Abstract: Ablation data of a region other than an image region, which ablation data is required for a positive-type printing plate, is added at a printing plate automatic exposure device side. Thus, a disadvantage of a time duration for transmission of job data from a PC being slowed because of the ablation data is solved. As a result, image recording operations can be made more efficient. Furthermore, the ablation data includes non-exposure portions at regions corresponding to peripheral edge portions of the printing plate. Consequently, light does not impinge on a leading end chuck, a trailing end chuck and the like, and the ablation data can be made suitable for interlaced scanning.

Abstract: A recording tape cartridge is structured so as to accommodate, within a case, a reel on which is wound a magnetic tape which is a recording medium. The recording tape cartridge has a so-called WORM function such that overwriting of data on a recording region of the magnetic tape where data is already written, is prohibited. Within the case are provided a first memory board which stores data managing information for managing data written on the magnetic tape, and a second memory board which stores WORM managing information for managing writing of data to the magnetic tape.

Abstract: The present invention provides a black and white photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, as well as an image forming method. The black and white photothermographic material is characterized in that 50% or more of a total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide is occupied by tabular grains having a (111) face as a major face; the tabular grains have at least 2 parallel twin crystal planes in a grain; and a variation coefficient of a distribution of distances between closest twin crystal planes is 20% or less. Also provided is an image forming method that includes image exposure using fluorescent intensifying screens and thermal development.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photothermographic material comprising an image forming layer containing at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder and a non-image forming layer on at least one surface of a support, wherein 50% by weight or more of the binder is a hydrophilic binder, the light-sensitive material further comprising a metal phthalocyanine compound represented by the following formula (PC-1): wherein M represents a metal atom, R1, R4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R13 and R16 respectively represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent where at least one of R1, R4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R13 and R16 is an electron attractive group and R2, R3, R6, R7, R10, R11, R14 and R15 respectively represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: In a recording tape cartridge, a compression coil spring urges a reel downward via a brake member. Due to the biasing force of the spring, a gear of the brake member securely meshes with a gear inside a reel hub preventing the reel's inadvertent rotation. The biasing force urges lock members outward in a radial direction from the center of a mount or the reel. Engagement portions of the lock members engage with an upper edge of the hub. The outer side surfaces of the engagement portions press against the inner peripheral surface of the hub, and ends of the engagement portions at a further outer side than the body portions intervene between the upper surface of an upper flange and the inner surface of a top plate to prevent rotation of the reel and to control movement of the reel in either a radial or an axial direction.

Abstract: A photothermographic material containing an image forming layer having at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducing agent for the organic silver salt on one side of a support, and a first non-photosensitive layer containing a dye fixing agent for a water-soluble dye, a second non-photosensitive layer disposed between the support and the first non-photosensitive layer, and a third non-photosensitive layer forming an outermost layer on the other side of the support, wherein at least one layer among the first, second and third non-photosensitive layers contains the water-soluble dye. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits high image quality and excellent image storability, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including, on at least one surface of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide containing a silver iodide at 40 mol % or more, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducing agent, wherein the photothermographic material contains two or more kinds of the reducing agent at the mixing ratio to satisfy at least one of a), b), c) and d): a) a difference between a sensitivity or b) a difference between a maximum density is 0.10 or less, when developed at 120° C. for 10 sec and a sensitivity when developed at 120° C. for 14 sec; c) a difference between a sensitivity or d) a difference between a maximum density is 0.10 or less, when developed at 117° C. for 12 sec and a sensitivity when developed at 123° C. for 12 sec. An image forming method using the photothermographic material is also provided.

Abstract: An output instruction including output conditions that differ by page is instructed by the output instruction unit, the instruction data is analyzed by a data analysis unit, instruction data including instructed output conditions that differ by page is stored, the image data is image-processed by an image processing unit in accordance with the instruction data stored in the data analysis unit, to thereby create an output image, the output conditions of the printing mechanism are switched by an output control unit in accordance with the instruction data, and the output image generated at the image processing unit is printed by a printing mechanism. It is determined whether or not there are contradictions in the instruction data of the image data, resetting is prompted with respect to contradictions, and an appearance when image recording is actually effected in accordance with the instruction data is displayed.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer, wherein the photothermographic material contains a metal phthalocyanine dye represented by formula (I): wherein, M represents a metal atom; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, with at least one of them being a substituent; X1, X2, X3, and X4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X1, X2, X3, and X4 is an oil-soluble group. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits preferable image tone and excellent image storability.

Abstract: The invention provides a black and white photothermographic material comprising an image forming layer containing on at least one side of a support at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, wherein: the non-photosensitive organic silver salt comprises at least one compound selected from a silver salt of an azole compound or a silver salt of a mercapto compound; and the photothermographic material further comprises, a compound that can be one-electron-oxidized to provide a one-electron oxidation product which releases one or more electrons, and an adsorptive redox compound having a group adsorbable to the silver halide and a reducing group in the molecule. The invention provides a black and white photothermographic material having high image quality and an excellent storability, and an image forming method.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer, wherein the photothermographic material contains a water-insoluble azomethine dye and a metal phthalocyanine dye represented by formula (PC-1): wherein M represents a metal atom; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and at least one of them is an electron-attracting group. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits preferable image tone and excellent image storability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a first non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer including a second non-photosensitive organic silver salt that is different from the first non-photosensitive organic silver salt on the same side of the support as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein the photothermographic material further has a non-photosensitive intermediate layer between the image forming layer and the non-photosensitive layer, and 50% by weight or more of a binder in the non-photosensitive intermediate layer is a polymer latex. A photothermographic material, which exhibits improved image storability and improved resistance to image defects, is provided.

Abstract: An image forming method using a photothermographic material including, on at least one surface of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, in which (1) the photothermographic material is exposed and thermally developed during transportation at a transportation speed of 23 mm/sec or faster, (2) the non-photosensitive organic silver salt contains 30 mol % to 85 mol % of silver behenate and an amount of the time until a leading end of the photothermographic material reaches a thermal development station after a power source for ae thermal developing apparatus is turned on is 15 minutes or less, or (3) a coating amount of silver inf the photothermographic material is 1.9 g/m2 or less and a thermal development time is 12 sec or less.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on both sides of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, and an image forming method utilizing the same, characterized in that the image forming layer on a first side has an infectious development property, and the image forming layer on the other side does not have an infectious development property or has an infectious development property that is smaller than that of the image forming layer on the first side. The invention provides a double-sided type photothermographic material having improved photographic properties and an image forming method utilizing the same.

Abstract: A photothermographic material, comprising at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein a total silver iodide content of the photosensitive silver halide is 40% by mole or more and thermal development is started within 60 sec after exposure.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including a pair of electrodes and a layer that is disposed between the pair of electrodes and includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of A1, A2, B, C, n1 and n2 is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method comprising the steps (1) to (5): (1) forming a first negative photosensitive resin layer on a substrate; (2) forming a barrier layer on the first negative photosensitive resin layer; (3) forming a second negative photosensitive resin layer on the barrier layer; (4) exposing the substrate, on which the first and second negative photosensitive resin layers are formed, to light via a photo mask having at least two types of light transmissible patterns; and (5) developing the exposed first and second negative photosensitive resin layers, wherein a photosensitivity ratio of the first negative photosensitive resin layer to the second negative photosensitive resin layer (the first/the second) is more than 1. The invention also provides a color filter, a spacer for a liquid crystal display device, and a projection for orientation control, each of which is formed by the method.

Abstract: A black and white photothermographic material including, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a silver salt of a fatty acid, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, wherein the black and white photothermographic material includes a compound represented by the following formula (I) as the reducing agent and a compound represented by the following formula (BC-1) as a coupler: A black and white photothermographic material which exhibits low fog, high image density, excellent image tone, and excellent raw stock storability is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ehat-developabel photosensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon an image forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein a binder of an outermost layer at a side of the support at which the image forming layer is provided includes a latex polymer such as an ionomer type urethane polymer latex in an amount of 85 mass % or more, preferably 90 mass % or more, and more preferably 95 mass % or more. The heat-developable photosensitive material may also have a layer adjacent to the outermost layer which layer contains a binder that gels due to temperature reduction or contains a binder containing a water-soluble polymer derived from animal protein in an amount of 50 mass % or more.

Abstract: An image forming method using a photothermographic material including, on a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material includes at least two image forming layers having spectral sensitivities that are different from each other, and wherein the image forming method includes: imagewise exposing the photothermographic material by using at least two laser beams having wavelengths that are different from each other and correspond to photosensitive wavelengths of the image forming layers; and thermally developing the photothermographic material to form a fusion image made up of two or more kinds of image information. An image forming method using a photothermographic material which records a composite image made up of a silver image and a color image of different kinds of image information is provided.