Patent ID: 6740470
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B41C,G03F

Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising:a support; and an image-forming layer including a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, wherein the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer contains a repeating unit corresponding to monomer (i) and a repeating unit corresponding to monomer (ii): (i) a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by formula (1) below, and (ii) at least one of a poly(oxyalkylene) acrylate and a poly(oxyalkylene) methacrylate: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or â€”N(R2)â€”; m represents an integer of 1 to 6; n represents an integer of 2 or 3; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.