Letterpress printing original plate for laser engraving and a letterpress printing plate obtained therefrom
To provide a photosensitive resin composition which is a material for a printing original plate for laser engraving which generates no printing deficiencies and from which a printing plate with a satisfactory resolution can be produced. A printing original plate for laser engraving where image is formed by irradiation of laser beam to form a printing plate, characterized in that the photosensitive resin composition layer consists of a photosensitive resin composition in which soluble polyamide or soluble polyether urethane urea, ethylenic unsaturated monomer and photopolymerization initiator are essential ingredients and the amount of (meth)acryloyl group in the photosensitive resin composition is 0.25 to 0.40 mol per 100 g of the photosensitive resin composition.
1. A letterpress printing original plate for laser engraving where a photosensitive resin composition layer is cured by irradiation with ultraviolet ray and then image is formed by irradiation of laser beam to form a printing plate, characterized in that the photosensitive resin composition layer consists of a photosensitive resin composition in which soluble polyamide or soluble polyether urethane urea, ethylenic unsaturated monomer and photopolymerization initiator are essential ingredients and the amount of (meth)acryloyl group in the photosensitive resin composition is 0.25 to 0.40 mol per 100 g of the photosensitive resin composition.
2. The printing original plate for laser engraving according to claim 1 , characterized in that the ethylenic unsaturated monomer has at least two acryloyl groups or methacryloyl groups and is contained in an amount of 50% to 70% in the photosensitive resin composition.
3. The printing original plate for laser engraving according to claim 1 , characterized in that the ethylenic unsaturated monomer is a product by ring-opening addition reaction of polyglycidyl ether of polyhydric alcohol with methacrylic acid or with acrylic acid.
4. The printing original plate for laser engraving according to claim 1 , characterized in that the soluble polyamide is a basic nitrogen-containing copolymerized nylon or a polyether-containing polyamide.
5. The printing original plate for laser engraving according to claim 1 , characterized in that the soluble polyether urethane urea contains a basic nitrogen.
6. A photosensitive resin letterpress printing plate, characterized in being obtained from the printing original plate for laser engraving according to claim 1 .