Abstract: A thermographic or photothermographic element is disclosed having a surface coating containing a film-forming binder overlying at least one major surface of the element. An alkoxysilane containing at least one saturated hydrocarbon substituent having at least 8 carbon atoms is confined to the surface coating to act as a friction reducing compound.

Abstract: A method and system permits photographers and/or consumers to select from a menu an applicable scent which is to be applied to an image. The selection of the scent and associated image can be recorded and stored either on film or digitally. At a photofinishing site the scent information can be inputted to a device which then delivers the selected scent to a print, a set of prints or a package of prints. With the system and method of the present invention, a photographer and/or consumer can designate a digital image or a frame on a photosensitive film that is to be associated with a scent, and at a photofinishing site, the scent can be applied to the print of the image.