Abstract: Photographic elements comprised of a support coated on one side with at least one image-forming layer, and on the opposite side with separate anticurl and antistatic layers in contiguous relationship, are prepared by a method in which the anticurl and antistatic layers are coated on the support by a tandem gravure coating process. In carrying out such process, the anticurl layer is formed by gravure coating of an anticurl coating composition comprising a hydrophilic colloid and the antistatic layer is formed by gravure coating of an antistatic coating composition comprising an antistatic agent and a diffusible hardening agent, which acts as a hardener for hydrophilic colloids and is present in the antistatic coating composition in an amount sufficient to diffuse from the antistatic layer to the anticurl layer.

Abstract: Photographic elements are protected against the adverse effects resulting from accumulation of static electrical charges by incorporating in the element an antistatic layer formed from an aqueous coating composition containing a water-soluble film-forming polymeric anionic polyelectrolyte in free acid form, a water-soluble film-forming cross-linkage polymeric binder, and an acid-acting cross-linking agent for the polymeric binder. The antistatic layer is useful with both photographic films and photographic papers employed in black-and-white photography or in color photography and will function as an effective anticurl layer as well as providing excellent protection against static. It is durable, abrasion resistant, non-tacky and highly resistant to the aqueous processing baths employed in photographic processing.