To provide a lithographic printing machine and a method for lithographic printing wherein the lithographic printing machine and a method for making a plate wherein image forming and plate making can be directly performed on the printing machine are used and distinguishing properties on image parts and non-image parts can be sufficiently kept and a printed matter which does not generate stain even under a severe printing condition can be obtained.

A cylindrical plate cylinder 4 for making an image, a blanket cylinder 3 and an impression cylinder 2, and a coating film applying unit 12, a coating film curing unit 13, an image making unit 14 and a cleaning unit 7 provided closely to the plate cylinder 4 for making the image, are provided and an image forming layer containing a polymer compound with a functional group generating sulfonic acid by heating is formed.