Abstract: Process and material for controlling the visual aspect of an image present in a hydrophilic colloid layer, layer system, or relief pattern on a permanent support by transferring a continuous non-photosensitive layer assembly from a temporary support to said image, said transfer being brought about by pre-wetting the image-carrying permanent support, bringing the pre-wet image-carrying permanent support in face-to-face contact with said continuous non-photosensitive layer assembly carried by said temporary support, stripping off the temporary support to leave said continuous non-photosensitive layer assembly covering and adhering to said image-carrying permanent support, and drying the resulting layer packet, wherein said continuous non-photosensitive layer assembly comprises in the given sequence a polyester layer having sufficient adhesiveness to said temporary support to remain adhering thereto before being stripped therefrom and yet having sufficient repellency in respect of said temporary support to make

Abstract: A photopolymerizable material having(A) a flexible, transparent film support;(B) a colored, polymerizable layer containing an organic binder, a free-radical-polymerizable compound, containing at least one terminal ethylenically unsaturated group, and a dye or colored pigment;(C) an adhesion layer containing a thermoplastic polymer and having a T.sub.g of from 25.degree. to 100.degree. C.; and(D) an uncolored photopolymerizable layer which contains a polymeric organic binder, a free-radical-polymerizable compound containing at least one terminal ethylenically unsaturated group and a photopolymerization initiator between the film support (A) and the colored polymerizable layer (B),where the cohesion of layers (B), (C) and (D) and the adhesion of these layers to one another and to the film support (A) provides the relationship wherein the adhesion (a.sub.2) of the photopolymerizable layer (D) to the colored layer (B) in the unexposed state is lower than: (i) the adhesion (a.sub.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat mode recording material comprising on the same side of a non-conductive support a conductive recording layer and an elastomeric image forming layer being non-conductive characterised in that a peelable polymeric film is provided as an outermost layer on the side of said support containing said elastomeric image forming layer.

Abstract: Method for making lithographic aluminum offset printing plates according to the DTR-process by photo-exposing a photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage comprising a hydrophilic aluminum foil, an intermediate layer comprising hydrophobic polymer beads prepared by polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s) and having an average diameter not lower than 0.2 .mu.m, and a silver halide emulsion layer, applying an aqueous alkaline solution to the photo-exposed silver halide emulsion layer in the presence of a developing agent and a silver halide solvent to form a silver image and to allow unreduced silver halide or complexes formed thereof to diffuse image-wise from the developed silver halide emulsion layer to said aluminum foil to produce thereon a silver image, and separating said emulsion layer and said intermediate layer from the imaged aluminum foil. The invention also relates to the photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage used for making such printing plates.

Abstract: An image-receiving element for use in photographic diffusion transfer film units of the type wherein the image-receiving element, which includes an image-receiving layer, is designed to be removed, or "peeled-apart", from a photosensitive element after exposure and development have been carried out. The image-receiving element includes a strip-coat layer comprising a hydrophilic colloid, such as gum arabic, and an aluminum salt which overlies the image-receiving layer and significantly reduces striations and/or haze and facilitates the separation of the image-receiving element from the remainder of the film unit subsequent to diffusion transfer photography.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a base paper support coated with a hydrophilic polymer as a peeling agent, and having thereon, a polyolefin resin layer, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is coated on the side on which the silver halide emulsion layer is provided, and a peel strength between the base paper support and the polyolefin resin layer is within the range of 30 to 160 g in weight per inch, and a maximum color transmission density is not less than 2.0 when the silver halide light-sensitive material is subjected to a color developing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat recording material comprising on a support in the order given a porous layer of an image forming substance, a substance capable of converting radiation into heat, a thermoplastic layer containing a photocurable composition and a stripping layer. The present invention further provides a method for obtaining an image with such an heat recording material. Images of high quality and good wear and scratch resistance are obtained.

Abstract: A white, partially translucent, metallized film article which having a flexible, heat resistant, polymeric film material with opposite sides. The film material has deposited on a first side a metal coating which is spectrally reflective and partially light transmissive in the visible region of the spectrum, is capable of transmitting from about 1% to about 70% of incident visible light cast thereon; the second side having a white outermost surface, and has a visible light opacity of from about 0.5 to about 0.98.

Abstract: A thermal dye transfer process, and intermediate receiver used therein, for obtaining a color image which is used to represent a printed color image obtained from a printing press comprising (a) forming a thermal dye transfer image in a polymeric dye image-receiving layer of an intermediate dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon said dye image-receiving layer by imagewise-heating a dye-donor element and transferring a dye image to the dye image-receiving layer, (b) adhering the dye image-receiving layer to a surface of a final receiver element by heat laminating the intermediate dye receiving element to the final receiver element, and (c) stripping the intermediate dye receiving element support from the dye image-receiving layer, wherein the intermediate dye receiving element further comprises a cushion layer between the support and the dye image-receiving layer, the shear modulus of the cushion layer being less than the shear modulus of the support and less than ten times the shear modulus

Abstract: A light sensitive transfer material comprises a peel-off support, an alkali-soluble thermoplastic resin layer, a water- or aqueous alkali-soluble or -dispersible interlayer having a low oxygen permeability, and a light sensitive resin layer arranged in this order, wherein the adhesion between the peel-off support and the thermoplastic resin layer is the smallest. A process for forming an image using the transfer material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A photosensitive transfer material is described, comprising a temporary support having formed thereon in sequence a thermoplastic resin layer, a separating layer having only slight permeability to oxygen, and a photosensitive resin layer, wherein the adhesion between the thermoplastic resin layer and the separating layer is weakest. The photosensitive transfer material is useful, for example, for an image-forming process.

Abstract: The use of a two layer photoimageable, aqueous processable, resist with an amphoteric binder in the layer laminated directly to a printed circuit board provides a permanent coating with improved adhesion throughout the lamination process while maintaining other desirable properties such as storage stability and circuit encapsulation.

Abstract: The photosensitive transfer material of the invention comprises a support, a subbing layer comprising an organic polymer and an image-forming layer containing a photosensitive polymer, wherein the subbing layer and/or the image-forming layer contains a matting agent of core-shell type crosslinked resin particles consisting of a core part made of a polymer having a crosslinking degree of 0.05 to 3.0 mmole/g and a shell part made of a substantially linear polymer having at least one kind of a hydrophilic functional group.

Abstract: A stripping film material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate film base serving as temporary support being coated with a subbing layer essentially consisting of either:(1) hydroxypropylcellulose wherein the molar degree of substitution (DS) with hydroxypropyl groups is in the range of 3 to 1, or:(2) a copoly(vinyl acetate/crotonic acid) having a weight ratio of vinyl acetate to crotonic acid in the range of 85/15 to 99/1, wherein said subbing layer is coated with at least one hydrophilic colloid layer which is adapted to be stripped off after being moistened with an aqueous liquid, e.g. by contact with a wet surface of a permanent support.

Abstract: A CAD driven photoplotter selectively exposes a photographic imaging layer without affecting the underlying UV sensitive resist on a substrate to make a printed wiring board, for example. The image layer is developed on the board and used as an in situ mask for the underlying UV resist during exposure to UV. After UV exposure, the image layer is peeled off to allow conventional processing of the resist. The in situ mask is preferably applied in the form of a baseless, high contrast, high gamma emulsion layer bonded to the protective cover sheet over the uncured resist. To facilitate application, the emulsion layer is carried by a release paper which is removed before photoplotting. After UV exposure, the cover sheet and emulsion layer are integrally peeled from the resist.

Abstract: A white, partially translucent, metallized film article which having a flexible, heat resistant, polymeric film material with opposite sides. The film material has deposited on a first side a metal coating which is spectrally reflective and partially light transmissive in the visible region of the spectrum, is capable of transmitting from about 1% to about 70% of incident visible light cast thereon; the second side having a white outermost surface, and has a visible light opacity of from about 0.5 to about 0.98.

Abstract: A process of forming images with a heat-developable color light-sensitive material is disclosed. The process of forming images comprises steps of exposing imagewise a heat-developable color light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a light-sensitive layer containing a binder, light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and dye donating substance capable of forming or releasing a diffusible dye upon heat development and superposing a dye image receiving material which comprises a support having thereon a dye receiving layer, over the light-sensitive material during, or after completion of, heat development to transfer dye images to said dye image receiving layer; wherein the dye image receiving layer contains a hydrophilic binder and polymer particles; a weight ration of the hydrophilic binder to the polymer particles is from 1:05 to 1:20; and the heat development and transfer of dye images to the dye image receiving layer are carried out in the substantial absence of water.

Abstract: Most prepress color proofing systems require the use of special receptor sheets. The differences between the special sheets and the final print sheet can affect the desired color balance. The use of a proof image on a temporary transfer sheet, with an adhesive layer between the image and a final receptor layer, enables the use of essentially any printing stock or printing surface as the final proofing image substrate.

Abstract: A thermal developing type photosensitive pressure sensitive recording medium records an image and transfers the image onto an image receiving medium. The image recording medium includes a substrate, microcapsules and binder. The microcapsules are formed on the substrate, and encapsulate therein dye and polymerizable compound. A latent image is formed in a combination of the microcapsules by changing mechanical strength thereof upon photopolymerization of the polymerizable compound for forming cured and non-cured microcapsules. The dye flows out of the non-cured microcapsules and is transferred onto an image receiving layer by rupturing the non-cured microcapsules upon pressure application. The binder fixes the microcapsules onto the substrate. The binder contains a pressure sensitive adhesive agent.

Abstract: An image transfer type recording method and kits for forming images on a receiving medium stably adheres a developer layer to any type of image receiving medium, such as, for example, plain paper, cloths, plastic films or the like. According to an image transfer type recording method, the image formation layer and the image receiving medium are adhered to each other by an adhesive layer. Therefore, the image formation layer can be stably adhered to any type of image receiving medium The image formation layer is adhered to the image receiving medium while being sandwiched between a thermoplastic resin layer and the adhesive layer. Therefore, the color of the image formed on the image formation layer is not faded or reduced in brightness, even if the image is formed on media made from cloth and such media on which the image is formed is washed.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved negative-working or positive-working, single sheet color proofing method which can accurately reproduce images by using colored, photosensitive layers on substrates which are then overcoated with partially developable adhesive layers. The final construction is useful in predicting the image quality from a lithographic printing process. The partial removal of the adhesive layers cleans out any background stain which may remain from the incomplete removal of the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: Method for making lithographic aluminium offset printing plates according to the DTR-process by photo-exposing a photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage comprising a hydrophilic aluminium foil, a water-swellable intermediate layer comprising a non-proteinic hydrophilic film-forming polymer, and a silver halide emulsion layer, applying an aqueous alkaline solution thereto in the presence of a developing agent and a silver halide solvent, allowing to reduce the photo-exposed silver halide, allowing the unreduced silver halide or complexes thereof to diffuse to said aluminium foil to form a silver image thereon, and separating said emulsion layer and said intermediate layer from the imaged aluminium foil. The invention also relates to the photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage used for making such printing plates.

Abstract: There is disclosed a laminar thermal imaging medium comprising a pair of sheet members and at least a layer of image-forming substance confined therebetween in laminar relation thereto, said laminar thermal imaging medium being actuatable in response to intense image-forming radiation for production of an image in said image-forming substance, said medium material having a tendency toward stress-induced adhesive failure at the interface therein having the weakest adhesivity, and such tendency being reduced by a polymeric stress-absorbing layer in close proximity to said interface, said polymeric stress-absorbing layer being capable of absorbing physical stresses applied to said laminar thermal imaging medium.

Abstract: An image transfer type recording method for forming a visible image on a developer medium comprising a base sheet, a thermoplastic resin layer, and a developer material layer which is color-reactable with a chromogenic material laminated in this order, and transferring the visible image on the developer medium to any type of image supporting medium, comprising the steps of forming the visible image on the developer material layer through a color-reaction between the developer material and the chromogenic material, providing an adhesive layer on the developer material layer, superposing the developer material layer and the image supporting medium under pressure and heat to fixedly transfer the developer material layer having the visible image thereon to the image supporting medium, and peeling off only the substrate of the developer medium.

Abstract: A light-sensitive transfer sheet is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon a peeling layer comprising an alcohol-soluble polyamide, an alkali-soluble organic polymer and a basic compound, and a color material-incorporated light-sensitive resin layer or a color material layer and a light-sensitive resin layer, in that order.

Abstract: An optical or magneto-optical recording card is produced using a transfer type optical or magneto-optical recording medium. The transfer type optical or magneto-optical recording medium comprises a base film, a peeling layer, an optical or magneto-optical recording layer and a light permeable adhesive layer which are successively superimposed one above another to constitute a layered structure. A protective layer is adhered to the transfer type optical or magneto-optical recording medium with the aid of an adhesive layer and the base film is then peeled off together with the peeling layer. Next, the protective layer to which the optical or magneto-optical recording layer is adhered is adhesively attached to a card base in such a manner that the optical or magneto-optical recording layer is interposed therebetween whereby an optical or magneto-optical recording card is completely produced. The transfer type recording medium can be preserved in such a state that it is wound about a reel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a thermal imaging laminar medium, actuatable in response to intense image-forming radiation for production of an image, and including a thermoplastic intermediate layer which, upon separation of the sheet-like or web materials of the laminar medium after thermal exposure, provides surface protection for one of the pair of images obtained thereby.

Abstract: An optical recording card is produced using a transfer type optical recording medium. The transfer type optical recording medium comprises a base film, a peeling layer, an optical recording layer and a light permeable adhesive layer which are successively superimposed one above another to constitute a layered structure. A protective layer is adhered to the transfer type optical recording medium with the aid of an adhesive layer and the base film is then peeled off together with the peeling layer. Next, the protective layer to which the optical recording layer is adhered is adhesively attached to a card base in such a manner that the optical recording layer is interposed therebetween whereby an optical recording card is completely produced. The transfer type recording medium can be preserved in such a state that it is wound about a reel. Accordingly, the transfer type recording medium is adhered to the protective layer when the optical recording card is produced, and thereafter it is adhered to the card base.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for protecting an image which comprises providing a multilayered colored image on a permanent receiver which may be any of a wide range of materials. A photosensitive element on a substrate is laminated to a temporary element and exposed with substrate removal before development. After development, the steps are repeated with another color. A protective element is laminated to the colored image. After removal of the support of the temporary element, the colored image with protective element is laminated to a permanent receiver.

Abstract: An image-receiving sheet element comprising an image-receiving layer provided on a flexible substrate and a removable cover sheet, wherein said cover sheet comprises a low density copolymer containing 30% by weight or more of a linear polyethylene, is described. This image-receiving sheet element shows improved slip properties and a good workability, and little deterioration in transfer properties upon prolonged storage. Furthermore, it scarcely suffers from any caused by static electricity when the cover sheet is peeled off from the image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: Provided are multilayer, tonable peel-apart photosensitive elements which include an esterified polyol plasticizer in the photoadherent layer, together with processes for their use for preparing pre-press color proofs.

Abstract: An image-receiving sheet material to be used for the formation of a transferred image by transferring a transferable image formed on an image-forming layer of a photo-sensitive material onto the image-receiving sheet material and then retransferring the image onto a permanent substrate, as well as a process for the formation of a transferred image with the use of the image-receiving sheet material are disclosed.

Abstract: Method for making lithographic aluminium offset printing plates according to the DTR-process by photo-exposing a photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage comprising a hydrophilic aluminium foil, a water-swellable intermediate layer comprising a non-protenic hydrophilic film-forming polymer, and a silver halide emulsion layer, applying an aqueous alkaline solution thereto in the presence of a developing agent and a silver halide solvent, allowing to reduce the photo-exposed silver halide, allowing the unreduced silver halide or complexes thereof to diffuse to said aluminium foil to form a silver image thereon, and separating said emulsion layer and said intermediate layer from the image aluminium foil. The invention also relates to the photosensitive monosheet layer assemblage used for making such printing plates.

Abstract: An image-receiving sheet material to be used for the formation of a transferred image by transferring a transferable image formed on an image-forming layer of a photo-sensitive material onto the image-receiving sheet material and then retransferring the image onto a permanent substrate, wherein the image-receiving sheet material comprises a substrate and first and second image-receiving layers located adjacent each other and comprising organic high polymer(s), wherein the second image-receiving layer is to be transferred onto the permanent substrate and further comprises at least one of the following components (I) and (II):(I) one or more compounds represented by general formula R.sub.1 --X, wherein X is --CH.sub.2 OR.sub.2, --COOH or --CONH.sub.2 ; R.sub.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group of C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 or C.sub.n H.sub.2n-1, wherein n is an integer of from 11 to 21; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or --CO--R.sub.3 --S--R.sub.3 --COOCH.sub.2 --R.sub.1 ; and R.sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to negative photosensitized sheet constructions which, upon exposure to an actinic radiation source through a screened image, can accurately reproduce said image. The construction is useful as a color proofing film which can be employed to predict the image quality from a lithographic printing process.

Abstract: A process for forming a line art of halftone multicolor colloid pattern involves the contact exposure in registration of different colored silver halide emulsion hydrophilic colloid layers each on a temporary support and the hardening development of the individual exposed silver halide emulsion layers in turn after each is transferred to a common intermediate support to form thereon a multi-layer assembly of reverse reading color relief images on top of each other. This assembly together with an underlying stripping layer from the intermediate support is transferred bodily onto a permanent support by adherence to an adhesive layer carried on the latter support to form thereon a right-reading multicolor image that may serve as a color proof.

Abstract: In a process for preparing a photopolymer printing plate, relief plate or photoresist from a photosensitive recording element containingA) a photopolymerizable relief-forming layer which can be developed with liquid developer after imagewise exposure to actinic light,B) a top layer which consists of polymers forming films of high tensile strength, adheres firmly to the photopolymerizable relief-forming layer (A) and is soluble or swellable in the liquid developers andC) a cover sheet which can readily be peeled off from the top layer (B),comprising peeling off the cover sheet (C) from the top layer (B), imagewise exposing to actinic light and developing the relief-forming layer (A), the formation of an electrostatic charge on top of the photosensitive recording element being prevented by incorporating into the element a top layer (B) containing specific tertiary amines and/or amides and/or specific quaternary ammonium salts.

Abstract: Multicolor image products useful for prepress color proofing. The products are laminates of a transfer support sheet; an adhesive layer of a heat-fusible and bondable material on a surface of said transfer support sheet; an image layer of a first color provided on the adhesive layer and having image areas of a water-insoluble resin component and non-image areas, the image areas being bonded to the surface of the adhesive layer; and one, two or three additional image layers each of a different color other than that of the first image layer.

Abstract: A process for recovering a support from a photographic film is disclosed. The photographic film comprises the support and an undercoating layer provided thereon. The support is made of cellulose triacetate film base. The undercoating layer contains gelatin and cellulose nitrate. According to the present invention, the process comprises the steps of: (I) treating the photographic film with an aqueous solution of a surfactant; and then (II) treating the photographic film with an aqueous solution of a protease to remove the undercoating layer from the support. The aqueous solution of the protease used at the step of (II) preferably further contains an anionic surfactant. It is also preferred that the process further contains the step of (III) treating the recovered support with an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide to bleach the support.

Abstract: A novel decorating pigment-transfer sheet 1 utilizing at least one photosensitive resin layer 3 and at least one pigment layer deposited thereon is provided for decorating heat-resistant articles 7 such as ceramics. The transfer sheet 1 comprises a water-absorbing substrate sheet 2; a water soluble paste layer 5 placed thereon; at least one and normally three photosensitive resin layers 3 placed thereon, each resin layer 3 having adhesive dot photo-images 3c produced by irradiating the resin layer 3 through a photographic dotted film 6; and at least one and normally three glaze-containing pigment layers (a, b, c) deposited on the adhesive dot images 3c of each resin layer 3. The three pigment layers (a,b,c) normally comprise each pigment of three primary colors, respectively. The heat-resistant article 7 is decorated by soaking the transfer sheet 1 in water, removing the substrate sheet 2, transferring the resin/pigment layers onto the article surface, followed by firing.

Abstract: A photosensitive material comprises:(I) an undercoat layer containing at least one alcohol-soluble polyamide;(II) an alcohol-insoluble barrier layer; and(III) a coloring material-containing photosensitive layer or a laminate of a coloring material layer and a photosensitive layer superposed in order on a support to form a laminate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a peel-apart photosensitive element comprising a strippable coversheet, a photorelease layer, a photohardenable layer, an elastomeric layer, and a support, which is useful in a variety of image reproduction processes.

Abstract: An image-receiving element, adapted to the production of a diffusion transfer photograph adhesively bondable to a substrate material, comprises first and second separable sheet-like support members adhesively bonded to one another by a layer of adhesive therebetween, the adhesivity of the first sheet-like support to the adhesive layer being less than the adhesivity of the second sheet-like support to the adhesive and less than the cohesivity of the adhesive layer. The second sheet-like support member carries on the side thereof opposed from the adhesive layer at least a water-permeable and dyeable image-receiving layer which receives a photographic dye image by diffusion transfer processing.

Abstract: A peel-apart type diffusion transfer unit comprising at least an image receiving layer and a peeling layer on a support wherein the peeling layer essentially consists of (A) a layer containing a copolymer which contains repeating units (monomer units) derived from an ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and (B) a layer which contains a cellulose ester.

Abstract: This invention relates to positive working color proofing sheet construction which, upon exposure to an actinic radiation source through a screened image, can accuratley reprouce said image. The construction is useful as a color proofing film which can be employed to accurately predict the image quality from a lithographic printing process. The image is produced by forming a composite of a receiver base, diazo or diazide layer, photopolymerizable layer and cover sheet. Upon imagewise exposure, a positive image appears on the receiver base after dry peel apart development.

Abstract: A diffusion transfer photographic film unit comprising a support having thereon outwardly from said support (a) a dye image receiving layer; (b) a first peeling layer containing a copolymer of at least (i) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing at least one hydrocarbon group containing from 7 to 18 carbon atoms, and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, the homopolymer of which is soluble in water or an aqueous alkaline solution; (c) a second peeling layer containing a cellulose ester; and (d) a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide and a dye image forming substance. The diffusion transfer photograph produced using the unit of the invention has stable peeling properties, is not sticky, and is excellent in scratch resistance.

Abstract: This invention relates to positive working photosensitized sheet constructions which, upon exposure to an actinic radiation source through a screened image, can accurately reproduce said image. The construction is useful as a color proofing film which can be employed to predict the image quality from a lithographic printing process.

Abstract: In a photosensitive recording material comprising(A) a photopolymerizable relief-forming layer which can be developed with liquid developer after imagewise exposure to actinic light,(B) a top layer which consists of polymers forming films of high tensile strength, adheres firmly to the photopolymerizable relief-forming layer (A) and is soluble or swellable in the liquid developers and(C) a cover sheet which can readily be peeled off from the top layer (B),the top layer (B) contains specific tertiary amines and/or amides and/or specific quaternary ammonium salts of the type defined in more detail in the claims.Photopolymerized printing plates, relief plates or photoresists are produced by a process in which this recording material is used.

Abstract: A photosensitive image receiving sheet material employable for color proofing and color display which comprises a photopolymerizable adhesive layer provided on a support via a releasable organic high-molecular polymer layer.

Abstract: Paste-consistency photopolymer is imaged onto printed wiring boards by coating the board overall and positioning the photographic film over the board in register and off-contact. A resilient blade is pressed against the phototool at one end of the board and drawn across the surface, thus forcing the photographic film into intimate contact with the photopolymer and purging all air therebetween. Mounted on the resilient blade aft of leading edge is a shuttered tubular lamp which hardens the photopolymer where the photographic film is clear, so that in a single pass the photographic film is sequentially mated and photopolymer exposed, to produce line widths unmatched by competing dry film systems and at speeds of 0.5 feet per second.