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Title:
MINIMIZATION OF ABLATION IN THERMALLY IMAGE FORMABLE ELEMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003156850
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an image formable element in which ablation is suppressed to reduce cleaning frequency of a plate setter and to reduce its cost, noise and size.

The image formable element comprises a hydrophilic substrate, a lower layer, a barrier layer, and an upper layer, wherein the upper layer contains a first polymerized material, the lower layer contains a second polymerized material, the barrier layer contains a third polymerized material, the upper layer is ink-receptive and insoluble in an alkali developing solution, all of the upper layer, barrier layer and lower layer can be removed with an alkali developing solution after exposure of the element to heat, the lower layer contains a photothermal conversion material and the barrier layer and upper layer do not substantially contain a photothermal conversion material.


Inventors:
PATEL JAYANTI
WEST PAUL
RAY KEVIN
WILLIAMS KEVIN
Application Number:
JP2002331347A
Publication Date:
May 30, 2003
Filing Date:
November 14, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS CO
International Classes:
G03F7/11; B41C1/10; B41M5/36; B41N1/08; G03F7/00; (IPC1-7): G03F7/11; G03F7/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga (7 outside)