Abstract: A support for recording sheet in which there is no film cracking, the occurrence of die-lip stripes is inhibited, and which has excellent image sharpness and has excellent light fading resistance. The support for recording sheet is provided with a substrate having an image printing side and another side opposite the image printing side, a water resistant resin coating layer provided on each side of the substrate, at least the resin coating layer provided on the image printing side containing a titanium dioxide pigment, the titanium dioxide pigment including a titanium dioxide having a particulate surface treated by a silane coupling agent and aluminum phosphate in an aqueous slurry state, with a treatment amount of the aluminum phosphate with respect to the titanium dioxide being from 0.05 wt % to 1.2 wt %.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.

Abstract: A motion picture intermediate film has on one side of a support material, in order, an antihalation undercoat and at least one silver halide emulsion layer; and on the opposite side of the support a transparent, process surviving antistatic backing layer. The transparent, antistatic backing layer retains its antistatic properties after photographic film processing so that the motion picture intermediate film is protected from the generation of static charge during high speed printing of, for example, motion picture print films. The antistatic backing layer of the invention has a resistivity of less than about 1×1011 &OHgr;/□ after film processing. In a most preferred embodiment, the motion picture intermediate film of the invention is used to print images onto a motion picture print film that has a transparent antistatic backing layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a translucent base and a color forming layer comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and dye forming coupler, wherein said base comprises at least one polymer sheet comprising a transparent polymer sheet containing voids, with the proviso that said translucent sheet is substantially free of white light reflecting pigments and wherein said translucent sheet has a light transmission of between 15% and 85%.

Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic element is disclosed comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film base, at least one light sensitive silver halide-containing emulsion layer, an antihalation undercoat layer, and a process-surviving antistatic backcoat, wherein the polyethylene terephthalate film base has been formed by drafting a cast resin at a stretch ratio of at least 3.4, tentering at a stretch ratio of at least 3.4, and heat-setting at an actual heat-set temperature of at least 216° C. In accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention, the polyethylene terephthalate film base of the photographic element is formed by: (a) casting a molten polyethylene terephthalate resin in a machine direction onto a casting surface to form a continuous sheet, (b) drafting the sheet by stretching in the machine direction at a stretch ratio of from 3.4 to 4, and at a temperature ranging from 70 to 130° C.

Abstract: The present invention is a photographic element which includes a support, at least one silver halide emulsion superposed on a front side of the support and an outermost backing layer superposed on a backside of the support. The outermost backing layer is composed of a hydrophobic binder and a hydrophilic binder wherein the backing layer has an advancing water contact angle of 70 or greater and a receding water contact angle of at least 40 less than the advancing water contact angle.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support, an image forming layer superposed on the support; and at least one layer superposed on the support. The at least one layer superposed on the support is formed from a non-aqueous coating composition of a composite wax particle composed of a wax phase and a non-crosslinked polymer phase and an organic solvent. The wax phase includes a wax having a melting point of greater than 30° C. The wax comprises greater than 80% by weight of the wax phase. The wax phase to non-crosslinked polymer phase ratio is greater than 30/70 and less than 90/10.

Abstract: An imaging element comprising a reflective base and at least one gelatin containing layer said at least one layer comprising a dispersion of solid particle pigments of a particle size less than 1.0 micrometer.

Abstract: A photographic material comprising a support coated with a silver halide image-forming emulsion layer, a non image-forming layer, and a hydrophilic colloid protective layer wherein the non image-forming layer is situated between the protective layer and the image-forming layer and comprises metallic silver in particle form.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support, an image forming layer superposed on the support and at least one layer superposed on the support. The at least one layer is formed from a non-aqueous coating composition composed of a composite wax particle having a wax phase and a non-crosslinked polymer phase. The wax phase includes a wax having a melting point of greater than 30° C., the wax comprising greater than 80% by weight of the wax phase. The at least one layer has a dry coating weight of from 1 to 300 mg/m2.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprises: (a) a support bearing on one surface thereof (b) a photosensitive emulsion layer (i) a binder; (ii) a light-insensitive organic silver salt, (iii) a reducing agent, and (iv) a photosensitive silver halide emulsion; (c) an antihalation dye incorporated in the emulsion layer, in a polymer layer under the photosensitive layer, in the support, or in a backside polymer layer; and (d) one or more tinting dyes such that the final color space of the film lies within the range defined by 220°<hab<260°, where hab is the psychometric hue angle, hab=arctan(b*/a*), as defined in the CIELAB color system.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a paper base, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, a layer of polymer sheet between said paper base and said silver halide layer, incorporating a thin tinted polymer layer directly below said silver halide layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a base consisting of an integral biaxially oriented polyolefin polymer sheet having an upper surface that binds to gelatin, a lower surface that has a matte surface, a stiffness of at least 120 millinewtons, and a thickness of greater than 160 mm.

Abstract: A (photo) thermographic recording material comprising a substantially colourless support and a (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent for the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt in thermal working relationship therewith (, photosensitive silver halide is catalytic association with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt) and a binder, characterized in that a blue pigment or dye having a maximum absorption wavelength of from 550 to 700 nm is present in the thermosensitive element and/or any other layer on either side of the support which provides a background for viewing in transmission images produced with the (photo) thermographic recording material; and a (photo) thermographic recording process therefor.

Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a nitrogen heterocycle compound having a ClogP of at least 4.5, which compound comprises a ring system of one or more fused rings containing at least one --N--H bond, the ring system comprising a total of at least three nitrogen ring members and the associated bonds; provided that the compound does not contain an --SH group or >C.dbd.S group and does not react with an oxidized developer.

Abstract: A (photo)thermographic recording material comprising a (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element on one side of a water resistant support and an outermost backside layer on the other side of the water resistant support, the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent for the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt in thermal working relationship therewith(, photosensitive silver halide in catalytic association with the substantially light insensitive organic silver salt) and a binder and the outermost backside layer comprising polymeric beads, characterized in that an outermost layer on the side of the water resistant support with the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element does not contain a fluorine-containing polymeric surfactant and the static frictional coefficient between the outermost layer on the side of the water resistant support with the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element and the o

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material is disclosed which comprises a support and on one or both sides thereof at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a protective antistress layer of hydrophilic colloid and which comprises in an outermost layer on the side(s) containing at least one emulsion layer a polyoxyalkylene compound as an antistatic agent, characterized in that said antistress layer comprises at least one synthetic clay. In addition to the preservation of antistatic properties after processing of the said material an improvement in surface glare as appreciated upon examination of medical X-ray films is obtained. Moreover the occurrence after processing of water spot defects and sticking is avoided.

Abstract: An infrared sensitized photothermographic silver halide element comprising a support layer having on at least one surface thereof a photothermographic composition comprising a binder, a light insensitive silver source, a reducing agent for silver ion and infrared radiation sensitive preformed silver halide grains having number average particle size of <0.10 micron with at least 80% of all grains with .+-.0.05 microns of the average, in combination with an antihalation layer having an absorbance ratio of IR absorbance (before exposure)/visible absorbance (after processing) >30, and an IR absorbance of at least 0.3 within the range of 750-1400 and an optical density of less than 0.03 in the visible region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material which can provide an image having a high sharpness, exhibits a good transparency, is less liable to fog and is unsusceptible to discoloration during storage. The present invention also provides a photothermographic material which can provide a less fogged image having a high sharpness without using any mercury compound. A photothermographic material is provided comprising an anti-irradiation pigment incorporated in a photosensitive layer and an anti-irradiation dye incorporated in at least one light-insensitive layer on the same side of a support as the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: There is described a novel diffusion transfer photographic system wherein an exposed diffusion transfer photographic film unit is developed with an aqueous alkaline processing composition in the presence of alumina-free titanium dioxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic member comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide layer on the top of said member and at least one photosensitive silver halide layer on the bottom of said member, a polymer sheet comprising at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and at least one layer comprising nonvoided polyester polymer, wherein the imaging member has a percent transmission of between 38 and 42%, the imaging member further comprises tints, and the nonvoided layer is at least twice as thick as the voided layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a method of laminating paper and biaxially oriented polyolefin sheets comprising providing a biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and a paper, bringing said sheet and paper together and simultaneously applying at least 2 layers of adhesive between said paper and said sheet, the layer of adhesive adjacent to said paper comprises an adhesive that has a 300 grams per 5 cm peel strength to said paper, and the layer of adhesive adjacent to said biaxially oriented sheet comprises an adhesive that has a 300 grams per 5 cm peel strength to the biaxially oriented sheet.

Abstract: A photographic member comprising a polymer sheet comprising at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and at least one layer comprising nonvoided polyester polymer, wherein the imaging member has a percent transmission of between 40 and 60%, the imaging member further comprises tints, and the nonvoided layer is at least twice as thick as the voided layer.

Abstract: A imaging member comprising a polymer sheet comprising at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and at least one layer comprising polyethylene polymer, wherein said at least one polyethylene polymer layer comprises tints and wherein the imaging member has a percent transmission of less than 15%.

Abstract: A photothermographic recording material comprising a photo-addressable thermally developable element including a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide in catalytic association with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, in a quantity of 0.1 to 35 mol % relative to the organic silver salt and spectrally sensitized to infra-red light with a dye, a supersensitizer for the dye, a reducing agent in thermal working relationship with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt and a binder, wherein the binder comprises a water soluble polymer, a water-dispersible polymer or a water soluble polymer and a water-dispersible polymer and the dye is represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 independently represent S, O or Se; R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a translucent base and a color forming layer comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and dye forming coupler, wherein said base comprises at least one polymer sheet comprising a transparent polymer sheet containing voids, with the proviso that said translucent sheet is substantially free of white light reflecting pigments and wherein said translucent sheet has a light transmission of between 15% and 85%.

Abstract: A photographic member comprising a polymer sheet comprising at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and at least one layer comprising polyethylene polymer, wherein said at least one polyethylene polymer layer comprises tints and wherein the imaging member has a percent transmission of less than 15%.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one photographic layer in the photographic material contains a high molecular weight compound having a repeating unit represented by formula (I) and a solid fine particle dispersion of a dye: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and M.sub.1 and M.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation.

Abstract: In a photographic photothermographic material comprising a organic silver salt, a silver halide, and a reducing agent on a transparent support, a specific hydrazine derivative and a specific squarylium dye are contained in suitable photosensitive or non-photosensitive layers on the support. The material is improved in Dmax, contrast, resolution, and residual color after processing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-developable light-sensitive material having a support and a light-sensitive layer provided on the support. The heat-developable light-sensitive material contains dyes which are decolorized through reaction with a decolorizing agent during a development process. The dyes are non-diffusible and at least a part of decolorized dyes resulting from the development process is non-diffusible. Also provided is an image forming method using the heat-developable light-sensitive material. The present method provides images having excellent sharpness within a short period of time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a dispersion of solid particles of a dye in a gelatin medium which includes the steps of milling the solid dye in the present of a glycerophospholipid dispersant in an aqueous medium and diluting the resulting dispersion with an aqueous solution containing a gelatin. In addition, a photographic element is provided comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one additional gelatin layer that contains a dispersion of solid particles of a dye and a glycerophospholipid dispersant.

Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed having on a support a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to radiation other than blue light in addition to its intrinsic sensitivity to blue region, and a yellow filter layer between the silver halide emulsion layers and the source of exposure, the yellow filter layer containing a yellow filter dye represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group;R.sub.1 is aryl group or heterocyclic group;X is O or N--R.sub.2 where R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl group;Y is N--R.sub.3 where R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl group;n is 0 or 1;Z is hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group;W is hydrogen, or W and Z, taken together, represent the atoms necessary to form an aryl group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a heterocyclic thiol compound having a Clog P of at least 2.0 but less than 12.0, provided that the ring system of the compound comprises a --N.dbd.C--S--H group or its tautomer and does not react with an oxidized developer. The invention provides improved minimum densities in imaging layers.

Abstract: Portal localization radiographic elements and a process of confirming the targeting of a beam of X-radiation of from 4 to 25 MVp using the portal radiographic elements are disclosed. The X-radiation is directed at a subject containing features that are identifiable by differing levels of X-radiation absorption. After a first X-radiation exposure a shield containing a portal is placed between the subject and the source of X-radiation. X-radiation is directed at the subject through the portal. In each instance the X-radiation leaving the subject impinges on a metal screen, causing it to emit electrons, and the electrons impinge upon a fluorescent screen, causing it to emit light, creating during the first and second exposures first and second superimposed latent images in the radiographic element.

Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material having at least two red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic sensitivity, at least two green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic sensitivity and at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, and having intermediate layers at least between silver halide emulsion layers of different color sensitivity, wherein at least one color coupler is provided in an intermediate layer which is directly adjacent to a lowest-sensitivity silver halide emulsion layer which is sensitive to a defined spectral region and which couples to the complementary color, which color coupler couples in a non-complementary manner with respect to the aforementioned lowest-sensitivity silver halide emulsion layer, is distinguished by its improved reproduction of yellow color shades.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a paper base, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, a layer of microvoided polymer sheet between said paper base and said silver halide layer, and one or more other non-voided layers between said silver halide layer and said microvoided layer, and one or more other non-voided layers between said mirovoided layer and said paper base.The voided or non-voided layers have levels of TiO.sub.2 and colorants adjusted to provide optimum optical properties for control of MTF, LSTAR, and OPACITY.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and optionally a light insensitive layer which is disposed nearer the source of light than is the light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of said layers contains particles of cerium(IV) oxide, zinc oxide or barium titanate with an average diameter <300 nm, is characterized by improved protection from UV light.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver on a support, wherein a ratio A/T of a coating amount A (g/m.sup.2) of black colloidal silver in the hydrophilic colloidal layer to a dry film thickness T (.mu.m) of the hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver is 0.2 or more. In the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention, the minimum density (fog density) of a light-sensitive material is small and a change in photographic property in a running processing is small.

Abstract: A transfer material colored to a predetermined color is used when images are formed on a transfer material for use in thermal transfer comprising a substrate and a dye receiving layer by a thermal transfer process.When images are formed by an optional image forming method such as silver salt photographic process, ink jet process or thermal transfer process, a transfer material having sepia tone is used in each of the image forming processes thereby forming sepia tone images. Images having unique appearance can be formed easily upon forming images by a thermal transfer process. Images of sepia tone can be formed safely and conveniently.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a paper base, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, a layer of polymer sheet between said paper base and said silver halide layer, incorporating a thin tinted polymer layer directly below said silver halide layer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and one or more photographic constituent layers and at least one of said layers contains a dye capable of being decolored by reacting with a color developing agent.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material which contains particles of elemental silicon and/or of solid compounds in which silicon is present in stoichiometric excess, having an average diameter of .ltoreq.120 nm, is distinguished by improved protection against UV radiation.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a substrate having on at least one side thereof a photothermographic system comprising silver halide spectrally sensitized to the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, a light insensitive silver source, a reducing agent for silver ion, and a binder, said element further comprising at least one layer which contains an infrared-absorbing dye having a central nucleus of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 1 to 12,Q is an ionic acidic moiety,and M is a cation, in an amount sufficient as to provide a transmission optical density of at least 0.1 at the wavelength of maximum sensitivity of said sensitized silver halide.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.

Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having each at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RL), green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GL) and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BL) on a support and further having a hydrophilic colloidal layer (AH-1) containing black colloidal silver between the support and the nearest light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the light-sensitive material further has a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (DL) between the hydrophilic colloidal layer (AH-1) and the support, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer (DL) comprises at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, and optical information is recorded by an exposure to light through the support, and the light-sensitive emulsion layer (DL) or its adjacent layer has a color-forming coupler.

Abstract: A transfer material colored to a predetermined color is used when images are formed on a transfer material for use in thermal transfer comprising a substrate and a dye receiving layer by a thermal transfer process.When images are formed by an optional image forming method such as silver salt photographic process, ink jet process or thermal transfer process, a transfer material having sepia tone is used in each of the image forming processes thereby forming sepia tone images. Images having unique appearance can be formed easily upon forming images by a thermal transfer process. Images of sepia tone can be formed safely and conveniently.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one absorber dye and at least one sensitizing dye wherein the peak sensitivity of said absorber dye and said sensitizing dye are similar. This provides improved perceptual red detail in regions of high red density in the negative image.

Abstract: The present invention is a motion picture film including a support having on one side thereof an antihalation undercoat and at least one silver halide emulsion layer. The motion picture film has on the opposite side thereof an antistatic layer and a protective overcoat. The protective overcoat includes a layer of a polyurethane binder having a tensile elongation to break of at least 50% and a Young's modulus measured at a 2% elongation of at least 50000 lb/in.sup.2, and a topcoat farthest from said support. The topcoat is an interpolymer having repeating units of A and B wherein A is a fluorine containing acrylate or methacrylate monomer and B is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing hydratable groups.

Abstract: The present invention is a photographic element including a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer superposed on said support; and at least one auxiliary layer. The auxiliary layer includes a gelatin-grafted-polyurethane which is formed by coating and subsequent drying of a coating composition comprising gelatin covalently bound to a polyurethane through a grafting agent, wherein a ratio of gelatin to polyurethane is from 1:10 to 2:1.