Global Patent Index - EP 0881096 A1

EP 0881096 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 Flachdruckplatten damit

Title (fr)

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

Publication

EP 0881096 A1 19981202 (EN)

Application

EP 98201273 A 19980420

Priority

  • EP 98201273 A 19980420
  • EP 97201558 A 19970527
  • US 7334398 A 19980506

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 heat-sensitive imaging element comprises a barrier layer between the lithographic base having a hydrophilic surface and the image forming layer, said barrier layer and said image forming layer being removable in an aqueous solution with a pH of at least 5.

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 5/366 (2013.01); B41C 2210/04 (2013.01); B41C 2210/06 (2013.01); B41C 2210/10 (2013.01); B41C 2210/24 (2013.01); B41C 2210/262 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0881096 A1 19981202; EP 0881096 B1 20011017

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98201273 A 19980420