units of (B2) in an amount of 10 to 90 mol %.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in the order. An overcoating layer may be provided on the light-sensitive layer. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or an ethylenically unsaturated cross-linkable polymer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide. The light-sensitive layer or the overcoating layer contains polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of not less than 90%. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer further contains a phenol compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## in which L.sup.1 is a divalent linking group; and each of the benzene rings A.sup.1 and B.sup.1 may have one to four substituent groups.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a hydrophobic polymer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer forms a water-soluble phase. The silver halide is dispersed in the water-soluble phase. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. The light-sensitive layer further contains a water-insoluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer has a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0.degree. C. The water-insoluble polymer forms a water-insoluble phase. The water-insoluble phase is separated from the water-soluble phase.

Abstract: A (photo)thermographic material is provided, capable of being used to produce a lithographic printing plate, comprising a support, a hydrophobic thermosensitive layer and a hydrophilic surface adjoining the hydrophobic thermosensitive layer, the thermosensitive layer containing an ingredient A, for example a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, which upon negative or positive image-wise heating reacts with at least one other ingredient B, for example a reducing agent therefor, in thermal working relationship therewith, producing a moiety which changes the adhesion between the thermosensitive layer and an adjoining hydrophilic surface to an extent such that negative or positive image-wise separation of the hydrophobic thermosensitive layer from the adjoining hydrophilic surface is enabled.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or an ethylenically unsaturated cross-linkable polymer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a hydrophilic polymer. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. An adhesive layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a water-soluble synthetic polymer. The adhesive layer is provided between the hardening layer and the light-sensitive layer. The water-soluble synthetic polymer comprises a repeating unit represented by the formula (I) in an amount of at least 50 mol %: ##STR1## in which each of n1 and n2 is an integer of 10 to 5,000; each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group; X is --O--R.sup.4 --O-- or --NR.sup.5 --; R.sup.4 is an alkylene group, an alkyleneoxyalkylene group, an arylene group or an aralkylene group; R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a hydrophobic polymer having an acidic group. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a hydrophilic polymer. The hardening layer or the light-sensitive layer contains a reducing agent. An adhesive layer or a light-sensitive layer contains a water-soluble synthetic polymer. The adhesive layer is provided between the hardening layer and the light-sensitive layer. The water-soluble synthetic polymer comprises a repeating unit represented by the formula (I) in an amount of at least 10 mol %: ##STR1## in which each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently is hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group.

Abstract: There are disclosed a process for preparing a printing plate which comprises the steps of providing, on a support, a layer containing a water-soluble polymer which becomes water-insoluble by a metal ion, and feeding the metal ion imagewisely from the surface of the layer to form an image pattern comprising the hardened water-soluble polymer on the support, anda plate for preparing a printing plate which comprises a support and a layer containing a water-soluble polymer which becomes water-insoluble in contact with a metal ion provided on the surface of the support.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor which comprises an electrically conductive support and a photoconductive layer comprising at least an organic photoconductive compound and an alkali and/or alcohol soluble binder resin provided on said support and which is used for making a lithographic printing plate therefrom by electrophotographically forming a toner image and decoating the photoconductive layer of non-image portion other than the toner image portion by contacting with an alkaline decoating solution, wherein an arithmetical mean deviation of profile (Ra.sub.1) of the surface of said electrically conductive support having said photoconductive layer thereon is 0.3-1.0 .mu.m and a ratio of Ra.sub.2 /Ra.sub.1 of an arithmetical mean deviation of profile (Ra.sub.2) of the surface of said photoconductive layer and the (Ra.sub.1) is 0.5-1.0. The image formed on the printing plate is free from indentation at the edge of the image. Resolution and sharpness of the image are improved.

Abstract: A process for making a metal ledge on one side of a metal screen involves exposing through the stencil screen a photoresist layer, removing unexposed photoresist areas, plating the metal stencil screen where the unexposed photoresist has been removed and removing the exposed photoresist.

Abstract: A deletion fluid for use with lithographic printing plates comprising a silver image formed by the silver salt diffusion transfer process is comprised of an aqueous solution containing iodine, an iodide salt and a surfactant which comprises both polyalkyleneoxy units and a quaternary ammonium group.

Abstract: A light-sensitive material contains silver halide, a reducing agent and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or/and a cross-linkable polymer. According to the present invention, the light-sensitive material comprises a support and at least three image forming functional layers. The layers include a light-sensitive layer, a polymerizable layer and an image formation accelerating layer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide. The polymerizable layer contains the ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or/and the cross-linkable polymer. The image formation accelerating layer contains a component having a function of accelerating image formation. The component is selected from a reducing agent, a base, a base precursor and a heat development accelerator. The uppermost layer of the light-sensitive material preferably contains a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of not less than 70%. The light-sensitive material of the present invention is heat-developable.

Abstract: A process is described for defined etching of holes using a sliver mask formed by silver diffusion transfer imaging.

Abstract: A method for making printing plates wherein free radicals generated in a metallic silver image migrate into an image-receiving layer which comprises a free radical polymerizable polymer, thereby forming a printing image of hardened polymer in the image-receiving layer. Also, plate-making elements which may be used in such method to make lithographic printing plates.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for deleting images formed on offset printing plates which comprises treating the surface of undesired portion of the images formed by exposure and development with a deletion fluid which contains a ferric complex salt of an organic acid and 0.3 mol/liter or more of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a soluble bromide and a soluble iodide. Preferred ferric complex salt is a ferric complex salt of aminopolycarboxylic acid.

Abstract: An image deletion fluid for printing plates which use a silver image as an ink-receptive area. The deletion fluid comprises iodine and an effective excess of iodide ion, which form a triiodide complex, and a hydrophilic-matrix-forming agent. In a preferred embodiment, the deletion fluid further comprises an organic, preferably polar, solvent. The deletion fluid is applied to the surface of the plate, rubbed briefly and allowed to dry there, with no removal or rinsing away of the deletion fluid or by-products required.

Abstract: An alkaline aqueous tanning developing solution for photographic image development comprising at least one hydroxylamine derivative. Preferred formulations may also contain at least one water-miscible polyhydroxy aliphatic organic solvent and/or a developing agent which comprises a polyhydroxybenzene compound having at least two hydroxy groups and at least one electron withdrawing and good leaving group suitable for nucleophilic addition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for forming a colored photographic image, wherein a photographic material bearing a silver image is subjected to an etching-bleach treatment and the unbleached areas are colored with a coloring solution to form a colored image, which comprises before or/and after said etching-bleach treatment coloring said photographic material with a coloring solution containing at least a water-soluble dye and a glycol ether. Thus obtained colored image may be further transferred to another substrate material.

Abstract: Composition and process for enhancing silver images. A composition comprising an oxidizing agent for metallic silver and a silver ion insolubilizing agent is reacted with photographically produced silver deposits. The composition and process is particularly useful in enhancing the lithographic utility of photographically produced silver deposits which function as the inkable image area of lithographic printing plates.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate having metallic silver image areas is treated with a proteolytic enzyme and an oleophilizing compound to improve ink receptivity.

Abstract: Disclosed are a deletion fluid for offset printing plates which contains an S-triazine compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent --SH or --OH and when either one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 is --SH, the other may be NHR wherein R is H or --R'---COOH wherein R' is an alkylene group or arylene group) and a method for deletion of undesired portion of images formed on an offset printing plate with said deletion fluid.

Abstract: A novel process for producing a polymeric image, which comprises the steps of:(1) treating an image-wise light-exposed layer of a photographic silver halide emulsion with a treating solution having a reducing capacity, said treating solution having a capacity for initiating the polymerization of an addition-polymerizable unsaturated compound and a capacity for reducing the silver halide into metallic silver and having a property that it loses said capacity for initiating the polymerization once it is used for the reduction of the silver halide;(2) transferring or diffusing said treating solution from the silver halide emulsion layer into a layer of an addition-polymerizable material, providing polymerized portions and unpolymerized portions; and(3) removing the unpolymerized portions.

Abstract: A printing plate having an improved durability which has a support having an oleophilic surface and a hydrophilic diffusion transfer image-receiving layer containing nucleus substance for the physical development and having between the oleophilic and hydrophilic layers at least one of gelatin or nitrocellulose.