Abstract: A liquid jet recording process comprises the step of providing a continuous passageway defining a path through which liquid can flow. The passageway has an inlet thereto and an outlet orifice therefrom and further defines a thermal chamber portion located directly in the path intermediate the inlet and the outlet orifice and spaced upstream from the outlet orifice. Liquid is supplied to the passageway to fill it and an input signal is generated each time it is desired to produce a liquid droplet. The liquid in the thermal chamber portion is heated in response to each input signal and heating is sufficient instantaneously to cause a change of state of the liquid in the thermal portion chamber sufficient to produce a force acting on liquid filling the passageway between the thermal chamber portion and the orifice that overcomes the surface tension of liquid at the orifice and thereby projects a droplet of liquid from the orifice.

Abstract: A liquid jet recording method and apparatus for recording information on a recording medium. A laser beam is irradiated onto an opto-mechanical transducer provided at a position, in a liquid flow path having at its distal end a discharge orifice for ejecting liquid in a predetermined direction and a pressure acting zone, at which a pressure acts on the recording liquid filled in that portion of the flow path, where the pressure as generated is effectively transmitted to the recording liquid filled in the pressure acting zone. This enables the liquid to be ejected from the discharge orifice, by which laser beam irradiation mechanical displacement is caused to deform the wall of the pressure acting zone to thereby bring about abrupt pressure change in the liquid filled in the pressure acting zone to eject the liquid from the discharge orifice in the form of droplets which fly toward the surface of a recording medium, on which the droplets adhere to make a necessary recording.

Abstract: An image-forming member for forming a metal grain image of the type containing a reducible metal compound which is able to isolate metal from it when reduced, and a reducing agent being capable of reducing the metal compound so that there may be formed a metal grain image by the metal isolated from the metal compound at the portion of the member subjected to the action of energy for producing a metal grain image-forming ability and thermal energy is characterized by the provision of a capturing means which is capable of capturing by-product produced from the metal compound upon the isolation of the metal from the metal compound.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material for producing an electrostatic printing master having improved electrostatic characteristics comprises a support, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive member for forming an electric printing master comprises a support, an organic silver salt layer containing an organic silver salt, a halide and a toning agent dispersed in a binder, and a surface protecting layer or a particular surface, and a reducing agent is contained in at least one layer of the organic silver salt layer and a layer adjacent to the organic layer.

Abstract: An improved heat-developable photosensitive material is disclosed which comprises an infrared rays-absorbing layer provided in contact with or adjacent to a layer comprising a reducible organic silver salt.

Abstract: A heat developable photosensitive composition comprises an organic silver salt, a halide and a sulfur compound.

Abstract: An image forming method comprises adding a development accelerator for accelerating the developing function at the time of the heat-development to a heat-development type photosensitive raw material containing therein at least an organic silver salt, a halide, and a binder, at the time when the image formation is to be carried out by the process steps of exposure and heat-development.

Abstract: Toner images are fixed by selectively elevating the temperature of the toner image portions and supplying a fixing agent to the toner image portions at the elevated temperature by utilizing the temperature difference between the toner image portions and the non-image portions.

Abstract: In an electrostatic printing process utilizing a printing master formed by exposing and heat developing a photosensitive element formed from a reducible organic silver salt, image forming capability is enhanced by a preheating of the image-forming member prior to said exposure and heat developing of the exposed image.

Abstract: A master for electrostatic printing comprises a layer composed of conductive silver image portion containing metallic silver grains and a non-silver image portion having an electric resistance sufficient to retain electrostatic charge. The image formed by image light exposure and heating a layer including an organic silver salt compound, a reducing agent and an insulating medium.

Abstract: Electrostatic printing is conducted by using an electrostatic printing master composed of an insulating medium having an electric resistance sufficient to retain an electrostatic charge and conductive silver images carried in the insulating medium and heating the electrostatic printing master.

Abstract: The photosensitivity of organic photoconductive materials can be improved by reactively mixing a free radical former having a free radical produced by irradiation of a dye base compound and an organic photoconductive materials with radiation energy.

Abstract: A heat developable photosensitive material capable of forming fogless and table images of high contrast which comprises at least an organic silver salt, a halide and at least one member selected from sulfur and sulfur compounds having a moiety of ##STR1##