| abstract |
Disclosed herein is a dry planographic printing plate and processes for making and using the plate. The plate is characterized, inter alia, by having a fluorine-containing compound as the nonprinting portion of the surface. The nonprinting portion of the surface is characterized by having a critical surface tension of up to about 15.4 dynes/cm. as determined by advancing contact angles and up to about 16.1 dynes/cm. as determined by receding contact angles. |