A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a hydrophilized aluminum support having provided thereon an interlayer and a photopolymerizable photosensitive layer, the interlayer containing a polymer having a cationic group and a radical reactive group or containing a compound capable of forming a complex with ammonium, and the photopolymerizable photosensitive layer containing a photopolymerization initiator, a compound having an addition polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a ...

A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface containing hydrophilic graft polymer chains and a heat-sensitive layer containing at least either of fine particulate polymer and microcapsules, which is excellent in on press developing property, sensitivity and printing durability.

A lithographic printing plate precursor having a heat-sensitive layer on a water-receptive substrate, wherein the heat-sensitive layer comprises microcapsules containing a compound having a thermally reactive functional group, and the heat-sensitive layer or a layer adjacent to the heat-sensitive layer contains a compound capable of acting as a co-reactant in thermal reaction of the compound having a thermally reactive functional group in a state contained in other microcapsules.

An integrated precursor delivery system which integrates a precursor delivery system with a processing chamber is provided for improving the precursor delivery lines to the processing chamber, and for keeping the delivery lines intact during servicing the processing chamber. The apparatus provides an integrated precursor delivery system mounted on the processing chamber lid with the chamber lid being removable for allowing manual access to the inside of the processing chamber. With the precursor...

Provided is a planographic printing plate precursor having the advantages of good developability in printers, high sensitivity and a long press life. On a support having a hydrophilic surface with hydrophilic graft polymer chains existing therein, formed is a thermosensitive layer containing a polymer having, in the molecule, a functional group capable of interacting with the hydrophilic graft polymer and a functional group that undergoes hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity conversion through exposure...

A heat mode type lithographic printing plate precursor which can be directly mounted on a printing press without development processing after scanning exposure for a short time to conduct plate-making, has excellent press life and also gives few print stains onto a printed face, which comprises a substrate having provided thereon an image recording layer containing fine light-heat convertible particles which are coated with a hydrophilic material, the layer being made hydrophobic by the action o...

A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer containing 6 wt % or more of an infrared absorbent which changes from hydrophilic to hydrophobic by heat, the support having a hydrophilic surface.

Disclosed is a positive or negative lithographic printing plate precursor which can form an image at high sensitivity by heating or heat developed by light-heat conversion, requires no development processing after image writing, has good sensitivity and excellent printing durability, is significantly improved in scumming resistance, and can directly make a plate by operating an infrared laser based on a digital signal, the precursor comprising a polymer compound having a functional group changea...

A lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed, comprising an aluminum support having thereon a photopolymerizable photosensitive layer which contains (1) an alkali-soluble urethane binder having at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group on the side chain thereof, (2) an addition polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (3) a photopolymerization initiator.

The sensitivity and specificity of the optical modality can be enhanced by the use of highly absorbing dyes as contrast agents. Novel cyanine dyes that absorb and emit light in the near infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum are disclosed. These dyes are useful for imaging, diagnosis and therapy of various diseased states. Particularly, the molecules of the invention are useful for optical diagnostic imaging and therapy, in endoscopic applications for the detection of tumors and other abnor...