.Constructions useful as lithographic printing platesinclude metallic inorganic layers exhibiting bothhydrophilicity and substantial durability at very thinapplication levels. These materials ablatively absorb imagingradiation, thereby facilitating direct imaging without chemicaldevelopment. They can also be used to form opticalinterference structures which, in addition to providing color,likewise absorb imaging radiation and ablate in response toimaging pulses.
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