DIGITAL ADVANCED LITHOGRAPHY IMAGING INKS WITH IMPROVED CURABLE PERFORMANCE, IMAGE ROBUSTNESS AND PROCESSES THEREOF

摘要

An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications includes a colorant and a high viscosity thickening agent. The ink comprises a radiation curable ink vehicle, a dispersant, a thermal stabilizer and a photoinitiator system comprising at least three photoinitiators for improving curing efficiency through multiple short UV light exposure in variable lithographic printing. A process for variable data lithographic printing includes applying a dampening fluid to an imaging member surface, forming a latent image by evaporating the dampening fluid from a selective locations on the imaging member surface to form hydrophobic non-image areas and hydrophilic image areas; developping the latent image by applying an ink composition to the hydrophilic image areas.