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Lithographic printing is performed with printing members having a hydrophilic-surfaced metal support and a polymeric layer thereover. The polymeric layer absorbs imaging radiation and is soluble in a liquid to which ink will not adhere (e.g., fountain solution). Ordinarily, the polymeric layer is mostly removable by fountain solution. In response to absorbed imaging radiation, however, it may become permanently bound to the metal support so as to resist removal, serving as an ink-carrying oleophilic layer during printing.
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