A radiating-sensitive composition and negative-working imageable element
includes a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator
composition capable of generating radicals sufficient to initiate
polymerization of the free radically polymerizable component upon
exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorbing compound, and
particles of a poly(urethane-acrylic) hybrid that are distributed
throughout the composition forming an imageable layer in the element.
Imaging can be accomplished at a wide range of wavelengths from about 150
to about 1500 nm, and development can be accomplished using an organic
solvent-based developer, warm water, plate cleaner, or on-press using a
combination of a lithographic printing ink and a fountain solution.