Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these layers comprising at least two silver halide emulsion layers with different photographic speeds, together with at least one antihalation layer, wherein couplers capable of color formation are contained in a total coating amount of 0.02 mmol/m2 to 2 mmol/m2.

Abstract: A therally processed image forming material less causative of adhesion during storage in a form of commercial product is provided. The thermally processed image forming material has on only one side of a support an image forming layer, in which the outermost layer on the same side with the image forming layer contains a binder different from that contained in the outermost layer on the opposite side of the support.

Abstract: A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reducing composition for the non-photosensitive source reducible silver ions. The thermally-developable layers further comprises one or more radiation absorbing compounds that provide a total absorbance of greater than 0.6 and up to and including 3 in the thermally-developable imaging layer(s). These photothermographic materials are independently coated and dried while the material is conveyed at a rate of at least 5 meters per minute.

Abstract: A photothermographic film and a method for making same is taught. The film includes a support, a photothermographic imaging layer coated on the support, and a complement film generally confining the photothermographic imaging layer between the support and the complement film. The complement film is applied to the photothermographic imaging layer prior to exposure of the photothermographic imaging layer. The complement film retains any volatile materials present in the photothermographic imaging layer generated when thermal energy is applied thereto to develop a latent image exposed on the photothermographic imaging layer.

Abstract: An image forming material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon an image forming layer containing a light-insensitive organic silver salt and a reducing agent and a protective layer in that order, wherein the image forming layer or the protective layer contains a binder having a structure unit represented by the following formula in which Z is a divalent linkage group, R1 is a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group containing a hydroxyl group or an aryl group containing a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material has a support and on one side of the support comprises a thermosensitive element, a barrier layer and an outermost protective layer, the thermosensitive element being exclusive of a high contrast agent and containing at least one substantially light-insensitive silver salt of a carboxylic acid, at least one reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, at least one toning agent and at least one binder, wherein the at least one reducing agent is an ortho-dihydroxy-benzene derivative and the barrier layer comprises a copolymer comprising vinyl chloride units and vinyl acetate and/or vinyl alcohol units, a copolymer comprising styrene units and acrylonitrile units, a copolymer comprising cationic units and/or a copolymer comprising styrene units and maleic acid units.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising, on a support, 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 outermost layer at a surface side of the support at which the image forming layer is provided, wherein:

Abstract: A process for modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate. The process includes digitally applying a photoreactive material comprising at least one photochemical electron donor to a region of a polymeric substrate and exposing at least a portion of that region to actinic radiation. The modified surface of the polymeric substrate may be bonded to one or more additional substrates, or may be coated with a fluid.

Abstract: Antistatic compositions include a fluorochemical that is a reaction product of RfCH2CH2—SO3H with an amine wherein Rf comprises 4 or more fully fluorinated carbon atoms. These antistatic compositions can be formulated in organic solvent-based conductive coating compositions, with or without hydrophobic binders, that can be used to form conductive layers in thermally developable materials including thermographic and photothermographic materials.

Abstract: Thermographic and photothermographic materials comprise a barrier layer to provide physical protection and to prevent migration of diffusible imaging components and by-products resulting from high temperature imaging and/or development The barrier layer comprises 15 to 100 weight % of a film-forming cellulose ether polymer. This barrier layer is capable of retarding diffusion of mobile chemicals such as fatty carboxylic acids, developers, and toners. This barrier layer can also include other film-forming polymers to provide a clear and scratch-resistant surface.

Abstract: A deformable colour photographic silver halide material, said colour photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler can be deformed without loss in image quality and is suitable for large formats and automatic processing.

Abstract: A process for producing a deformed image comprising the steps of: digitally exposing a colour photographic silver halide material, said colour photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler; conventionally processing said exposed colour photographic material to produce an image; and deforming said colour photographic material.

Abstract: This invention provides a black and white silver halide photographic display element comprising a support and a layer on top of said support comprising baryta and a yellow pigment represented by Formula I wherein each of R1, R2, and R5 independently represents a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, or alkyl amino group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aminocarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylthio group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl or sulfamoyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a nitro, amino, acetamido, hydroxy, cyano, carboxy, carboxylate, sulfonic acid, or sulfonate group, additionally pairs of R1 or R2 may represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted ring system containing at least one 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic or carbocylic fused ring; and n, m and r are independently 0 to 5.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic display element comprising a support, a front side which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and a back side, said front and back sides being on opposite sides of the support; wherein said photographic element further comprises printed on the back side a printing ink composition comprising coalesced hydrophobic polymer particles having associated therewith a squarine infrared absorbing dye represented by formula I: 1

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one layer containing negative working photosensitive silver halide and at least one upper protective shield to protect the surface of said transparent polymer.

Abstract: Aqueous-based thermally developable emulsions and photothermographic imaging materials include photosensitive silver halide core-shell grains that comprise at least 20 mol % iodide based on total silver, an amount of iodide in the core of the grains that can be up to the iodide saturation limit in silver iodobromide, and an amount of iodide in the shell of the grains that is at least 2 mol % less than the amount of iodide present in the core, and further provided that the total amount of silver in the shell is from about 10 to about 80 mol % of total silver in the grains. These materials provide desired Dmax and reduced image “print out”.

Abstract: A radiographic silver halide film is designed for improved imaging of dense soft tissue as in mammography. The film includes a silver halide emulsion on each side of the support and at least one silver halide emulsion contains cubic silver halide grains that are doped with a metal hexacoordination complex compound such as a ruthenium hexacoordination complex compound.

Abstract: A radiographic silver halide film useful for mammography comprises a support having a cubic grain silver halide emulsion on one side. The cubic grains are spectrally sensitized with a combination of first and second spectral sensitizing dyes that provides a combined maximum J-aggregate absorption of from about 540 to about 560 nm. The first spectral sensitizing dye is an anionic benzimidazole-benzoxazole carbocyanine and the second spectral sensitizing dye is an anionic oxycarbocyanine. The first and second spectral sensitizing dyes are present in a molar ratio of from about 0.25:1 to about 4:1.

Abstract: A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reducing composition for the non-photosensitive source reducible silver ions. The thermally-developable layers further comprises one or more radiation absorbing compounds that provide a total absorbance of greater than 0.6 and up to and including 3 in the thermally-developable imaging layer(s). These photothermographic materials are independently coated and dried while the material is conveyed at a rate of at least 5 meters per minute.

Abstract: Nonpolymeric fluorochemicals defined as by the following Structure I are useful in thermally developable materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-evaporating lubricant and cleaner formulation that protects all types of film by forming a slick protective coating that reduces or eliminates dirt, scratches and static charges. An embodiment of the present invention comprises an organic mixture of greater than ninety-five percent (95%) aliphatic hydrocarbons. A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises aliphatic petroleum naphtha, aliphatic petroleum distillates and petroleum base oil.

Abstract: An image forming method using a photothermographic material comprising, on at least one side of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material: 1) having a gamma value of 2.0 to 4.0 is developed in a thermal development device configured such that a distance between an exposing section and a developing section is not more than 50 cm; 2) having a silver salt of fatty acid at an application amount of 5 mmol/m2 to 18 mmol/m2 is developed in a thermal development device configured such that a distance between an exposing section and a developing section is not more than 50 cm; 3) is discharged from a thermal development device within 35 seconds after heating for thermal development is ceased.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light sensitive photographic element suitable for image capture followed by machine reading to produce a single perspective two-dimensional color image, said element comprising a two-sided support (a) having disposed on one side of said support a red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, a green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and a blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and (b) having disposed on the opposing side of said support a convergent micro-lens array located and sized to be sufficient to concentrate the image light of a single perspective of an image incident on an area of a micro-lens onto a smaller area of the emulsion layer units. Such elements provide improved latitude in image recording.

Abstract: Aqueous-based thermally sensitive emulsions and photothermographic imaging materials include photosensitive silver halide grains that are predominantly homogeneous and comprise at least 20 mol % iodide based on total silver in the grains. These materials provide desired Dmax and reduced image “print out”.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a laser-engravable flexographic printing element comprising a thermally crosslinked, elastomeric, laser-engravable relief-forming layer E, having the following steps:

Abstract: Thermally developable compositions such thermographic and photothermographic emulsions include certain triazine-thione compounds. These emulsions can be used in thermally developable materials such as thermographic and photothermographic materials to provide increased image density and shortened development time, and to allow development at lower temperatures. Such materials can have imaging layers on one or both sides of the support.

Abstract: Antistatic compositions include a fluorochemical that is a reaction product of Rf—CH2CH2—SO3H with an amine wherein Rf comprises 4 or more fully fluorinated carbon atoms. These antistatic compositions can be formulated in organic solvent-based conductive coating compositions, with or without hydrophobic binders, that can be used to form conductive layers in thermally developable materials including thermographic and photothermographic materials.

Abstract: Aqueous-based photothermographic materials comprise a hydrophilic binder, preformed silver halides, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent composition, and one or more benzothiazolium, benzoselenazolium, or benzotellurazolium salts as antifoggants. These photothermographic materials can be used in combination with phosphor intensifying screens for radiographic imaging.

Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a support, an organic silver salt, a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent and a contrast-increasing agent, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a secondary or tertiary amino group-containing alkoxysilane compound and a polyethyleneimine. A light-shielding package of photothermographic material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A photothermographic material including, on one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, and, on the other side of the support, a non-photosensitive back side layer. The total quantity of an alkaline earth metal contained in the non-photosensitive back side layer is 1×10−5 mol/m2 to 1×10−3 mol/m2.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermal recording material having a thermal recording layer containing an electron-donating dye precursor and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermal recording layer comprises an electron-accepting compound of the general formula (I), 1

Abstract: Aqueous-based thermally sensitive emulsions and imaging materials include a mixture of binders in at least one imaging layer. These binder mixtures include from 70 to about 99 weight % of hydrophilic binders such as gelatin and gelatin derivatives, and the remainder of the total binder weight is composed of one or more hydrophobic binders or water-dispersible polymer latexes. These binder mixtures are particularly useful in imaging layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials and provide long term keeping and reduced crystallization of fatty acids.

Abstract: A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reducing composition for the non-photosensitive source reducible silver ions. The thermally-developable layers further comprises one or more radiation absorbing compounds that provide a total absorbance of greater than 0.6 and up to and including 3 in the thermally-developable imaging layer(s). These photothermographic materials exhibit reduced mottle without significant loss in sensitivity.

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer has a silver coverage of 0.8 to 2.5 g/m2 and comprises a compound represented by Formula (A) or Formula (B): wherein each R3, R4 and R5 is independently an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, provided that R5 includes a silyl containing group, wherein Z2 represents OR22, X2, or OH; n2 is an integer of 1 to 3; each R21 and R22 is independently an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, provided that R21 contains at least one primary amino group or at least two selected from the group consisting of primary and secondary amino groups; and X is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material of the invention contains a support having on at least one surface thereof at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a surface protective layer. The silver halide photographic material of the invention may include a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a hydrophilic colloid, in addition to the surface protective layer. The silver halide photographic material of the invention contains at least two kinds of surfactants that are different from each other. One of the surfactants (type 1) has a fluoroalklyl group or a fluoroalkylene group. The other (type 2) is an anionic surfactant containing ethyleneoxy repeating units and having an alkyloxy group or an alkylcarbonyl group at an end thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material including a support having disposed on one surface of the support, at least one image forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a development accelerator and a binder, and at least one protective layer on the identical surface, wherein 50% by mass or more of the binder contained in the image forming layer is a water soluble binder, and the reducing agent is contained in the form of a solid dispersion.

Abstract: A single-side coated silver halide photographic film material has been disclosed, said film material comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer and a substantially light-insensitive protective hydrophilic colloid layer farther away from said support than said emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion rich in silver bromide with cubic crystals having an average numerical diameter in the range from 0.4 up to 0.

Abstract: A coating composition for use in a photographic element, the composition comprising an aqueous solution of: two or more surfactants; a hydrophilic binder; and optional matte particles; wherein one of the surfactants is represented by the following Formula (I):

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material, which comprises a light-sensitive layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a thermal developer and a binder and a protective layer containing a fluorine compound having at least one fluorinated alkyl group, having not less than 2 carbon atoms and not more than 13 fluorine atoms and at least one anionic or nonionic hydrophilic group, and is subjected to processing by a heat-developing machine having a stock tray for heat-developable photosensitive materials placed at the height of not more than 55 cm above the floor.

Abstract: A base material for a lithographic printing plate comprising a support, a hydrophilic organic polymer compound that is chemically bonded to a surface of the support, and an ionic compound that is ionically bonded to the hydrophilic organic polymer compound; and a lithographic printing plate comprising the base material and an image forming layer provided thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photothermographic material, comprising a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on a same surface of a support, wherein the non-photosensitive organic silver salt is the non-photosensitive organic silver salt in a dispersion that has been subjected to an annealing treatment at 30° C. or more.

Abstract: An image forming material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon an image forming layer containing a light-insensitive organic silver salt and a reducing agent and a protective layer in that order, wherein the image forming layer or the protective layer contains a binder having a structure unit represented by the following formula 1

Abstract: Disclosed are photothermographic materials having, on a support, a layer that contains at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, in which the mean silver iodide content of the photosensitive silver halide falls between 5 and 100 mol %, preferably between 40 and 100 mol %.

Abstract: An information recording material which contains a fluorine-containing nonionic surfactant, 1.5×10−5 mol/m2 or more of a polyvalent metal salt, and an anionic surfactant capable of forming a sparingly soluble salt in an aqueous solution with the polyvalent metal, in the outermost layer on a support on the side of an information recording layer. The information recording material is less in static charge and improved in surface deficiencies due to coating.

Abstract: This invention comprises a silver halide photographic element comprising a support with low oxygen permeability and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a fragmentable electron donating compound of the formula: X—Y′ or a compound which contains a moiety of the formula —X—Y′; wherein X is an electron donor moiety, Y′ is a leaving proton H or a leaving group Y, with the proviso that if Y′ is a proton, a base, &bgr;−, is present in the emulsion layer, and wherein: 1) X—Y′ has an oxidation potential between 0 and about 1.4 V; and 2) the oxidized form of X—Y′ undergoes a bond cleavage reaction to give the radical X• and the leaving fragment Y′; and, optionally, 3) the radical X• has an oxidation potential≦−0.7V (that is, equal to or more negative than about −0.7V).

Abstract: A photothermographic film and a method for making same is taught. The film includes a support, a photothermographic imaging layer coated on the support, and a complement film generally confining the photothermographic imaging layer between the support and the complement film. The complement film is applied to the photothermographic imaging layer prior to exposure of the photothermographic imaging layer. The complement film retains any volatile materials present in the photothermographic imaging layer generated when thermal energy is applied thereto to develop a latent image exposed on the photothermographic imaging layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising at least one image forming layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains and dye forming coupler above said pragmatic polymer sheet, wherein said at least one image forming layer has an exposure time to obtain a usable Dmax of 1.5 of less than 0.01 seconds, wherein said at least one image forming layer is substantially free of image dye stabilizers, and wherein said polymer sheet has an L* of greater than 95.

Abstract: Disclosed is light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads a wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads are not fully enclosed by the binder, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses. The invention also provides a camera combination and imaging method. Embodiments of the invention provide improved sensitivity and latitude in scene exposure range.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material comprises at least one light-sensitive layer and at least one non-light-sensitive layer on a support. The photosensitive material contains at least one compound represented by general formula (1), and a ratio of fluorescent X-ray intensity of fluorine to fluorescent X-ray intensity of carbon, F/C, in the surface of the photosensitive material is 0.

Abstract: Thermally developable materials include a reducing agent composition that can reduce silver ions and provide high contrast images. The reducing agent composition includes a) a hindered phenol reducing agent, an aromatic di- or tri-hydroxy compound, or mixtures thereof, and b) a thermally-releasable p-phenylenediamine co-developer that is represented by the following Structure I: R—NH-BLOCK  (I) wherein R—NH— is a p-phenylenediamine group and BLOCK is a blocking group that is cleaved upon exposure to at least 120° C. for at least 5 seconds and comprises one or more of the following thermally cleavable groups: —CONH—, —COO—, —CONHSO2—, —PO3—, —SO2—, —COCH2NHCO—, or —COS—, and BLOCK is directly linked to R—NH— through one of the thermally cleavable groups.