| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a developing solution and image forming method capable of forming images having excellent developability and printing resistance and performing stable processing for a long period of time. SOLUTION: In the method for forming the images, a negative-working image-forming material formed with an image-recording layer comprising a photopolymerization initiator system sensitive to light rays whose wavelength falls within the visible to ultraviolet ranges, a polymerizable compound carrying at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and a binder polymer is image-exposed, and then the image-exposed image-forming material is developed with a developing solution which contains at least one carbonate, at least one hydrogen carbonate and at least one alkali silicate and which has a pH value ranging from 9 to 13.0, wherein the ratio of the total molar number a of the carbonate and the hydrogen carbonate to the molar number b of the SiO<SB>2</SB>component present in the alkali silicate: a:b ranges from 1:0.3 to 1:2 and the total molar number of these components: a + b ranges from 0.1 to 2 mole/L. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
