Patent ID: 8283107

Claim:
An imageable element imageable by non-ablative process useful for waterless printing, said element comprising a substrate having thereon, in order, the following contiguous essential layers: an ink-accepting non-silicone, non-crosslinked layer comprising a first polymeric binder and an infrared radiation absorbing compound, wherein said first polymeric binder comprises recurring units that have been derived from a (meth)acrylonitrile and an N-substituted cyclic imide, and optionally recurring units that have been derived from a (meth)acrylamide, and an ink-repelling crosslinked silicone rubber layer disposed directly on said non-silicone, non-crosslinked layer, wherein said first polymeric binder is present in an amount of at least 60 weight % and said ink-receptive non-silicone, non-crosslinked layer has a dry coverage of from about 0.7 to about 3 g/m 2 and, wherein said ink-accepting non-silicone, non-crosslinked layer has chemical resistance such that the loss in dry coating weight is less than 35% as demonstrated by soaking said dried ink-accepting non-silicone, non-crosslinked layer alone on a substrate for five minutes in a 2-butoxyethanol:water 80:20 weight solution at room temperature.