Patent 7107905 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on September, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed is a printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer containing pigment particles having a light-to-heat conversion capability, wherein the pigment particles have an average particle diameter of from 0.15 μm to less than 1.0 μm, and the hydrophilic layer has a surface roughness Ra of from 0.2 μm to less than 1.5 μm.