Abstract: Continuous tone images are reproduced on a plate having metallic images adherently and preferably conductively bonded to a physically roughened support by contacting with a photographic physical developer an imaging medium comprising a physically developable image of the continuous tone image. The process has the capability of producing an imaged plate containing metal images of varying contrast and varying tonal range and then using the imaged plate as a printing plate. A preferred copy medium comprises a thin silver halide layer coated on a grained and anodized aluminum support.