Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Lithographic Printing Plate Material

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Rieko Takahashi of Tokyo, and Masaki Miyoshi of Hachioji, Japan, have developed a lithographic printing plate material and printing method.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithographic printing plate material is disclosed, comprising a flexible support having thereon a hydrophilic layer and an image forming layer, wherein the flexible support having the hydrophilic layer exhibits a transmission density of 0.5 to 1.2, and the outermost surface of an unexposed area of the image forming layer exhibiting a glossiness of 0.1 to 10. A printing method is also disclosed."

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,214,468 on May 8.

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