EP3476616

• Fujifilm Corporationsince Mar 29, 2019

The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor that enables a lithographic printing plate formed therefrom to have excellent image visibility and a long press life, as well as a lithographic printing plate manufacturing method and a printing method. The lithographic printing plate precursor of the invention is a lithographic printing plate precursor including an aluminum support and an image recording layer, the aluminum support includes an aluminum plate and an anodized film of aluminum formed on the aluminum plate, the anodized film is positioned closer to the image recording layer than the aluminum plate is, the anodized film has micropores extending in a depth direction of the anodized film from a surface of the anodized film on the image recording layer, the micropores have an average diameter of more than 10 nm but not more than 100 nm at the surface of the anodized film, and the surface of the anodized film on the image recording layer side has a lightness L* of 70 to 100 in a L*a*b* color system.