Printing plate material and printing process

摘要

Disclosed are a printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer and a thermosensitive image formation layer in that order, wherein the hydrophilic layer contains from 40 to 90% by weight of metal oxide particles having a light-to-heat conversion function and the thermosensitive image formation layer contains from 10 to 50% by weight of a water-soluble polymer.