To incorporate a printing image quality of a practical level having high identifiability between an image part and a non-image part of a printed surface and to repeatedly use a master for printing by simply engraving without necessity of an alkaline developer.
The offset printing method comprises the steps of heating a master for printing constituted of one substance having a specific heat responsive characteristics such as a titanium oxide, a zinc oxide or the like on a surface to a hydrophilic developing temperature (200°C or above) to make the surface hydrophilic, then drawing an image in a heat mode at a hydrophobic developing temperature (50 to 250°C) to form a hydrophobic image area, and receiving a printing ink on the area. The printer for the method is provided. Further, a method for reusing the master comprises the steps of cleaning and removing the ink retaining on a printed surface of the printing plate, and then repeating the above-described operation by using the master.
NAKAYAMA TAKAO
NAKAMURA TAKASHI
KAMIYAMA KOJI
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