Abstract: A substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, the layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer e.g. containing an intrinsically conductive polymer optionally containing structural units represented by formula (I): wherein n is larger than 1 and each of R1 and R2 independently represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl group or together represent an optionally substituted C1-4 alkylene group or an optionally substituted cycloalkylene group, preferably an ethylene group, an optionally alkyl-substituted methylene group, an optionally C1-12 alkyl- or phenyl-substituted ethylene group, a 1,3-propylene group or a 1,2-cyclohexylene group; and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity; a process for preparing the transparently conductive layer; and light emitting diodes, photovoltaic devices, transistors and electroluminescent devices comprising the above-described conductive layer.

Abstract: A modified gelatin obtained by reacting (A) a gelatin and (B) a compound which contains a nitrogenous aromatic ring having a mercapto group to form covalent bond with a reactive group in the gelatin, an introduction amount of the compound in the gelatin being 1.0×10?6 mol to 2.0×10?3 mol per 100 g of the gelatin.

Abstract: There is disclosed a lithographic printing plate which comprises a grained and anodized aluminum support, a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer between the aluminum support and the silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid compound having a polyoxyalkylene unit and a water-soluble vinyl polymer having a carboxylic acid ester group being contained between the aluminum support and the silver halide emulsion layer.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided an imaging element comprising in the order given on a grained and anodized side of an aluminum support (i) an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei, (ii) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer and (iii) optionally an antistress layer in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer, characterized in that underlying the photosensitive layer there is a layer comprising at least 10 mg/m.sup.2 of a copolymer containing at least 1 mole % of tetraallyloxyethane.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate that works according to the silver salt diffusion transfer reversal process is disclosed. The lithographic properties of said plate can be improved by incorporating a hydrophilic amphoteric block copolymer, comprising a non-ionic block of acrylic units with pendant nitrile groups and an acrylamid(in)e block which comprises units with pendant basic and acidic groups. The hydrophilic amphoteric block copolymer is preferentially present in the image receiving layer of the lithographic printing plate. In an alternative embodiment, said block copolymer may be present in a treating solution used for processing said plate or applied onto said plate while printing. The hydrophilicity of the printing plate's surface is improved without deteriorating the ink-acceptance in the printing areas.

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: Recording materials and a method of manufacturing said materials by coating hydrophilic colloidal layer compositions on a support by slide-hopper or curtain-coating techniques, followed by drying, said materials comprising a support and one or more light-sensitive and/or heat-sensitive layer(s) having a hydrophilic colloidal coating composition comprising no gelatin(in the case of (photo)thermographic materials) or gelatin in low amounts in order to provide a ratio by weight of gelatin to silver halide expressed as an equivalent amount of silver nitrate in the range from 0.05 to 0.4 (in the case of a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material) and thickening agents composed of synthetic clay and anionic macromolecular polyelectrolytes and wherein said synthetic clay is present in an amount of at least 85% by weight versus a total amount of thickening agents.

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: A silver halide photographic material which has a layer containing a swellable inorganic stratifying compound.

Abstract: An image forming method comprising the steps of: (i) imagewise exposing a silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a hydrophilic binder and a slightly water-soluble basic metal compound; (ii) laminating the silver halide material with a processing sheet comprising a compound which forms a complex with a metal ion constituting the basic metal compound, a physical development nucleus, a solvent for a silver halide and a matting agent, after or concurrently with the imagewise exposure; and (iii) conducting heat development in the presence of a reducing agent and water to form a silver image on at least one of the light-sensitive material and the processing sheet, wherein the processing sheet comprises an uppermost layer containing the physical development nucleus; the product of the weight ratio in the uppermost layer of the amount of the physical development nucleus to that of the binder and the reciprocal of the mean size (.

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: Using a lamination of a tungsten silicide layer and a non-doped polysilicon layer as a mask, a dopant impurity is ion implanted into a semiconductor substrate so as to form impurity regions and dope the tungsten silicide layer with the dopant impurity, and the dopant impurity is diffused from the tungsten silicide layer into the non-doped polysilicon layer during the activation of the dopant impurity introduced into the substrate, thereby making the process simple.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate according to silver salt diffusion transfer processing, said imaging element comprising on a support a silver halide emulsion layer and a receiving layer, said receiving layer comprising (i) physical development nuclei, (ii) an inorganic colloidal substance and (iii) a hydrophilic polymer being a homo- or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method is provided for preparing physical development nuclei for use in silver salt diffusion transfer processing, said physical development nuclei comprising a heavy metal sulphide, said method comprising the steps of:precipitating said heavy metal sulphide by bringing a water soluble heavy metal compound in reactive association with a water soluble sulphide in an aqueous liquid andsaid precipitation being carried out in the presence of a hydrophilic polymer so as to disperse said heavy metal sulphide, said hydrophilic polymer comprising a heterocyclic group, characterized in that said heterocyclic group is present in a recurring unit of said hydrophilic polymer, said recurring unit being comprised in said polymer in an amount between 0.1 mol % and 5 mol %.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lithographic printing plate having a silver halide emulsion layer and a layer containing physical development nuclei on a support, the improvement wherein a water-soluble polymer having a structural unit represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents H or alkyl; Q represents divalent linking group; R.sup.2 represents divalent linking group or direct bond; and A represents a functional group represented by the formula: --S--C(.dbd.N--R.sup.4)--NH--R.sup.3, --Z--X(.dbd.Y)--(R.sup.5).sub.m or --W--(SH).sub.n where respective substituents are defined in the specification is contained in the layer containing physical development nuclei.

Abstract: There are disclosed a process for preparing a printing plate which comprises the steps of providing, on a support, a layer containing a water-soluble polymer which becomes water-insoluble by a metal ion, and feeding the metal ion imagewisely from the surface of the layer to form an image pattern comprising the hardened water-soluble polymer on the support, anda plate for preparing a printing plate which comprises a support and a layer containing a water-soluble polymer which becomes water-insoluble in contact with a metal ion provided on the surface of the support.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an image receiving element comprising an aluminum foil as support comprising the steps of roughening and anodizing said aluminum foil and applying an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei on said aluminum foil characterized in that said roughened and anodized aluminum foil is posttreated with an aqueous solution containing one or more organic compounds having at least one cationic group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising on a support a silver halide emulsion layer and an image receiving layer comprising physical development nuclei being in water permeable contact with said silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that said image receiving layer comprises a colloidal clay.According to the invention there is further provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of image-wise exposing an imaging element as defined above and subsequently developing a thus obtained image-wise exposed imaging element by means of an alkaline processing solution in the presence of a developing agent and a silver halide solvent.

Abstract: There are described a diffusion transfer photographic film unit of the type wherein an image-receiving element is designed to be separated from a photosensitive element after photoexposure and processing and a photographic process which utilizes the film unit. The photographic film unit comprises a photosensitive element including a support carrying at least one silver halide emulsion, an image-receiving element comprising a support, an image-receiving layer and, optionally, an overcoat layer and/or a strip-coat layer. At least one of the image-receiving layer, overcoat layer or strip-coat layer includes a "crosslinkable material" which is crosslinked during processing. The film unit further includes means for providing an aqueous alkaline processing composition to the photosensitive element and the image-receiving element for developing an image. The aqueous alkaline processing composition includes a borate compound for crosslinking the crosslinkable material of the image-receiving element during processing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising on a flexible hydrophobic support (i) a hardened hydrophilic layer, containing a hydrophilic synthetic homocopolymer or copolymer and being hardened with a hydrolyzed tetraalkyl orthosilicate crosslinking agent, (ii) a receiving layer containing physical development nuclei contiguous to said hydrophilic layer, (iii) an intermediate layer comprising a non-proteinic hydrophilic film-forming polymer or hydrophobic polymer beads having an average diameter not lower than 0.2 .mu.m and having been prepared by polymerization of a ethylenically unsaturated monomer and (iv) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion being in water permeable relationship with said receiving layer. The invention also relates to a method for making lithographic plates with said imaging element.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photosensitive element which can be exposed and enveloped by diffusion transfer processes to form a lithographic printing plate, said method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a support layer,(b) coating a negative acting silver halide emulsion layer onto said support layer, and(c) coating a physical development nucleation layer comprising particles onto said silver halide emulsion layer,wherein the coating of said physical development nucleation layer is performed with a coating composition which is at a temperature above 0.degree. C. and below 30.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lithographic printing plate material comprising a support and, provided thereon, at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer wherein the physical development nuclei layer and/or a layer contiguous thereto contains at least one of water-soluble polymers represented by the following formula (I) or at least one of water-soluble polymers represented by the following formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents H or an alkyl group, R.sub.2 represents H or an alkali metal atom, n is 1-100 mol %, m is 0-50 mol % and l is 0-5 mol %, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and A represents a residue of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, l is 99.9-40 mol %, m is 0.1-10 mol % and n is 0-50 mol %. The polymer of the formula (I) may be used in combination with a water-soluble polysaccharide.

Abstract: A photosensitive transfer sheet layered a releasable colored photosensitive layer comprising modified poly(vinyl alcohol) of either of following general formulae and adhesive and a heat-seal layer provided in turn on a supporter is disclosed, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 denote hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups independently one another, Y.sup.- denotes a conjugated chlorinic ion of acid, m denotes an integer of 1 to 6, and n denotes 0 or 1), thereby providing a multicolor image-forming material for obtaining high-precision prepress color proof being excellent in the preservability, possible to handle in a light room, water-developable and excellent in the registering accuracy as well.

Abstract: A process for preparing a toner donor roll having an integral electrode pattern involving: (a) providing a cylindrically shaped insulating member; (b) coating the insulating member with a photoresist; (c) patterning the photoresist by exposure to light, resulting in a first photoresist portion corresponding to the electrode pattern and a second photoresist portion corresponding to the remainder of the photoresist; (d) removing the first photoresist portion, thereby exposing the portion of the insulating member to be overlaid with the electrode pattern; and (e) depositing conductive metal on the portion of the insulating member formerly overlaid with the first photoresist portion, resulting in the electrode pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate material utilizing silver complex diffusion transfer process which can provide a lithographic printing plate markedly improved in water retentivity and prevented from deterioration of printability after storage. The lithographic printing plate material comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer, wherein at least one of the physical development nuclei layer and a layer contiguous to the nuclei layer contains at least one water-soluble synthetic polymer selected from those which are represented by the following formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents H or an alkyl group and n represents 100-3500 and ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 represents H or an alkyl group, R.sub.3 represents H or an alkali metal, the ratio of n:m is 10:0-1:9, and polymerization degree is 100-3500.

Abstract: An image receiving element for use in a peel-apart type silver salt diffusion transfer process comprising:(a) a support having a front side and a back side;(b) at least one layer which is a cellulose ester layer or a regenerated cellulose layer coated on the front side of the support;(c) an aliphatic acid ester of glycerol contained in at least one of the cellulose ester layer or the regenerated cellulose layer; and(d) a gelatin-containing layer coated on the back side of the support.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image receiving material used for silver complex diffusion transfer process in combination with a photosensitive material. This image receiving material comprises a support and, provided thereon at least an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei and an uppermost layer containing substantially no physical development nuclei, wherein the uppermost layer contains at least 0.8 g/m.sup.2 of hydrophilic colloid in terms of solid content and ratio of solid content of hydrophilic colloid in the uppermost layer to solid content of hydrophilic colloid in the image receiving layer is more than 1.0. Preferably, the image receiving layer contains substantially no hardener and the uppermost layer contains a hardener.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate material for silver complex diffusion transfer process by scanning type exposure which comprises a film support and, provided thereon, at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer, wherein water content in the whole lithographic printing plate material including the support is 1.5% or less. Preferably, the silver halide emulsion comprises about 95 mol % or more of silver chloride, 90% by weight or more of the silver halide grains have a size within .+-.40% of average grain size, the silver halide grains have an average grain size of about 0.3.mu.-about 1.0.mu., and the surface of the grains is replaced with about 0.1 mol %-about 3.0 mol % of an iodide per 1 mol of the silver halide.

Abstract: Provided is an image receiving material for silver complex diffusion transfer process which comprises a support, an image receiving layer provided on the support and an upper layer provided on the image receiving layer wherein physical development nuclei are distributed densely in the vicinity of the surface of the support and gradually diminishing towards the upper layer and a color toning agent is contained densely in the upper layer and gradually diminishing towards the surface of the support and the physical development nuclei and the color toning agent are thus mutually distributed. The image receiving material is produced by coating on a support a hydrophilic colloid coating solution for image receiving layer which contains physical development nuclei and contains substantially no color toning agent and thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid coating solution which contains at least one color toning agent and contains substantially no physical development nuclei.

Abstract: A method for the production of a silver image by the silver complex diffusion transfer reversal process, said method comprising the following steps:(I) image-wise photo-exposing a silver halide emulsion layer of a photographic silver halide emulsion having in waterpermeable relationship with the silver halide at least one developing agent,(II) wetting with a practically neutral aqueous liquid the said photo-exposed silver halide emulsion layer and/or wetting with said liquid a development nuclei containing layer of an image-receiving material as defined hereinafter and contacting said materials thereby bringing said layers into waterpermeable relationship with each other, and(III) separating the contacted materials after formation in the image-receiving material of a silver image,wherein said image-receiving material contains in co-operable relationship: (i) physical development nuclei, (ii) a silver halide solvent being a silver complexing agent or precursor thereof, (iii) a watersoluble sulfite or sulfite p

Abstract: A method of forming a silver image receiving element in diffusion transfer photography by hydrolyzing a surface of an alkali-impermeable polymer layer on a continuous running web so as to convert the polymer to an alkali-permeable polymer. The method includes the steps of first applying a liquid mixture of a hydrolyzing agent and a softening agent to the surface of the alkali-impermeable polymer layer, evaporating the softening agent in the liquid mixture by blowing air on the surface to form a concentrated layer of the hydrolyzing agent; and thereafter accelerating the occurrence of hydrolysis by blowing air on the surface so as to initiate hydrolysis reaction of the surface to as to convert the alkali-impermeable polymer layer to an alkali-permeable polymer layer. The temperature of the air which is blown on the surface is in the range of 50.degree. to 120.degree. C.

Abstract: Printing endurance of a lithographic printing plate made by using silver complex diffusion transfer process is markedly improved and besides staining which occurs during printing can be effectively inhibited by containing in at least one of a layer which contains nuclei for physical development comprising a heavy metal of a sulfide thereof and a layer contiguous to said layer at least one water-soluble synthetic polymer having the following structural units: ##STR1## wherein A:B=100:0-50:50 (molar ratio)C:D=100:0-50:50 (molar ratio)(A+B):(C+D)=95:5-5:95 (molar ratio) and R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms and M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver complex diffusion transfer process which comprises processing a photosensitve material comprising a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer provided thereon and an image receiving material comprising a support and at least an image receiving layer provided thereon which are brought into close contact with each other in a developing processing solution. This process is characterized in that said image receiving layer has 1-3 g/m.sup.2 of a hydrophilic colloid at least 80% by weight of which is gelatin; total amount of hydrophilic colloid present on the emulsion layer side of the photosensitive material is 5-8 g/m.sup.2 ; when the materials are immersed in a 0.1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at 20.degree. C. for 1 minute, amount of absorbed solution per 1 g of hydrophilic colloid is 3.

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition in which microcapsules having a core material comprising a silver halide emulsion are dispersed in a polymerizable compound, and a light-sensitive material comprising a light-sensitive layer containing the light-sensitive composition and a reducing agent provided on a support.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image-receiving material comprising a support and an image-receiving layer provided thereon which contains a developer and a binder polymer mixture composed of at least two kinds of water-soluble polymers which undergo phase separation in the mixed state. This image-receiving material is advantageously employed in an image-forming method which comprises the steps of imagewise exposing to light a light-sensitive material comprising a support and a light-sensitive layer containing silver halide, a reducing agent, and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound; simultaneously or thereafter developing the light-sensitive material; and pressing the light-sensitive material on the image-receiving material to transfer the unpolymerized polymerizable compound to the image-receiving layer.

Abstract: Process for the production of a laminated article including a sheet support bearing a silver image produced by the silver complex diffusion transfer process in a layer containing developement nuclei, wherein such supported image is heat-laminated with a protective thermoplastic resin layer of sheet that covers it. The heat-lamination of the nuclei-containing layer with the silver image therein takes place in the presence of at least one of certain heterocyclic black-toning agents which are effective to prevent degradation of the neutral black coloration and density loss of the silver image as a result of heat-lamination.

Abstract: An image receiving element for use in a silver salt diffusion transfer process comprising at least an alkali neutralization layer, a neutralization timing layer and an image receiving layer containing silver precipitation nucleus material in regenerated cellulose obtained by saponfying a cellulose ester with a substantially water free alkaline solution after coating disposed on a support in the recited order, wherein the alkaline solution contains from 1 to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol having two or more hydroxyl groups or a derivative thereof. Saponification carried out for forming the image forming layer can be kept from progressing into the layers situated below, thereby enabling the obtainment of satisfactory image receiving sheets with less increase in stains, less density lowering in the storage stability, and less change in the tone.

Abstract: Compositions and films are provided for the preparation of electrostatic printing masters. The composition binder permits use of aqueous silver halide photographic techniques to image the master for printing, and exhibits insulation properties needed for electrostatic printing under typical conditions of relative humidity.

Abstract: Image-receiving material for use in diffusion transfer reversal processing comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin support coated with a hydrophilic waterpermeable layer comprising a proteinaceous colloid and a water-dispersible ionogenic polyester-polyurethane wherein isocyanate groups still present in its structure have reacted with an ionogenic compound containing at least one active hydrogen atom and a carboxylate or sulphonate salt group. This material is useful for the production of tamper proof laminates for identification purposes.

Abstract: Image receiving material suited for use in the silver complex diffusion transfer reversal process which material contains a water-impermeable support coated with (1) an image-receiving layer containing physical development nuclei dispersed in a waterpermeable binder and (2) a waterpermeable top layer free from development nuclei and containing a hydrophilic colloid, characterized in that:(i) the total solids coverage of said two layers (1) and (2) is at most 2 g/m2,(ii) in layer (1) the coverage of said nuclei is in the range of 0.1 mg/m2 to 10 mg/m2, and the coverage of binder is in the range of 0.4 to 1.3 g/m2, and(iii) in said top layer (2) the coverage of hydrophilic colloid is in the range of 0.1 to 0.9 g/m2.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having good granularity, high sensitivity and excellent fixability, comprising a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains. The silver halide grains have an average iodine content of at least 3 mole %, and the photographic material further contains a polymer capable of providing a cation site in a fixing solution on the same side as the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: An image-receiving material adapted for silver complex diffusion transfer processing and for forming a laminate, e.g. serving as an identification document, wherein said material comprises a hydrophobic resin support or resin-coated paper support directly coated on a resin surface thereof with a DTR-image receiving layer containing developing nuclei in a binder medium and comprising in percent by weight on its total weight the following ingredients:2% to 45% of gelatin,25% to 85% of colloidal silica,1.0% to 50% of a copolymer consisting of copolymerized ethylene and an alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in free acid or salt form, wherein the polymerized ethylene content is not lower than 80% by weight, and0.2% to 35% of a siloxane forming a reaction product through its siloxane group with the colloidal silica, the dry coverage of the image-receiving layer being in the range of 1 g to 15 g per m2.

Abstract: An image-receiving material for a silver salt diffusion transfer process is described, comprising a support having provided thereon an image-receiving layer containing physical development nuclei, wherein the image-receiving layer contains gelatin, a water-soluble fluorescent brightening agent, and a water-soluble vinyl polymer, wherein the weight ratio of the water-soluble fluorescent brightening agent to the gelatin ranges from about 0.02/1 to about 0.5/1 and the weight ratio of the water-soluble vinyl polymer to the water-soluble fluorescent brightening agent ranges from about 0.1/1 to 5/1.

Abstract: A scavenger-spreader element adapted for use with a photosensitive element to form a negative image is disclosed as well as methods for processing said photosensitive element to produce the negative image. The scavenger-spreader element comprises a support carrying a hydrophilic layer, a cross-linking agent for the polymeric thickener of the photographic processing composition, a barrier layer to control diffusion of said cross-linking agent and a layer adapted to possess substantial adhesion for the cross-linked polymeric thickening agent.

Abstract: A silver salt diffusion transfer photographic element which can provide a positive print having good stability is disclosed, comprising (1) a light-sensitive element including a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver iodide, and (2) an image-receiving element including a support and an image-receiving layer containing silver-depositing nuclei, with said image-receiving element having an iodide ion-capturing layer between said support and said image-receiving layer.

Abstract: A silver salt diffusion transfer photographic material is described, having a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains wherein at least 80 percent of the total number of said silver halide grains are accounted for by coarse silver halide grains larger than about 0.8 .mu.m in diameter and fine silver halide grains of from about 0.1 .mu.m to about 0.4 .mu.m in diameter, and said fine silver halide grains constitute from 0.1 to 5 percent of the total weight of silver halide grains and from 10 to 90 percent of the total number of silver halide grains.

Abstract: A silver salt diffusion transfer photographic material is described, having a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains wherein at least 80 percent of the total number of said silver halide grains are accounted for by coarse silver halide grains larger than about 0.6 .mu.m in diameter and fine silver halide grains smaller than about 0.4 .mu.m in diameter, and said fine silver halide grains constitute at least 10 percent of the total number of silver halide grains.

Abstract: A photographic image receiving element for a silver salt diffusion transfer process which comprises a hydrolyzable first alkali impermeable polymer layer applied on a base and an image receiving layer thereon comprising a hydrolyzable second alkali impermeable polymer layer containing silver precipitation nuclei which is prepared by hydrolyzing at least a part of the hydrolyzable second alkali impermeable polymer layer so as to be alkali permeable, the improvement wherein at least one hydrophilic copolymer layer containing at least one of gum arabic and arabic acid is coated between said first alkali impermeable polymer layer and said image receiving layer, and said first alkali impermeable polymer layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) or formula (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: Lithographic printing plates which have on a support at least one hardened gelatin-containing layer which contains a photographic gelatin and a low molecular-weight gelatin are improved in printing endurance, e.g., resistances against ink-staining and blinding of image areas.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image receiving material for silver complex diffusion transfer process which contains gelatin having a calcium content of about 1,000 ppm or less. This image receiving material provides improved silver image density. Further improvement can be attained when said gelatin has a jelly strength of 280 g or above.