Abstract: Black-and-white photothermographic materials can be developed in shorter times (less than 15 seconds) with a combination of imaging components that include a reducing agent at up to 0.32 mol/mol of total silver and specific amounts of certain toning agents.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having hereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the photothermographic material is thermally processed; and an area disposed along a length of at least one edge of the photothermographic material, wherein the area has an optical density less than the Dmax and greater than the Dmin of the photothermographic material.

Abstract: A thermographic or photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the material is thermally processed; and an area disposed along a length of at least one edge of the material, wherein the area has an optical density less than the Dmax and greater than the Dmin of the thermographic or photothermographic material.

Abstract: Nature Emulation Oriented Programming (NEOP) uses five categories: Objects, Processors, Critters, Interfaces, and Sets. An object in NEOP differs from an object oriented programming object in that it does not have properties, only private variables. The properties can be considered an interface. Therefore an OOP Object can be considered a NEOP Object plus a NEOP interface. NEOP is patterned after nature. The method includes identifying attributes and scopes of said attributes, functions and scopes of said functions and notifications, for each of machine, critter and interface elements and then determining inherited, needed groupings, and appropriate set relationships between the elements. Finally, at least one startup interface is made, meeting the programming objective.