| abstract |
The invention relates to a laser-engravable pad printing plate comprising at least (a) a metal carrier, (b) an adhesive layer, (c) a laser-engravable recording layer with a layer thickness of between 20 μm and 200 μm, and (d) a cover film, characterised in that said laser-engravable recording layer (c) contains (c1) 40 to 95 wt.% of a polyvinyl alcohol, (c2) 5 to 50 wt.% of an IR absorber, (c3) 0 to 30 wt.% of an inorganic filler, (c4) 0 to 20 wt.% of a cross-linking agent, and (c5) 0 to 10 wt.% of additional additives. |