Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a first non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer including a second non-photosensitive organic silver salt which is different from the first non-photosensitive organic silver salt, wherein particles of the second non-photosensitive organic silver salt have a mean equivalent circular diameter of from 0.03 ?m to 0.5 ?m. A photothermographic material, which exhibits improved color tone of developed silver images, improved resistance to damage from fingerprints, and high resistance to image defects, is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material comprising a substrate and a composition provided thereon. The composition includes a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for thermal development and a binder. Each of organic compounds comprised in an amount of approximately 0.05 g/m2 or more in the composition has a volatilization remaining ratio of 50% or more at 160° C. The photothermographic material preferably comprises, as a color tone adjuster, a combination of a phthalazine acid and a phthalic acid compound each having a specific structure. The invention further provides a method for producing the imaged photothermographic material. In the production of this material, a thermal developing device having a filter for collecting volatilized material is used.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least an image forming layer including at least an organic silver salt and a non-photosensitive layer on the image forming layer, wherein the photothermographic material further has a non-photosensitive intermediate layer between the image forming layer and the non-photosensitive layer, and 50% by weight or more of a binder of the non-photosensitive intermediate layer is formed by a polymer latex, and the photothermographic material contains a metal phthalocyanine dye represented by formula (PC-1): wherein, M represents a metal atom, at least one of R1, R4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R13, and R16 is an electron-attracting group, and R2, R3, R6, R7, R10, R11, R14, and R15 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits high sharpness, preferable image tone, and excellent image storability.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a heat-developable photosensitive material and an image-forming process using the heat-developable photosensitive material. The material generally includes at least one photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binder, and non-photosensitive organic silver salt particles on one surface of a support. The non-photosensitive organic silver salt particles are specified and the reducing agent is specified. The material may include specific non-photosensitive organic silver salt particles and a development accelerator.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer on at least one side of a support, in which the binder is a hydrophilic binder, the non-photosensitive layer contains gelatin or a gelatin derivative, the reducing agent is a compound represented by the following formula (R), and at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II) is contained: (wherein in formula (R), R11 and R11? each independently represent an alkyl group and at least one of R11 and R11? is a secondary or tertiary alkyl group); (wherein in the formula (I), Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5 or 6-membered imide ring); and (wherein in the formula (II), R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, r represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and X represents O, S, Se or N(R6)).

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material includes a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a coupler which reacts with an oxidation product of the compound represented by formula (I) to form a dye, and a density obtained by the dye at a maximum absorption wavelength of the dye is from 0.005 to 0.5 when an image density is from 1.1 to 1.3: A photothermographic material which exhibits excellent image tone and excellent storage stability is provided.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein 1) the binder includes a polymer latex having a monomer component represented by formula (M): CH2?CR01—CR02?CH2??Formula (M) 2) the photothermographic material includes a compound represented by formula (SA): and 3) the photothermographic material further includes a metal phthalocyanine dye represented by formula (PC-1): wherein at least one of R1, R4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R13, and R16 is an electron-attracting group. The invention provides a photothermographic material which produces an image free from unevenness in color tone, having high image quality, and is excellent in image storability.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a first organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disposed on the same side as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein 50% or more of a total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide is occupied by tabular grains having a silver iodide content of 40 mol % or higher and an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and the non-photosensitive layer comprises a second organic silver salt, and an image forming method using the same. The invention provides a photothermographic material and an image forming method excellent in image tone and image storability.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having, on at least an image forming layer including at least an organic silver salt and a non-photosensitive layer on the image forming layer, wherein the photothermographic material further has a non-photosensitive intermediate layer between the image forming layer and the non-photosensitive layer, and 50% by weight or more of a binder of the non-photosensitive intermediate layer is formed by a polymer latex, and the photothermographic material contains a metal phthalocyanine dye represented by formula (PC-1): wherein, M represents a metal atom, at least one of R1, R4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R13, and R16 is an electron-attracting group, and R2, R3, R6, R7, R10, R11, R14, and R15 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits high sharpness, preferable image tone, and excellent image storability.

Abstract: An image forming method using a photothermographic material including, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a first non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer disposed on the same side as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein the non-photosensitive layer contains a second organic silver salt which is different from the first non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and the photothermographic material is thermally developed for 3 seconds to 20 seconds after imagewise exposure. An image forming method with excellent resistance to stain before exposure, raw stock storability, and resistance to defects after processing is provided.

Abstract: A photothermographic material having an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer on at least one side of a support, in which the binder is a hydrophilic binder, the non-photosensitive layer contains gelatin or a gelatin derivative, the reducing agent is a compound represented by the following formula (R), and at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II) is contained: (wherein in formula (R), R11 and R11? each independently represent an alkyl group and at least one of R11 and R11? is a secondary or tertiary alkyl group); (wherein in the formula (I), Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5 or 6-membered imide ring); and (wherein in the formula (II), R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, r represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and X represents O, S, Se or N(R6)).

Abstract: The invention provids a black-and-white photothermographic material comprising a support and an image-forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder on one side of the support, wherein a hydrophilic binder constitutes 50 mass % or more of the binder. The non-photosensitive organic silver salt contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a silver salt of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a silver salt of a mercapto compound. The photothermographic material comprises a fluorine compound having a fluorinated alkyl group with at least 2 carbon atoms and at most 12 fluorine atoms.

Abstract: A photothermographic material wherein at least an image-forming layer on at least one surface of a support, the image-forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein, an outermost layer is provided as a layer most remote from the support on the side of the support where the image-forming layer is provided, a non-photosensitive intermediate layer A containing a binder and provided in adjacent with the image-forming layer and between the imag-forming layer and the outermost layer, wherein the binder of the non-photosensitive intermediate layer A contains 80% by mass or more of a polymer formed by copolymerizing a monomer represented by Formula (M), a non-photosensitive intermediate layer B containing a binder and provided between the non-photosensitive intermediate layer A and the outermost layer, and the binder of the non-photosensitive intermediate layer B contains 50% by mass or more of a hydrophilic polymer derived fr

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel heat-developable photosensitive material which hardly exerts an influence on the image color tone and exhibits high sensitivity. Disclosed is a heat-developable photosensitive material comprises, on the same surface of a substrate, at least (a) photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a compound represented by the general formula (5), (d) a binder, (e) a compound represented by the general formula (6) or (7), and (f) a compound represented by the general formula (3).

Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image with laser irradiation on a photothermographic material including transporting the photothermographic material in a sub scanning direction and guiding it to a thermal developing portion, wherein the photothermographic material comprises at least one compound selected from formulae (1a), (1b) and (1c), and the method satisfies one of the following conditions:

Abstract: The invention provides a photothermographic material comprising, on a surface of a substrate, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, a halogen compound represented by the following formula (A), and a development accelerator.

Abstract: A photothermographic material, including a support; an image forming layer provided on the support and containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder; and a silver-saving agent. Silver iodide is contained in the photosensitive silver halide in an amount of 40 to 100 mol %.

Abstract: The invention is a heat-developable light-sensitive material having, on a face of a support thereof, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder. In first and second aspects, the silver iodide content of the silver halide is from 5 mol % to 100 mol %, and the material contains a compound (eg. silver iodide complex-forming agent) capable of substantially lowering through heat development a spectral absorption intensity derived from the silver halide in visible and ultraviolet regions. In the first aspect, the silver halide is photosensitive silver halide grains having a mean diameter of 0.001 to 0.08 &mgr;m. In its second aspect, the material is exposed to light shorter than 700 nm.

Abstract: A photothermographic material containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on at least one surface of a support, wherein silver iodide is contained in the photosensitive silver halide in an amount of 40% to 100% by mole, and the reducing agent contains a compound represented by the following formula (R-1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material comprising a substrate and a composition provided thereon. The composition includes a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for thermal development and a binder. Each of organic compounds comprised in an amount of approximately 0.05 g/m2 or more in the composition has a volatilization remaining ratio of 50% or more at 160° C. The photothermographic material preferably comprises, as a color tone adjuster, a combination of a phthalazine acid and a phthalic acid compound each having a specific structure. The invention further provides a method for producing the imaged photothermographic material. In the production of this material, a thermal developing device having a filter for collecting volatilized material is used.