Abstract: A heat developing photosensitive material is disclosed, comprising silver halide, a binder, a reducing agent and a heat solvent, wherein said heat solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulae I, II and III: ##STR1##

Abstract: A heat developable color photographic material is disclosed, which has a high speed and lowered fog. The photographic material comprises a blue-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent and a binder, and a layer containing blue-sensitive silver halide contains a compound represented by the following formula I: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of atoms necessary for completing an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring which may have a condensed ring.

Abstract: The method of processing a heat-processable color photosensitive material is disclosed. The photosensitive material comprises a support, provided thereon, a photosensitive layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a dye-donor, a reducing agent and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer containing at least a binder, wherein a coupler capable of coupling with an oxydized product of the reducing agent to form a substantially colorless product is contained in at least one of the photosensitive layer and the non-photosensitive layer, and is represented by Formula (1); ##STR1## wherein R represents one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group and an aryl group; and X represents a group of the atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen.

Abstract: A heat-processible color photographic material having on a base support at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material represented by the following general formula (1) in disclosed. where A is a coupler site capable of dye formation by entering into a coupling reaction with the oxidized product of the reducing agent; L is a divalent linkage grop binding to A at the active point of the coupler site represented by A; B is a ballast group having a sufficient molecular size or shape to render the dye-providing material of the general formula (1) substantially immobile during thermal development; Dye is a dye site, n is 1, 2 or 3, part of the coupler site A optionally serving as part of the dye site Dye.

Abstract: A method of forming a color diffusion transfer image by heat development is disclosed. This method comprises effecting imagewise exposure of a thermally developable photosensitive material containing an organosilver salt and a thermally non-diffusing color providing material capable of releasing a chelatable diffusing dye upon heat development, thermally developing the exposed photosensitive material to form an imagewise pattern of the chelatable dye from said color providing material, and diffusing and transferring at least part of said imagewise pattern into an image-receiving layer containing a polyvalent metallic ion that is superimposed on the photosensitive material, thereby forming on the image-receiving layer an imagewise pattern of the dye that has chelated with the polyvalent metallic ion.

Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material having at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material on a support is disclosed. The dye-providing material is a compound that releases or forms a diffusible dye as a function of development and which has a group capable of reacting with the nucleophilic agent.

Abstract: In a heat-transfer image-receiving element adapted to have a superposed relation, at least during a heat-transfer processing, with a heat-transfer element containing a heat-transferable dye donator, wherein said heat-transfer image-receiving element comprises at least one of compounds having the following general Formula (I), (II) or (III) and at least one of compounds having the following general Formula (IV) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.3, R.sub.3 ' and R.sub.5 each is a hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, heterocyclic, acyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl or aralkylsulfonyl group; R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.4 ', R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group, l is an integer of from 1 to 4, q is an integer of from 1 to 6, m, n and p each is an integer of from 1 to 3, provided if the l, m, n, p and q each is an integer of not less than 2, the R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.4 ', R.sub.6 and R.sub.

Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material is disclosed that the said material has at least one light-sensitive silver halide containing layer on a support and which further contains a compound represented by the general formula (I):X (J.sub.m F).sub.n (I)wherein X is the residue of the development restrainer; J is a divalent linkage; F is an immobilizing group that is capable of reducing the diffusibility of the compound of formula (I) or a silver salt or silver complex thereof during thermal development; m is 0 or 1; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-layer heat-developement-type color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a yellow dye donator substance and a binder, e.g. gelatin, a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a magenta dye donator substance and a binder, and a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a cyan dye donator substance and a binder, the binder of the respective layers amounting in total to from 3 g to 10 g per m.sup.2 of said support; preferably at least one layer of the light-sensitive material contains a heat solvent.

Abstract: A heat-developable color photosensitive element having a support bearing thereon at least one photographic component layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a dye donor substance and a binder. The photosensitive element is characterized by the photographic component layer which contains a thermal solvent and a binder which contains both a gelatin and a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer.

Abstract: A heat-developable color photo-sensitive material having a support. A photographic component layer is on the support and contains at least a photo-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material. At least one of the dye-providing materials is a polymer having a repetition unit being derived from a monomer represented by the Formula I.

Abstract: A heat-developable color photo-sensitive material having a support. On the support, there is a photographic component layer containing at least a photo-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material. At least one of the dye-providing materials in the photo-sensitive material is a polymer having a unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula I.

Abstract: In a heat-developable color photo-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon a photographic component layer containing at least a photo-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material; said heat-developable photo-sensitive material characterized in that at least one of said dye-providing materials is a polymer having a repetition unit being derived from a monomer Formula [I] below: ##STR1## wherein , Q represents an ethylene unsaturated group or a group having an ethylene unsaturated group; Z represents a group of atoms required for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic residual group in which a polymerizable ethylene unsaturated bonding may also be incorporated into the heterocyclic ring, together with a nitrogen atom; R.sub.1 represents an alkyl, aryl, alkylamino, anilino, acylamino or ureido group; Ar represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic residual group; and n is an integer of zero or one.

Abstract: A thermographic transfer recording medium comprising a substantially heat-resistive support coated with, in order from the support, a coloring agent layer containing a fusion resistive polymer compound as a binder having a coloring agent dissolved or dispersed therein, and a transferable layer comprising a low melting point compound capable of containing a coloring agent and of transferring an image to a recording paper.

Abstract: Photoreceptor for electrophotography comprising a conductive support and an overlaying photosensitive layer thereon, said photosensitive layer containing at least one azo compound of Formula I or II ##STR1## wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2, Ar.sub.3 and Ar.sub.4 each is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring radical or an aromatic heterocyclic ring radical; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each is an electron attractive group or hydrogen provided that at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is an electron attractive group; and A is ##STR2## wherein X is a hydroxy group or a group represented by the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each is hydrogen or an alkyl group, and R.sub.8 is an alkyl or aryl group; Y is halogen, an alkyl or alkoxy group, a carboxy group, a sulfo group, a carbamoyl or sulfamoyl group; Z is an atomic group necessary for making an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; R.sub.

Abstract: An electrophotograhic photoreceptor that has great ability to generate carriers and which has high sensitivity but low residual potential is disclosed. This photoreceptor is characterized by having formed on an electrically conductive support a light-sensitive layer containing a bisazo compound of the following formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a cyano group, a chlorine atom or a bromine atom; X.sub.1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a cyano group; X.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl atom or an alkoxy group; A is ##STR2## wherein Y is a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl group; Z is an atomic group necessary for forming a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring; R.sub.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electrophotosensitive receptor which comprises a conductive support and an electrophotosensitive layer which comprises a carrier transporting material and a specified trisazo compound wherein the azo compound is applied as a coating solution containing a solvent or as a liquid dispersion mixture containing a dispersion medium. Alternatively, the electrophotosensitive receptor comprises a conductive support and an electrophotosensitive layer which comprises said azo compound wherein the azo compound is applied as a coating solution containing a solvent and a binder or as a liquid dispersion medium containing a dispersion medium and a binder.

Abstract: A method for the formation of a color photographic image comprising exposure and development of a photographic element, said photographic element comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, a compound capable of releasing a diffusible azo dye compound during development, and at least one mordant layer arranged on a support. The color image formation is effected by the reaction of multivalent metallic ions with an azo dye compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein G.sup.1 is an alkoxy or a thioalkoxy metallic chelating group; G.sup.2 is a metallic chelating group in which an oxygen atom is involved in the chelate formation; and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each is a group of atoms necessary to form an aromatic carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring. The azo dye compound and the metallic ions form a metal complex by coordination of the azo group and the G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 groups of the azo dye compound with the multivalent metallic ions.

Abstract: A photographic light-sensitive element for a color diffusion transfer process which has a silver halide emulsion layer and also employs a nondiffusible cyan dye releasing compound. The compound is capable of releasing a diffusible metallic complex which forms an azo dye under alkaline conditions as a function of the development of the silver halide in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Abstract: A photographic light-sensitive element which comprises on a support a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and having associated therewith a non-diffusible compound capable of, under alkaline condition, releasing a diffusible azo dye, said compound having the formula (1), ##STR1## wherein X represents a group of atoms necessary to complete a naphthalene ring or a benzene ring, G.sup.1 represents a hydroxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, G.sup.2 represents a carboxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, a hydroxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a carboxy group, a carbamoyl group or an amino group, each of which group may be substituted, R.sup.