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CLAIMS: 1. A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an aluminum-containing substrate having a hydrophilic surface, and an on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer disposed over the hydrophilic surface of the aluminum- containing substrate, wherein the aluminum-containing substrate comprises: an aluminum-containing plate having a grained and etched surface; an inner aluminum oxide layer disposed on the grained and etched surface, the inner aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Ti) of at least 300 nm and up to and including 3000 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of inner micropores having an average inner micropore diameter (Di) of less than or equal to 11 nm, wherein the inner aluminum oxide layer comprises aluminum sulfate; an outer aluminum oxide layer disposed over the inner aluminum oxide layer, the outer aluminum oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of outer micropores having an average outer micropore diameter (Do) of at least 12 nm and up to and including 50 nm, and having an average dry thickness (To) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 650 nm; and a hydrophilic layer disposed on the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the hydrophilic layer comprises: (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds having a C1 dry coverage and represented by the following Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein n is zero or an integer from 1 to 10, -OM represents -OH or -O-M+, and M+ is a monovalent cation; and optionally (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers having a C2 dry coverage when present, wherein the C1 dry coverage of the (1) one or more phosphorus- containing compounds is at least 50 mg/m2 and up to and including 300 mg/m2, and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage when the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present, is at least 11:9; and the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer comprises the following components (a) through (c) and optionally component (d): (a) one or more free radically polymerizable components; (b) an initiator composition that provides free radicals upon exposure of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer to imaging infrared radiation; (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers that comprise an anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group; and optionally (d) one or more polymeric binders, all of which are different from all of components (a), (b), and (c). 2. The lithographic printing plate precursor of claim 1, wherein the C1 dry coverage is at least 75 mg/m2 and up to and including 200 mg/m2. 3. The lithographic printing plate precursor of claim 1 or 2, wherein the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage is at least 11:9 and up to and including 30:1. 4. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers are present in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer in a dry coverage of at least 10 mg/m2 and up to and including 200 mg/m2. 5. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer, and the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers comprise a hydrophilic polymer comprising: recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, a phosphoric acid group, or a salt or ester of any of these acids; and optionally, recurring units comprising an amide group. 6. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein M+ is independently selected from the group consisting of a proton, a sodium cation, a potassium cation, an ammonium cation, an alkylammonium cation, a dialkylammonium cation, a trialkylammonium cation, and a tetraalkylammonium cation, wherein each alkyl group is optionally substituted. 7. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the -OM groups are selected such that the (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds represented by Formula (I) exhibit a pH of at least 1 and up to and including 10 when dissolved in an aqueous solution containing 5 weight % of the (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds represented by Formula (I). 8. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group is represented by the following Formula (II): w ea c n epen en y represens , , or 2; each R1 independently is an optionally substituted alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen, halogen, -SR, -SO2R, -OR, or -NR2 group; each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, -COO-, -COOR, -OR, -SR, -NR2, a halogen atom, a sulfonate group, or an optionally substituted benzofused ring; - - - represents an optional carbocyclic five- or six-membered ring; each R independently represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group, or an optionally substituted aryl group; each n independently is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and at least one of R1, R2, and R3 comprises a sulfonate group, a carboxylate group, or both a sulfonate group and a carboxylate group, to provide a net negative charge or an acidic group to Formula (II). 9. The lithographic printing plate precursor of claim 8, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 comprises a carboxylate group to provide a net negative charge or an acidic group to Formula (II). 10. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the outer aluminum oxide layer has an average dry thickness (To) of at least 50 nm, and the outer aluminum oxide layer is disposed directly on the inner aluminum oxide layer; the average dry thickness of the inner aluminum oxide layer (Ti) is at least 500 nm, and the average inner micropore diameter (Di) is less than or equal to 11 nm and less than the average outer micropore diameter (Do). 11. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the aluminum-containing substrate further comprises a middle aluminum oxide layer disposed between the inner aluminum oxide layer and the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the middle aluminum oxide layer has an average dry thickness (Tm) of at least 60 nm and up to and including 300 nm, and comprises a multiplicity of middle micropores having an average middle micropore diameter (Dm) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 60 nm, wherein Dm is greater than Do that is greater than Di, and the average dry thickness of the outer aluminum oxide layer (To) is less than 150 nm. 12. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 11, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive layer further comprises the (d) one or more polymeric binders, at least one of which is in particulate form. 13. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 12, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer is the outermost layer. 14. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 13, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising one or more of a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylic acid salt, or a carboxylate group in at least 50 mol % of all recurring units. 15. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of any of claims 1 to 14, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, or a phosphoric acid group; and recurring units comprising an amide group. 16. A method for providing a lithographic printing plate, comprising: imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 15, to imaging infrared radiation to form an imagewise infrared radiation-exposed imageable layer having exposed regions and non-exposed regions, and removing the non-exposed regions from the imagewise infrared radiation- exposed imageable layer, on press, using a lithographic printing ink, a fountain solution or both a lithographic printing ink and a fountain solution, to form a lithographic printing plate. 17. A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor of any of claims 1 to 15, comprising, in order: A) providing an aluminum-containing plate having an electrochemically or mechanically grained and etched surface; B) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to a first anodizing process to form an outer aluminum oxide layer on the electrochemically or mechanically grained and etched surface, the outer aluminum oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of outer micropores having an average outer micropore diameter (Do) of at least 12 nm and up to and including 50 nm, and having an average dry thickness (To) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 650 nm; C) rinsing the outer aluminum oxide layer; D) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to an additional anodizing process, using sulfuric acid, to form an inner aluminum oxide layer underneath the outer aluminum oxide layer, the inner aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Ti) of at least 300 nm and up to and including 3000 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of inner micropores having an average inner micropore diameter (Di) of less than or equal to 11 nm, wherein the inner aluminum oxide layer comprises aluminum sulfate; E) rinsing the outer aluminum oxide layer and the inner aluminum oxide layer; F) providing a hydrophilic layer over the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the hydrophilic layer comprises: (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds having a C1 dry coverage and represented by the following Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein n is zero or an integer from 1 to 10, -OM represents -OH or -O-M+, and M+ is a monovalent cation; and optionally (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers having a C2 dry coverage when present, wherein the C1 dry coverage of the (1) one or more phosphorus- containing compounds is at least 50 mg/m2 and up to and including 300 mg/m2, and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage, when the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present, is at least 11:9; and G) forming an on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer over the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer comprising the following components (a) through (c) and optionally component (d): (a) one or more free radically polymerizable components; (b) an initiator composition that provides free radicals upon exposure of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer to imaging infrared radiation; (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers that comprise an anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group; and optionally (d) one or more polymeric binders, all of which are different from all of components (a), (b), and (c). 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first anodizing process is carried out using phosphoric acid. 19. The method of claim 17 or 18, further comprising, between steps C) and D), C’) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to a second anodizing process, to form a middle aluminum oxide layer underneath the outer aluminum oxide layer, the middle aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Tm) of at least 60 nm and up to and including 300 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of middle micropores having an average middle micropore diameter (Dm) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 60 nm, wherein Dm is greater than Do that is greater than Di, and the average dry thickness of the outer aluminum oxide layer (To) is less than 150 nm, and the additional anodizing process of step D) is a third anodizing process to form the inner aluminum oxide layer underneath the middle aluminum oxide layer. 20. The method of any of claims 17 to 19, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer, and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, or a phosphoric acid group; and optionally, recurring units comprising an amide group. 21. The method of any of claims 17 to 20, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage is at least 11:9 and up to and including 30:1. |
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the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer is at least 5 mg/m 2 or at least 10 mg/m 2 , and up to and including 100 mg/m 2 or up to and including 200 mg/m 2 . It is optional but desirable in many embodiments that the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer further comprise one or more (d) polymeric binders (or materials that act as polymeric binders) for all of the materials in the noted layer. Such polymer binders are different from all of the (a), (b), and (c) materials described above. These polymeric binders are generally non-crosslinkable and non-polymerizable, and at least one of these polymeric binders can be in particulate form. Such (d) polymeric binders can be selected from a number of polymeric binder materials known in the art including polymers comprising recurring units having side chains comprising polyalkylene oxide segments such as those described in for example, U.S. Patent 6,899,994 (Huang et al.). Other useful (d) polymeric binders comprise two or more types of recurring units having different side chains comprising polyalkylene oxide segments as described in for example WO Publication 2015-156065 (Kamiya et al.). Some of such (d) polymeric binders can further comprise recurring units having pendant cyano groups as those described in for example U.S. Patent 7,261,998 (Hayashi et al.). Some useful (d) polymeric binders can be present in particulate form, that is, in the form of discrete, non-agglomerated particles. Such discrete particles can have an average particle size of at least 10 nm and up to and including 1500 nm, or typically of at least 80 nm and up to and including 600 nm, and are generally distributed uniformly within the on-press developable, negative- working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer. For example, one or more useful (d) polymeric binders can be present in the form of particles having an average particle size of at least 50 nm and up to and including 400 nm. Average particle size can be determined by various known methods including measuring the particles in electron scanning microscope images, and averaging a set number of measurements. The (d) polymeric binders also can have a backbone comprising multiple (at least two) urethane moieties as well as pendant groups comprising the polyalkylenes oxide segments. Other useful (d) polymeric binders can comprise polymerizable groups such as acrylate ester, methacrylate ester, vinyl aryl, and allyl groups and as well as alkali soluble groups such as carboxylic acid. Some of these useful (d) polymeric binders are described in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2015/0099229 (Simpson et al.) and U.S. Patent 6,916,595 (Fujimaki et al.). Useful (d) polymeric binders generally have a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 500,000, or at least 20,000 and up to and including 300,000, as determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography (polystyrene standard). The total (d) polymeric binders can be present in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer in an amount of at least 10 weight % or of at least 20 weight %, and up to and including 50 weight % or up to and including 70 weight %, based on the total dry weight of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer. Other polymeric materials known in the art (different from the (d) polymeric binders) can be present in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer and such polymeric materials are generally more hydrophilic or more hydrophobic than the (d) polymeric binders described above. Examples of such hydrophilic polymeric binders include but are not limited to, cellulose derivatives such as hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and polyvinyl alcohol with various degrees of saponification. More hydrophobic polymeric binders are less developable than the (d) polymeric binders described above and typically have an acid value less than 20 mg KOH/g for all acidic groups having a pKa below 7 and their corresponding salts. Additional optional additives to the on-press developable, negative- working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer can include organic dyes or organic dye precursors and color developers as are known in the art. Such optional additives can be used as print-out colorants and can be present in an amount of at least 1 weight % and up to and including 10 weight %, based on the total dry weight of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer. Other useful print-out colorants are known in the art and can include azo dyes, triarylmethane dyes, cyanine dyes, and spirolactone or spirolactam colorants as described for example in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2009/0047599 (Horne et al.) and the various printout chemistries described in U.S. Patent Application Publications 2021/0078350 (Viehmann et al.) and 2021/0302834 (Viehmann et al.), and U.S. Serial No.’s 17/685,570 (filed March 3, 2022 by Simpson et al.), 17/685,592 (filed March 3, 2002 by Simpson et al.), and 17/720,405 (filed April 14, 2022 by Hansmann et al.). The on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer can include crosslinked polymer particles having an average particle size of at least 2 µm, or of at least 4 µm, and up to and including 20 µm as described for example in U.S. Patents 8,383,319 (Huang et al.), 8,105,751 (Endo et al), and 9,366,962 (Kamiya et al.). Overcoat: While in many embodiments of the inventive lithographic printing plate precursors, the on-press developable, negative-working radiation-sensitive imageable layer is the outermost layer with no layers disposed thereon, it is possible that the inventive precursors can be designed with a layer (also known in the art as an overcoat or a topcoat) disposed over (or directly on) the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer (no intermediate layers between these two layers). When present, this overcoat is generally the outermost layer of the precursor and can be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Overcoats can comprise one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders in an amount of at least 60 weight % and up to and including 100 weight %, based on the total dry weight of the hydrophilic overcoat. Such film-forming water-soluble (or hydrophilic) polymeric binders can include a modified or unmodified poly(vinyl alcohol) having a saponification degree of at least 30%, or a degree of at least 75%, or a degree of at least 90%, and a degree of up to and including 99.9%. The overcoat can be provided at a dry coating coverage of at least 0.1 g/m 2 or at least 0.15 g/m 2 and up to and including 2.5 g/m 2 but less than 4 g/m 2 . In some embodiments, the dry coating coverage is as low as 0.1 g/m 2 and up to and including 1.5 g/m 2 or at least 0.1 g/m 2 and up to and including 0.9 g/m 2 , such that the overcoat is relatively thin. Making Lithographic Printing Plate Precursors The inventive lithographic printing plate precursors can be provided in the following manner. An on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer formulation comprising materials described above can be applied to the inventive aluminum-containing substrate that is usually in a continuous substrate roll or web, as described above using any suitable equipment and procedure, such as spin coating, knife coating, gravure coating, die coating, slot coating, bar coating, wire rod coating, roller coating, or extrusion hopper coating. The on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer formulation can also be applied by spraying onto a suitable inventive aluminum-containing substrate. Typically, once this formulation is applied at a suitable wet coverage, it is dried in a suitable manner known in the art to provide a desired dry coverage as noted below, thereby providing an infrared radiation-sensitive continuous article that can be in any suitable form such as a web from which individual precursors can be prepared using known manufacturing processes. The manufacturing methods typically include mixing the various components needed for a particular on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer chemistry in a suitable organic solvent or mixtures thereof and removing the solvent(s) by evaporation under suitable drying conditions. After proper drying, the dry coverage of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer on an inventive substrate is generally at least 0.1 g/m 2 or at least 0.4 g/m 2 , and up to and including 2 g/m 2 or up to and including 4 g/m 2 but other dry coverage amounts can be used if desired. In practical manufacturing conditions, the result of these coating operations is a continuous web or roll of infrared radiation-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor material having an on-press developable, negative- working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer and any optional layers noted above disposed on the inventive aluminum-containing substrate described above. Imaging (Exposing) Conditions During use, a lithographic printing plate precursor of this invention can be exposed on-press to a suitable source of exposing infrared radiation depending upon the infrared radiation absorber present in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer. For example, the lithographic printing plate precursor can be imaged with infrared lasers that emit significant radiation within the range of at least 750 nm and up to and including 1400 nm, or of at least 800 nm and up to and including 1250 nm. The result of such imagewise exposure is to provide exposed regions and non- exposed regions in the exposed on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer. Imaging can be carried out using imaging or exposing infrared radiation from an infrared radiation-generating laser (or array of such lasers). Imaging also can be carried out using imaging infrared radiation at multiple wavelengths at the same time if desired. The laser used to expose the inventive precursor is usually a diode laser, because of the reliability and low maintenance of diode laser systems, but other lasers such as gas or solid-state lasers can also be used. The combination of power, intensity and exposure time for infrared radiation imaging would be readily apparent to one skilled in the art. Infrared radiation imaging energies can be at least 30 mJ/cm 2 and up to and including 500 mJ/cm 2 and typically at least 50 mJ/cm 2 and up to and including 300 mJ/cm 2 depending upon the sensitivity of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer. Processing (Development) and Printing After infrared imagewise exposing, the exposed precursor having exposed regions and non-exposed regions in the on-press developable radiation- sensitive imageable layer can be processed on-press in a suitable manner to remove the non-exposed regions and any overcoat if present, and leaving intact the hardened exposed regions. For example, the inventive precursors are on-press developable using a lithographic printing ink, a fountain solution, or a combination of a lithographic printing ink and a fountain solution. In such embodiments, an imaged on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor according to the present invention can be mounted onto a printing press and the printing operation is then begun. The non- exposed regions in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer are removed by a suitable fountain solution, lithographic printing ink, or a combination of both, when the initial printed impressions are made. In a typical printing press startup with a sheet-fed printing machine, the dampening roller is engaged first and supplies fountain solution to the mounted imaged precursor to swell the exposed on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer at least in the non- exposed regions. After a few revolutions, the inking rollers are engaged and they supply lithographic printing ink(s) to cover the entire printing surface of the lithographic printing plates. Typically, within 5 to 20 revolutions after the inking roller engagement, printing sheets are supplied to remove the non-exposed regions of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer from the lithographic printing plate as well as materials on a blanket cylinder if present, using the formed ink-fountain solution emulsion. The present invention provides at least the following embodiments, individually or in any suitable combination: 1. A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an aluminum-containing substrate having a hydrophilic surface, and an on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer disposed over the hydrophilic surface of the aluminum- containing substrate, wherein the aluminum-containing substrate comprises: an aluminum-containing plate having a grained and etched surface; an inner aluminum oxide layer disposed on the grained and etched surface, the inner aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Ti) of at least 300 nm and up to and including 3000 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of inner micropores having an average inner micropore diameter (Di) of less than or equal to 11 nm, wherein the inner aluminum oxide layer comprises aluminum sulfate; an outer aluminum oxide layer disposed over the inner aluminum oxide layer, the outer aluminum oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of outer micropores having an average outer micropore diameter (D o ) of at least 12 nm and up to and including 50 nm, and having an average dry thickness (To) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 650 nm; and a hydrophilic layer disposed on the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the hydrophilic layer comprises: (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds having a C1 dry coverage and represented by the following Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein n is zero or an integer from 1 to 10, -OM represents -OH or -O-M + , and M + is a monovalent cation; and optionally (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers having a C2 dry coverage when present, wherein the C1 dry coverage of the (1) one or more phosphorus- containing compounds is at least 50 mg/m 2 and up to and including 300 mg/m 2 , and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage when the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present, is at least 11:9; and the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer comprises the following components (a) through (c) and optionally component (d): (a) one or more free radically polymerizable components; (b) an initiator composition that provides free radicals upon exposure of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer to imaging infrared radiation; (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers that comprise an anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group; and optionally (d) one or more polymeric binders, all of which are different from all of components (a), (b), and (c). 2. The lithographic printing plate precursor of embodiment 1, wherein the C1 dry coverage is at least 75 mg/m 2 and up to and including 200 mg/m 2 . 3. The lithographic printing plate precursor of embodiment 1 or 2, wherein the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage is at least 11:9 and up to and including 30:1, where the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer. 4. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 3, wherein the (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers are present in the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer in a dry coverage of at least 5 mg/m 2 and up to and including 200 mg/m 2 . 5. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 4, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer, and the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers comprise a hydrophilic polymer comprising: recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, a phosphoric acid group, or a salt or ester of any of these acids; and optionally, recurring units comprising an amide group. 6. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 5, wherein M + is independently selected from the group consisting of a proton, a sodium cation, a potassium cation, an ammonium cation, an alkylammonium cation, a dialkylammonium cation, a trialkylammonium cation, and a tetraalkylammonium cation, wherein each alkyl group is optionally substituted. 7. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 6, wherein the -OM groups are selected such that the (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds represented by Formula (I) exhibit a pH of at least 1 and up to and including 10 when dissolved in an aqueous solution containing 5 weight % of the (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds represented by Formula (I). 8. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 7, wherein the anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group is represented by the following Formula (II) : Formula (II) wherein: each X independently represents >S, >O, >NR or >C(R) 2 ; each R 1 independently is an optionally substituted alky group; R 2 represents a hydrogen, halogen, -SR, -SO 2 R, -OR, or -NR 2 group; each R 3 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, -COO-, -COOR, -OR, -SR, -NR2, a halogen atom, a sulfonate group, or an optionally substituted benzofused ring; - - - represents an optional carbocyclic five- or six-membered ring; each R independently represents hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group, or an optionally substituted aryl group; each n independently is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 comprises a sulfonate group, a carboxylate group, or both a sulfonate group and a carboxylate group, to provide a net negative charge or an acidic group to Formula (II). 9. The lithographic printing plate precursor of embodiment 8, wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 comprises a carboxylate group to provide a net negative charge or an acidic group to Formula (II). 10. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 9, wherein the outer aluminum oxide layer has an average dry thickness (T o ) of at least 50 nm, and the outer aluminum oxide layer is disposed directly on the inner aluminum oxide layer; the average dry thickness of the inner aluminum oxide layer (T i ) is at least 500 nm, and the average inner micropore diameter (Di) is less than or equal to 11 nm and less than the average outer micropore diameter (D o ). 11. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 10, wherein the aluminum-containing substrate further comprises a middle aluminum oxide layer disposed between the inner aluminum oxide layer and the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the middle aluminum oxide layer has an average dry thickness (T m ) of at least 60 nm and up to and including 300 nm, and comprises a multiplicity of middle micropores having an average middle micropore diameter (D m ) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 60 nm, wherein Dm is greater than Do that is greater than Di, and the average dry thickness of the outer aluminum oxide layer (T o ) is less than 150 nm. 12. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 11, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive layer further comprises the (d) one or more polymeric binders, at least one of which is in particulate form. 13. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 12, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer is the outermost layer. 14. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 13, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising one or more of a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylic acid salt, or a carboxylate group in at least 50 mol % of all recurring units. 15. The lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments, 1 to 14, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, or a phosphoric acid group; and recurring units comprising an amide group. 16. A method for providing a lithographic printing plate, comprising: imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 15 to imaging infrared radiation to form an imagewise infrared radiation-exposed imageable layer having exposed regions and non-exposed regions, and removing the non-exposed regions from the imagewise infrared radiation- exposed imageable layer, on press, using a lithographic printing ink, a fountain solution or both a lithographic printing ink and a fountain solution, to form a lithographic printing plate. 17. A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor of any of embodiments 1 to 15, comprising, in order: A) providing an aluminum-containing plate having an electrochemically or mechanically grained and etched surface; B) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to a first anodizing process to form an outer aluminum oxide layer on the electrochemically or mechanically grained and etched surface, the outer aluminum oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of outer micropores having an average outer micropore diameter (Do) of at least 12 nm and up to and including 50 nm, and having an average dry thickness (T o ) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 650 nm; C) rinsing the outer aluminum oxide layer; D) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to an additional anodizing process, using sulfuric acid, to form an inner aluminum oxide layer underneath the outer aluminum oxide layer, the inner aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Ti) of at least 300 nm and up to and including 3000 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of inner micropores having an average inner micropore diameter (Di) of less than or equal to 11 nm, wherein the inner aluminum oxide layer comprises aluminum sulfate; E) rinsing the outer aluminum oxide layer and the inner aluminum oxide layer; F) providing a hydrophilic layer over the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the hydrophilic layer comprises: (1) one or more phosphorus-containing compounds having a C1 dry coverage and represented by the following Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein n is zero or an integer from 1 to 10, -OM represents -OH or -O-M + , and M + is a monovalent cation; and optionally (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers having a C2 dry coverage when present, wherein the C1 dry coverage of the (1) one or more phosphorus- containing compounds is at least 50 mg/m 2 and up to and including 300 mg/m 2 , and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage, when the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present, is at least 11:9; and G) forming an on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer over the outer aluminum oxide layer, wherein the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layer comprising the following components (a) through (c) and optionally component (d): (a) one or more free radically polymerizable components; (b) an initiator composition that provides free radicals upon exposure of the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation- sensitive imageable layer to imaging infrared radiation; (c) one or more infrared radiation absorbers that comprise an anionic chromophore having a net negative charge or an acidic group; and optionally (d) one or more polymeric binders, all of which are different from all of components (a), (b), and (c). 18. The method of embodiment 17, wherein the first anodizing process is carried out using phosphoric acid. 19. The method of embodiment 17 or 18, further comprising, between steps C) and D), C’) subjecting the aluminum-containing plate to a second anodizing process, to form a middle aluminum oxide layer underneath the outer aluminum oxide layer, the middle aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Tm) of at least 60 nm and up to and including 300 nm, and comprising a multiplicity of middle micropores having an average middle micropore diameter (D m ) of at least 20 nm and up to and including 60 nm, wherein D m is greater than Do that is greater than Di, and the average dry thickness of the outer aluminum oxide layer (T o ) is less than 150 nm, and C”) rinsing the outer aluminum oxide layer and the middle aluminum oxide layer, and the additional anodizing process of step D) is a third anodizing process to form the inner aluminum oxide layer underneath the middle aluminum oxide layer. 20. The method of embodiment 17, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer, and comprise a hydrophilic polymer that comprises recurring units comprising a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, or a phosphoric acid group; and optionally, recurring units comprising an amide group. 21. The method of embodiment 17, wherein the (2) one or more hydrophilic polymers are present in the hydrophilic layer and the ratio of the C1 dry coverage to the C2 dry coverage is at least 11:9 and up to and including 30:1. The following Examples are provided to illustrate the practice of this invention and are not meant to be limiting in any manner. Invention Examples 1-16 and Comparative Examples 1-8: Types A and B aluminum-containing substrates used to prepare the negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursors of the Invention Examples and Comparative Examples were prepared according to the general processes described above. Type A Support: This aluminum-containing support prepared as the aluminum- containing substrate of Invention Example 1 described U.S. Patent 10,363,734 (noted above). Thus, the Type A Support had an inner aluminum oxide layer and an outer aluminum oxide layer. Type B Support: This aluminum-containing support prepared as the aluminum- containing Type 3 Substrate (or “support”) described U.S. Serial No.17/189,497 filed March 2, 2021, now published as U.S. Patent Application 2022/0194112A1 (noted above). Thus, the Type B Support had an inner aluminum oxide layer, a middle aluminum oxide layer, and an outer aluminum oxide layer. Synthesis of Copolymer for Hydrophilic Layer: Polymer 1 that was a copolymer derived from vinyl phosphonic acid and acrylamide (molar ratio of 1:9) was prepared as follows: 3500 g of ethanol was charged into a 10 liter reaction vessel fitted with a condenser and heated at 70ºC. 231.1 g of vinyl phosphonic acid monomer and 1368.9 g of acrylamide monomer were mixed into 1000 g of ethanol, and 52 g of commercially-available azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) polymerization initiator was dissolved into the monomer mixture. This monomer mixture with AIBN was then added dropwise into the 10-liter reaction vessel at 70ºC, over the course of 4 hours. After this addition, the resulting reaction mixture was kept at 70ºC for 2 hours and then cooled to room temperature. The resulting Polymer 1 copolymer was precipitated as a white powder that was isolated by filtration and washed with 1 liter of ethanol. The polymer yield was determined to be 1550 g. Preparation of Hydrophilic Layer Formulations: Hydrophilic layer formulations for use in the various working examples were prepared with the components described in the following TABLE I. TABLE I: Hydrophilic Layer Formulations TABLE I (continued) TABLE I (continued) ACUMER TM 1000 Polymer is an aqueous solution (50 weight %) of poly(acrylic acid) that was obtained from The Dow Chemical Company. Takesurf TM D-410-GL is a leveling agent that was obtained from TAKEMOTO OIL & FAT CO., LTD. Each hydrophilic layer formulation shown in TABLE I was coated onto a sample of a Type A or B Support using a wire-wound coating bar at a wet coverage of 20 g/m 2 . Each of the resulting aluminum-containing substrate was dried at 80 o C for 2 minutes. The dry coverage of each dry hydrophilic layer is shown in TABLE I above. Preparation of on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive precursors: Coating formulations MC-1, MC-2, and MC-3 of on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imageable layers were prepared using the components and amounts shown in the following TABLE II, dissolved or dispersed at a total solids content of 5 weight % in a coating solvent mixture of 35 weight % of n-propanol, 20 weight % of 2-methoxy propanol, 35 weight % of 2-butanone, and 10 weight % of water. The raw materials that are identified below in TABLE II can be obtained from one or more commercial sources of chemicals or were prepared using known synthetic methods and starting materials. Other materials are described in the following TABLE III. TABLE II Coating of these formulations was carried out using a wire-wound coating bar on an aluminum-containing substrate comprising a hydrophilic layer and dried 80 o C for 2 minutes to provide on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive image-recording layers, each having a dry coverage of 1 g/m 2 . The resulting lithographic printing plate precursors are shown in the following TABLE IV. TABLE IV TABLE IV - continued Each lithographic printing plate precursor identified above was imaged using a Kodak Magnus 800 image setter and an exposure energy in a solid area of 150 mJ/cm². The following evaluations were made of each imaged precursor or of the corresponding non-imaged precursor. On-press Developability (DOP): Each of the lithographic printing plate precursors was imaged as noted above and then mounted onto a Roland R-201 press machine for on-press development. A fountain solution [Presarto WS 100 marketed by DIC Graphics)/isopropyl alcohol/water 1/ 1/98 (volume ratio)], a blanket of S-7400 (Kin-yo-sha), OK topcoat paper matte N grade paper (Oji paper) as printing paper, and lithographic printing ink (Fusion G Magenta N marketed by DIC Graphics) were supplied to the printing press, and printing was performed at printing rate of 9,000 sheets/hour. On-press developability was evaluated by the number of printed paper sheets (or impressions) after which no ink transfer was observed in the non-imaging areas. DOP with the following two types of lithographic printing plates were evaluated. Samples of each of the lithographic printing plate precursors were packaged with a light shielding paper immediately after the manufacture and stored at 25°C for 7 days (in the case identified as ‘NK7’). Also, samples of each of the lithographic printing plate precursors were stored in a commercially available humidity chamber ETAC FX-430 at 40°C and 80% RH for 7 days (in the case identified as ‘HT7’). In the evaluation, DOP at less than 50 sheets (impressions) is preferable, and DOP at more than 100 sheets (impressions) is unacceptable on this press condition. The smaller the number of gaps between DOP with the case identified as NK7 and DOP with the case identified as HT7 is, the better the stability the precursor with the lapse of time after manufacture. Press life without Ozone Exposure: Each of the lithographic printing plate precursors was imaged as described above and the resulting image precursors were mounted onto a Komori S-26 press machine at 8,000 rpm and printing press life was evaluated with a mixture of 1% K701 (DIC Graphics) and 10% isopropanol in water as a fountain solution, a blanket of S-7400 (Kin-yo-sha), OK topcoat paper matte N grade paper (Oji paper) as printing paper, and K Magenta N grade lithographic printing ink (DIC Graphics). When the number of printed paper sheets (copies or impressions) increased by continued printing, the on-press developable, negative-working infrared radiation-sensitive imaging layer of the lithographic printing plate was gradually worn away, and the ink receptivity thereof deteriorated. Thus, the ink density on the printed paper sheets was reduced. The press life was determined as the number of copies (or impressions) when the reflection density of solid area on the obtained printed sheet was reduced to 90% of that when printing began. The greater the number of the copies (or impressions) when this degradation occurred, the better the press life. Press life with Ozone Exposure: Before imaging, each of the lithographic printing plate precursors was exposed to a controlled amount of ozone inside of a commercially available humidity chamber ETAC FX-430 where the ozone concentration was controlled at 1 ppm and the chamber temperature was controlled at 25 o C. The following equipment was used for controlling the ozone concentration: Kotohira portable ozone generator KPO-T01 as the ozone source, Kanomax Gasmaster model 2750 as the ozone monitor. The ozone exposure time for each precursor was 6 hours, corresponding to an ozone exposure dose of 21,600 ppm∙s (wherein “ppm” is a unit of ozone concentration in parts per million by volume and “s” is short for second, a unit of time). After this exposure to ozone, each precursors was imaged and evaluated for press life as described above for the precursors that were not exposed to ozone. The results of all of these evaluations are shown in the following TABLE V. TABLE V TABLE V - continued From the results shown in TABLE V, it can be seen that the precursors of Invention Examples 1 through 16 containing an anionic IR dye and inventive aluminum-containing substrate exhibited desirably fast on-press development of imaged precursors from the case labeled NK7, and the imaged precursors of the case labeled HT7, as well as small DOP gap. These inventive precursors exhibited long press life of imaged regardless of whether the non- exposed precursors had been exposed to ozone or not. While the precursors of Comparative Examples 1, 4, and 7 contained an anionic IR dye, they contained an aluminum-containing substrate outside of the scope of the present invention because the dry coverage of phosphoric acid in the hydrophilic layer is greater than 300 mg/m². They exhibited desirably fast on-press development of the imaged precursors from the case labeled NK7, the imaged precursors of the case labeled HT7, as well as small DOP gap, these Comparative precursors exhibited poor press life regardless of whether the non-imaged precursors had been exposed to ozone or not. While the precursors of Comparative Examples 2, 3, 5, and 8 contained an anionic IR dye, they contained an aluminum-containing substrate outside the scope of the present invention because the dry coverage of phosphoric acid in the hydrophilic layer is less than 50 mg/m². They exhibited long press life regardless of whether the non-imaged precursors were exposed to ozone or not, but they exhibited extremely slow on-press development after HT7 and a large DOP gap. Such extremely slow on-press development after HT7 is believed to be caused by salt formation salt between the anionic chromophore of the infrared radiation absorber in the on-press developable, negative working infrared radiation imageable layer and aluminum ion Al 3+ of aluminum sulfate released from the anodic layer of the inventive substrate during storage of the precursors under the HT7 condition. The precursor of Comparative Example 6 contained a cationic dye and an aluminum-containing substrate according to the present invention. However, while this precursor exhibited desirably fast on-press development for the case identified as NK7, and on-press development for the case identified as HT7, as well as a small DOP gap, and the non-imaged precursors exhibited long press life if they were not exposed to ozone. However, these precursors exhibited poor press life if they had been exposed to ozone before imaging.
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