To provide a process-less printing plate using a plastic support having high sensitivity, showing excellent printing properties or inking properties at the start of printing in particular and high plate wear resistance, and a printing method using the same.

This printing plate material has at least one image forming function layer on one face of a polyester film support having at lease one layer containing a white pigment, in which the image forming function layer side has a surface roughness Ra of 200 nm to 800 nm.