An object of the present invention is to provide a lithographic printing
plate with a hydrophilic layer mainly made from resins which has a
photosensitivity to the light in near infrared region, on which images
can be printed directly with laser beam, requiring no development and
wiping off operation, and immediately recovering from ink stains without
any difficulties when an ink attaches to non-image areas on printing, and
a photosensitive resin composition applied to the printing plate.A
lithographic printing original plate having a photosensitive layer formed
on a support is characterized in that the surface of the photosensitive
layer has a phase-separation structure, and the recessed parts are formed
on the surface of a photosensitive layer by the dissolution of one
component of photosensitive layer constituting the phase-separation and
the surface of the photosensitive layer is changed to have affinity for
ink by irradiation with light.