The present invention provides a coating material that can improve gravure printing characteristics of the printing surface of a printing substrate to favorably transfer an ink fed in the cell of a gravure printing roll to the printing surface of the printing substrate, thereby achieving the beautiful gravure printing. The coating material of the present invention is a coating material for forming a surface layer serving as a printing surface on a printing substrate to which gravure printing is to be applied, and the coating material is characterized by including a pigment including an inorganic particulate and a skin layer that is formed on a surface of the inorganic particulate and includes an organic compound.

A metal wire includes tungsten or a tungsten alloy. The metal wire has a diameter of at most 13 ?m, a tensile strength of at least 4.8 GPa, and a natural hanging length per 1000 mm of at least 800 mm.

A metal wire includes tungsten or a tungsten alloy. The metal wire has a diameter of at most 13 ?m, a tensile strength of at least 4.8 GPa, and a natural hanging length per 1000 mm of at least 800 mm.

A screen plate for screen printing is provided with a plate frame, a supporting body screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the plate frame, and a printing screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the supporting body screen. The supporting body screen is made of an n/m twilled weave textile, wherein n and m independently represent an integer of 2 or more. The screen plate has excellent printing accuracy.

A screen plate for screen printing is provided with a plate frame, a supporting body screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the plate frame, and a printing screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the supporting body screen. The supporting body screen is made of an n/m twilled weave textile, wherein n and m independently represent an integer of 2 or more. The screen plate has excellent printing accuracy.

Provided is a printing plate precursor including: a support; a layer which contains a polymer on one side of the support; and a layer which contains a metal oxide obtained by hydrolyzing and polycondensing an organic metal compound or an inorganic metal compound and fine particles on the other side of the support, in which an average particle diameter of the fine particles is 0.3 m or greater and is greater than the thickness of the layer containing a metal oxide and fine particles, and in a case where the printing plate precursors are laminated, dislocation in stacking precursors, adhesion between precursors, and scratches can be all prevented even without using interleaving paper.

Provided is a printing plate precursor including: a support; a layer which contains a polymer on one side of the support; and a layer which contains a metal oxide obtained by hydrolyzing and polycondensing an organic metal compound or an inorganic metal compound and fine particles on the other side of the support, in which an average particle diameter of the fine particles is 0.3 m or greater and is greater than the thickness of the layer containing a metal oxide and fine particles, and in a case where the printing plate precursors are laminated, dislocation in stacking precursors, adhesion between precursors, and scratches can be all prevented even without using interleaving paper.

A screen plate for screen printing is provided with a plate frame, a supporting body screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the plate frame, and a printing screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the supporting body screen. The supporting body screen is made of an n/m twilled weave textile, wherein n and m independently represent an integer of 2 or more. The screen plate has excellent printing accuracy.

A screen plate for screen printing is provided with a plate frame, a supporting body screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the plate frame, and a printing screen having an outer peripheral part fixed to the supporting body screen. The supporting body screen is made of an n/m twilled weave textile, wherein n and m independently represent an integer of 2 or more. The screen plate has excellent printing accuracy.

A method includes obtaining a metal substrate coated with a polymeric film which includes a first polymer obtained using a cationic photoinitiator and a second polymer obtained using a free-radical photoinitiator. The method further includes deep drawing the metal substrate and the polymeric film while the polymeric film is in a first crosslink density state and curing the deep-drawn polymeric film to achieve a second crosslink density state.