To provide a printing plate material, which has high sensitivity and favorable on press developabilities and is excellent in print durability and scratch resistance, and a printing method.

In the on press developing type lithographic printing plate material, which is formed by providing a hydrophilic layer and a thermosensitive image forming layer, which is prepared by dispersing heat fusible compound particles, on a base material in the order named, the heat fusible compound particle is set to include a plurality of heat fusible compounds, the melting points of which are different from each other by at least 20°C in one and the same particle.