Article: Japanese Inventor Develops Printing Plate Material

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Kazuyoshi Suzuki of Hachioji, Japan, has developed a planographic printing plate material which is a plastic support and printing method using this planographic printing plate material.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "printing plate material including: a plastic support; a hydrophilic layer on the plastic support; and a back layer on the plastic support, being provided on the opposite side to the hydrophilic layer, wherein the back layer includes a matting agent, and a distribution width of a projection amount of the matting agent is 1 to 20%."

The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,147,988 on Dec. 12.

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