US Patent 7435531 Image forming material

The present invention relates to an image forming material in which at least an alkali-soluble thermoplastic resin layer and a photosensitive resin layer are formed on a support in this order. At least the thermoplastic resin layer of the image forming material includes a copolymer comprising monomers represented by the following general formula (a) and the following general formula (b), a content ratio by mass of the monomers represented by general formula (a) to the monomers represented by general formula (b) is in a specific range.