Patent ID: 9387660
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B41C,B41M

Claim Text:
1. A method of making an ablation-type printing member, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having an oleophilic surface; (b) coating, over the substrate, solution comprising (A) melamine component substantially free of water and a resole component, the resole component being present in an amount ranging from 0% to 28% by weight of dry film, (B) a near-IR absorber dispersed within the crosslinked polymer network, and (C) a sulfonic acid catalyst dispersed within the crosslinked polymer network and being present in an amount ranging from 0.7% to 1.6% by weight of dry film; (c) curing the solution to produce a dry film having a single crosslinked polymer network consisting essentially of the melamine component and the resole component; (d) following step (c), coating, over the cured imaging layer, an oleophobic polymer composition; and (e) curing the oleophobic polymer composition.