Abstract: A thermal transfer image receiving material is described, comprising a support of a paper comprising natural pulp as a principal component and having thereon a laminate layer of a thickness from 5 to 35 .mu.m comprising a polyolefin resin as a principal component.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is described which has excellent color-sensitizing efficiency by sensitizing dyes, sharpness, covering power, and pressure resistant properties, wherein the grains are comprised of core/shell type grains having contained therein a partially halogen-converted silver salt phase, the silver salt comprising silver halochloride, silver thiocyanate or silver citrate.

Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet adapted to receiving a dye from a thermal transfer sheet containing a dye capable of being sublimed or rendered mobile by heat, wherein said thermal receiving sheet comprises at least one receiving layer for receiving dye provided on a base sheet, and said base sheet comprises a support having at least one hydrophilic binder provided on the support between the support and the receiving layer.

Abstract: A method for preparing a silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver halide grains having silver halide protrusions on the surface of the silver halide grain matrix, wherein the silver halide grain matrix is chemically sensitized and then the silver halide protrusions are formed on the surface of the thus chemically sensitized silver halide grain matrix.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains and a binder, at least about 50 wt % of said silver halide grains comprising a silver halide grain matrix having thereon from about 10 to 10,000 protrusions per square micrometer of grain matrix surface, said individual protrusions having an average projected area diameter of up to about 0.15 .mu.m, and a halogen composition of said protrusions differing from that of the grain matrix; said silver halide emulsion being chemically sensitized with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur compound, a selenium compound, a reducing compound and a noble metal compound; and said silver halide emulsion being spectrally sensitized with a methine dye.