LICHTEMPFINDLICHES AUFZEICHNUNGSELEMENT MIT EINER AUFZEICHNUNGSSCHICHT UND EINER DECKSCHICHT UNTERSCHIEDLICHER LOESLICHKEITSEIGENSCHAFTEN SOWIE VERFAHREN ZU SEINER ENTWICKLUNG IN EINEM ARBEITSGANG

摘要

For the production of a flexographic relief printing plate, a novel photosensitive printing component is used having a dimensionally stable backing (A), a photopolymerisable printing layer (B) forming a relief image and consisting of at least two individual layers (B), and an optically transparent covering layer (C) securely adhering to the surface of (B). When the photopolymerisable printing layer (B) of the novel photosensitive printing component is exposed to actinic light in the form of an image, a difference in solubility is produced between its exposed and unexposed areas so that its unexposed areas may be washed off (developed) by a solvent. The optically transparent covering layer (C) of the novel photosensitive printing component cannot be dissolved or washed off by the solvent concerned. The novel photosensitive printing component can thus be developed in one working cycle using a "water in oil" or "oil in water" emulsion. These emulsions are also suitable for developing exposed photosensitive printing components whose polymerisable relief image layers (B) consist of at least two individual layers (B) of differing solubility. Here, too, development is completed in one working cycle.