Global Patent Index - EP 0881095 A1

EP 0881095 A1 19981202 - A heat sensitive imaging element and a method for producing lithographic plates therewith

Title (en)

A heat sensitive imaging element and a method for producing lithographic plates therewith

Title (de)

Wärmempfindliches Aufzeichnungselement und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Flachdruckformen damit

Title (fr)

Elément d'enregistrement de l'image et procédé pour la fabrication de plaques lithographiques utilisant cet élément

Publication

EP 0881095 A1 19981202 (EN)

Application

EP 98201272 A 19980420

Priority

  • EP 98201272 A 19980420
  • EP 97201560 A 19970527

Abstract (en)

According to the present invention there is provided a heat sensitive imaging element comprising a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface, an image forming layer including a hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer latex and a compound capable of converting light into heat being present in said image forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto, characterized in that the image forming layer includes an alkali soluble copolymer containing acetal groups and hydroxy groups which have at least partially reacted with a compound with at least two carboxyl groups.

IPC 1-7

B41M 5/36; B41C 1/10

IPC 8 full level

B41C 1/10 (2006.01); B41M 5/36 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41C 1/1025 (2013.01); B41M 5/36 (2013.01); B41M 5/366 (2013.01); B41C 2210/04 (2013.01); B41C 2210/06 (2013.01); B41C 2210/24 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] EP 0514145 A1 19921119 - DU PONT UK [GB]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0881095 A1 19981202; EP 0881095 B1 20030122

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98201272 A 19980420