Switchable hydrophobic-hydropholic fluorinated layer for offset processing

Abstract

The use of heat-sensitive printing plate precursors has become very popular as one of the‘dry’ lithographic methods that have recently been proposed to comply with environmentalrequirements, A major problem associated with most ablative plates, however, is thegeneration of ablation particles that may contaminate the electronics and optics of thedevice. The objective of the present study is to provide a ‘processless’ method, through aplasma-enhanced fluorination (PEF) treatment involving a fluorinated gas [1]