a printing plate and a process for plate - making which requires no particular plate - making apparatus , wherein the plate - making is performed by using a safe aqueous solvent . the printing plate has a resin layer 1 soluble in an aqueous solvent 3 and the process for plate - making comprises the steps of bringing selectively an aqueous solvent like water in contact with the surface of the resin layer 1 , and removing partially or wholly the resin layer 1 at the contacted portion by dissolving the resin layer in the aqueous solvent to form an engraved or perforated portion 5 . the stencil printing plate has the resin layer adhered to a porous substrate by an adhesive containing a hydrophobic polymer .