摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positive image forming material for an IR laser having improved image forming property of a recording layer, excellent in printing resistance and having good stability of sensitivity to the concentration of a developing solution. SOLUTION: In the method for producing the image forming material obtained by successively stacking a layer (A) containing a copolymer containing >=10 mol% at least one of monomers (a-1)-(a-3) and a layer (B) containing a resin soluble in an aqueous alkali solution and having phenolic hydroxyl groups and a photothermal converting compound on a base, the layer (A) is formed by coating with a coating solution for the layer (A) and then the layer (B) is formed by coating with a coating solution for the layer (B) prepared using a solvent which does not dissolve the components of the layer (A), or the solvent of a coating solution for the layer (B) is removed by drying immediately after coating with the coating solution for the layer (B) using a continuous coating and drying equipment having a drying means disposed next to a coating head for applying the coating solution for the layer (B) on the base having the formed layer (A). |