Abstract: Improved sensitivity and reduced minimum density are provided by an emulsion in which high bromide tabular grains exhibit an average thickness of less than 0.07 .mu.m and have latent image forming reduction chemical sensitization sites and adsorbed spectral sensitizing dye on their surfaces. The tabular grains contain a dopant capable of forming shallow electron trapping sites, and the spectral sensitizing dye exhibits an oxidation potential more positive than 1.2 volts. A photographic element is disclosed which locates the emulsion in a layer overlying a minus blue recording emulsion layer. Exceptionally sharp images are formed in the minus blue recording emulsion layer when in the overlying emulsion layer greater than 97 percent of the total projected area of the silver halide grains having an equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.2 .mu.m is accounted for by tabular grains having an average equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.7 .mu.m.

Abstract: A photographic element which has a blue sensitive emulsion with broad blue spectral coverage and yet, good speed and low fog. The element has a blue sensitive silver halide tabular grain emulsion which has a tabularity of at least 25 sensitized with a dye of formula (I) and a dye of formula (II), wherein the formula (I) dye on the emulsion has a peak sensitization of between 400-445 nm and the formula (II) dye on the emulsion has a peak sensitization of between 446-500 nm: ##STR1## wherein: Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3 and Z.sub.4 independently represent the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted benzene or naphthylene;X, Y, X.sub.1 and Y.sub.1 are independently O, S, Se or MR.sub.5, provided that at least X or Y is O or NR.sub.5, where R.sub.5 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represent H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl.

Abstract: Photographic emulsions are disclosed comprised of radiation sensitive silver iodobromide grains, at least 50 percent of the total projected area of said silver iodobromide grains being accounted for by tabular grains exhibiting a mean tabularity of greater than 5, at least 10 percent of which are comprised of two opposed parallel major crystal faces, a host stratum having an iodide content of at least 4 mole percent, and laminar strata containing less than 2 mole percent iodide interposed between said host stratum and said opposed major crystal faces.The emulsions are characterized in that each of the laminar strata is comprised of a surface layer forming one of the major surfaces and having a thickness in the range of from 20 to 350 .ANG. and a subsurface layer located immediately beneath and in contact with the surface layer containing a hexacoordination complex of a Group VIII period 4 or 5 metal and at least three cyanide ligands.

Abstract: Photographic assemblages, elements, receiving elements and cover sheets comprise a combination of two timing layers and a neutralizing layer. The outermost timing layer contains photographic addenda, such as development inhibitors, for substantially terminating development of the silver halide emulsion. The timing layer next to the neutralizing layer has a much longer breakdown time so that it is permeated by the alkaline processing composition only after silver halide development has been substantially terminated.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a water-release transfer is disclosed in which a design in a photopolymerizable ink is applied to a substrate having a water-soluble release coating and the design is subjected to photopolymerizing radiation, e.g. ultra-violet light, to cause the ink to polymerize to a solid state. Preferably the ink comprises a mixture of a liquid unsaturated monomer and a viscous or solid prepolymer, and one or both of the monomer and prepolymer contain acryloyl or methacryloyl groups. The invention includes water-release transfers manufactured using photopolymerizable inks.

Abstract: A dry release transfer is disclosed in which a releasable layer is adhered to a carrier sheet and a stress-resisting transferable design layer is printed on the releasable layer. The releasable layer is normally pre-stressed so that when an external force is applied to the carrier sheet , e.g. by rubbing with a stylus, this force is transmitted to the releasable layer. Since the releasable layer cannot yield to the applied force by stretching, because it is held by the stress-resisting layer, the adhesive bond between the releasable layer and the carrier sheet is weakened or is ruptured or partial or complete cohesive failure occurs within the releasable layer, thereby facilitating transfer of the design layer. A method of producing such transfers is also disclosed.

Abstract: Photographic assemblages, elements, receiving elements and cover sheets comprise a combination of two timing layers and a neutralizing layer. The outermost timing layer contains photographic addenda, such as development inhibitors, for substantially terminating development of the silver halide emulsion. The timing layer next to the neutralizing layer has a much longer breakdown time so that it is permeated by the alkaline processing composition only after silver halide development has been substantially terminated.

Abstract: A heat transfer is disclosed which is primarily intended for application of designs to textiles. The transfer comprises a flexible carrier sheet bearing a transfer layer of a polymer composition which is rendered non-blocking at normal room temperatures by a particulate solid dispersed therein. The particulate solid is selected so that at the melting temperature of the layer it is either removed completely by sublimation or is converted to a form which does not interfere with liquid phase transfer of the design to the textile.

Abstract: A dry release transfer is disclosed in which the design layer is formed by printing one or more inks onto a carrier sheet, at least one of the inks being a photopolymerizable composition, and subjecting the design layer to ultra-violet radiation or an electron beam discharge in order to polymerize the photopolymerizable ink. By suitable selection of polymerizable components of the ink so that the photopolymerized ink has a high Young's modulus, a stress-resisting design layer is produced which will release readily from the carrier on mechanically stressing the carrier, e.g. by rubbing lightly with a ball-point pen.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a stencil for use in screen printing which method comprises coating a screen mesh with liquid photopolymerizable composition, imagewise exposing the coated mesh to radiation to polymerize liquid composition on the mesh in the exposed areas, and removing unexposed liquid composition from the mesh to develop the stencil. Suitably the liquid composition is applied with the screen mesh in contact with a protective film and, after imagewise exposure, the stencil is developed by stripping of the film such that unexposed liquid remains on the film. This provides a simple method of producing a stencil which does not require highly skilled personnel.