A printing member, especially a planographic printing member, comprising a first layer which includes a fibrous material, especially a cellulosic fibrous material or a ceramic fibrous material, and a binder, for example a resin or the like, is described. An image defining means is provided over the first layer.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/GB99/00693, which was filed on Mar. 8, 1999 and which published in English or Sep. 10, 1999, which in turn claims priority from GB Application No. 9804 743.4, which was filed on Mar. 6, 1998.
A fiber sheet composed of knitted, woven, or non-woven fiber, which is resistant against contamination, and such contamination is easily washed off, and is durable, and suitable for use as materials to make curtains, tapestries, screens, flags, wallpaper, and sliding screen door (fusuma), for both indoor and outdoor environments. The fiber sheet is coated on its both sides of the fiber by ceramics composed of oxidized, nitrogenous, or carbonized forms of metals such as tin, titanium, aluminum, and other metals, forming a thin contamination resistant coating. Typically, the contamination resistant coating comprises SiO.sub.2 or SnO.sub.2 or a combination/mixture of the two substances, and such coating is hard and is superior in protection against contamination.
