Abstract: A base Film for a photographic film, wherein (A) the base film is formed of a polyethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate copolymer formed from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid as a main acid component and ethylene glycol as a main glycol component; (B) a solution of 10 mg/ml of said copolymer in a hexafluoroisopropanol/chloroform mixed solvent having a hexafluoroisopropanol/chloroform weight ratio of 2/3 shows a light transmittance, T.sub.400, of at least 97%/cm at a wavelength of 400 nm; (C) the film has a yellow index, Y.sub.ID, of 5 or less; and (D) the film has a haze value of 2.0% or less.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises a plastic support, a silver halide emulsion layer and an antistatic backing layer. A process for the preparation of the photographic material comprises the steps of: coating a silver halide emulsion on one side of the support to form the silver halide emulsion layer; and coating an aqueous coating solution on the other side of the support to form the antistatic backing layer. The coating solution contains electroconductive particles, a binder and a specific nonionic surface active agent represented by the formula (Ia), (Ib), (II), (III) or (IV).

Abstract: The present invention is a polyester film base which has a surface approximately 5 nm thick. The surface of the film base has been altered to include about 6 to 15 atomic percent nitrogen in the form of imines, secondary amines and primary amines in the ratio of about 1:1:2. The invention also includes a film base whose surface includes oxygen in the form of hydroxyl, ether, epoxy, carbonyl or carboxyl groups wherein the oxygen is about 4 to 10 atomic percent above the original surface content of the base. The polyester film base can be either polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate.

Abstract: A photographic material is provided comprising a support, a subbing layer, at least one hydrophilic gelatinous silver halide emulsion layer, optionally one or more other hydrophilic gelatinous layer(s) and a core-shell latex polymer, comprising a core (co)polymer and a shell (co)polymer characterized in that(i) said core-shell latex is present in at least one of said hydrophilic gelatinous layers,(ii) said shell (co)polymer comprises moieties A derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a reactive methylene group and(iii) said moieties A present in said shell (co)polymer make up between 1 and 30% by weight of all moieties present in both said core and said shell (co)polymer and(iv) said moieties A present in said shell (co)polymer make up between 2 and 50% of all moieties present in said shell (co)polymer.The material shows both high dimensional stability and high scratch resistance.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic element with enhanced sensitivity and improved pressure resistance is disclosed, comprising a support having, on at least one side thereof, hydrophilic colloidal layers including a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a nonlight-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the nonlight-sensitive layer contains organic material-aggregation particles; and gelatin contained in the total hydrophilic colloidal layers provided on one side of the support amounts to a range of 1.3 to 2.5 g per m.sup.2.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises a silver halide emulsion layer and an anticurl backing layer provided on a support. A surface backing layer is further provided on the anticurl backing layer. The surface backing layer comprises a hydrophobic polymer. The hydrophobic polymer has a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group; X is --COO--, --CONR.sup.3 -- or phenylene; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group; R.sup.2 is a single bond or an alkylene group; L is a single bond or a divalent linking group, --OCO--, --NHCOO--, --OCOCH.sub.2 --, --NHCONH--, --NHCO--, --NH-- or --O--; and Cy is an alicyclic group consisting of a monocyclic ring and having three to sixteen carbon atoms.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic photosensitive material comprises an emulsion layer which includes silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of at least 50 mol % and containing a rhodium compound. The material also comprises, (i) a hydrazine derivative according to formula (1), (2) or (3) which formulas are shown and defined in the specification, and (ii) at least one compound selected from colloidal silica and polyacrylamide derivatives. The material further comprises a protective layer, the outermost layer of which has a dynamic friction coefficient is not more than 0.35. The material may be processed in a developer having a pH of at least 9.6 but less than 11.0.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface backing layer provided on a support. The surface backing layer contains an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound represented by the formula (I) or (II)C.sub.n1 H.sub.m1 --X.sup.1 --C.sub.n2 H.sub.m2 (I)C.sub.n3 H.sub.m3 --X.sup.2 --C.sub.n4 H.sub.m4 --X.sup.3 --C.sub.n5 H.sub.m5 (II)in which each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 is a divalent linking group selected from --CO--, --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.1 --, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 -- and a combination thereof; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an aliphatic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; each of n1, n2, n3 and n5 is 4 to 100; each of m1, m2, m3 and m5 is 9 to 201; n4 is 3 to 100; m4 is 6 to 200; n1+n2 is 25 to 120; n3+n4+n5 is 30 to 150; at least one hydrogen atom of the groups C.sub.n1 H.sub.m1 --, --C.sub.n2 H.sub.m2, C.sub.n3 H.sub.m3 --, --C.sub.n4 H.sub.m4 -- and --C.sub.n5 H.sub.m5 is substituted with a polar group selected from --OH, --COOM.sup.1, --NH.sub.2, --N.sup.+ R.sup.2 R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material containing particular cyanine dye polymer(s) comprising at least one repeating unit represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a chlorine atom; L.sup.1 represents --CON(R.sup.2)-- (where R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms), --COO--, --NHCO--, --OCO--, --C.sub.6 H.sub.2 (R.sup.3)(R.sup.4)COO-- (where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted acyloxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; and C.sub.6 H.sub.2 represents a benzene ring with four substituents), or --C.sub.6 H.sub.2 (R.sup.3)(R.sup.4)CON(R.sup.2)-- (where R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and C.sub.6 H.sub.

Abstract: An imaging element for use in an electron-beam-recording process is comprised of a film support having, in order, on one side thereof a conductive layer comprising vanadium pentoxide, an adhesion-promoting hydrophilic colloid layer and an imaging layer. The imaging layer is comprised of an electron-beam-sensitive silver halide emulsion and the vanadium pentoxide is present in the conductive layer in an amount sufficient to impart thereto a resistivity of less than 5.times.10.sup.8 .OMEGA./sq. The imaging element is free of objectionable visual density, UV density and mottle and can be manufactured without the need for organic solvents.

Abstract: An imaging element comprising a light-sensitive imaging layer and a polyester film support having coated thereon greater than 0.17 gm/m.sup.2 of a layer of a self-crosslinking polyurethane derived from an isocyanate terminated prepolymer extended with an aliphatic polyamine and end-capped with N-methylol hydrazide groups, the prepolymer being derived from (a) a diisocyanate, and (b) a polyester polyol and having pendant water dispersing, carboxylic salt groups on the polymer chain.

Abstract: An imaging element having a support, at least one light-sensitive layer and a protective layer containing a binder and lubricating particles, said lubricating particles having a volume of at least 0.085 .pi.t.sup.3 where t is the dry thickness of the protective layer.

Abstract: An electron-beam-recording process comprises the steps of (1) providing an electron-beam-recording element, (2) introducing the element into a vacuum chamber, (3) imagewise exposing the element within the vacuum chamber to an electron beam and (4) processing the imagewise-exposed element to form a visible image. The electron-beam-recording element comprises a film support having, in order, on one side thereof a conductive layer comprising vanadium pentoxide, an adhesion-promoting hydrophilic colloid layer and an imaging layer. The imaging layer is comprised of an electron-beam-sensitive silver halide emulsion and the vanadium pentoxide is present in the conductive layer in an amount sufficient to impart thereto a resistivity of less than 5.times.10.sup.8 .OMEGA./sq.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer comprises from 5 to 15% by weight of a water-soluble, electrically conductive copolymer (1) containing carboxylic groups and sulfonic groups and wherein a hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a combination of a fluorinated surfactant (2), a non-ionic polyoxyethylene surfactant (3) and an anionic polyoxyethylene surfactant (4) is coated on said at least one silver halide emulsion layer.

Abstract: A process for producing a silver halide photographic material comprising a polyester support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer and at least one undercoat layer is described, wherein the undercoat layer is provided by coating a solution containing gelatin for an undercoating binder having a calcium ion (Ca.sup.++) content of from 10 to 2,500 ppm based on dry gelatin.

Abstract: New types of polymer latices and their use in photographic materials are disclosed. They are obtained by subjecting to radical emulsion polymerisation one or more radical-polymerisable monomers, whose emulsifier-free homopolymers or copolymers possess a glass transition temperature below 65.degree. C., preferably below 30.degree. C., in the presence of a water-soluble polymer of a particular chemical formula.These new types of latices are preferably used in graphic arts contact materials, e.g. daylight materials. They can be used in relative high amounts thus improving dimensional stability without deteriorating the scratch resistance too strongly.A preferred radical-polymerisable monomer mixture comprises n.-butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and acrylic acid.

Abstract: A coating composition suitable for forming an adhesive primer layer on a hydrophobic polyester resin support, wherein said coating composition essentially consists of (an) addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of such monomers having dissolved therein at least one of the polymers (i) and/or (ii), wherein:(i) is a linear copolyester of isophthalic acid and at least one other dibasic carboxylic acid with an aliphatic diol, said copolyester being soluble in methyl methacrylate for at least 10 g per 100 ml at 20.degree. C., and/or(ii) is a linear polyester of terephthalic acid and/or isophthalic acid with an oxyalkylated bisphenol, said polyester being soluble in methyl methacrylate for at least 10 g per 100 ml at 20.degree. C., and wherein said composition comprises said monomer(s) acting as solvent(s) for polymers (i) and/or (ii) in a 20 to 70% by weight ratio with respect to the totality of said polymer(s) and monomer(s).

Abstract: Imaging elements, such as photographic, electrostatographic and thermal imaging elements, are comprised of a support, an image-forming layer and an electrically-conductive layer comprising a film-forming hydrophilic colloid having dispersed therein both electrically-conductive fine particles and pre-crosslinked gelatin particles. The combination of hydrophilic colloid, electrically-conductive fine particles and pre-crosslinked gelatin particles provides a controlled degree of electrical conductivity and beneficial chemical, physical and optical properties which adapt the electrically-conductive layer for such purposes as providing protection against static or serving as an electrode which takes part in an image-forming process.

Abstract: A base film for a photographic film, wherein (A) the base film is formed of a polyethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate copolymer formed from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid as a main acid component and ethylene glycol as a main glycol component; (B) a solution of 10 mg/ml of said copolymer in a hexafluoroisopropanol/chloroform mixed solvent having a hexafluoroisopropanol/chloroform weight ratio of 2/3 shows a light transmittance, T.sub.400, of at least 97%/cm at a wavelength of 400 nm; (C) the film has a yellow index, Y.sub.ID, of 5 or less; and (D) the film has a haze value of 2.0% or less.

Abstract: A shaped article, in particular a support for image information layers prepared from a biaxially stretched film prepared from a polymer blend of 50 to 97 wt.% of a linear polyester and 3 to 50 wt.% of a polymer containing styrene, wherein the percentages relate to the sum of polyester and polymer containing styrene, is characterised by particularly-elevated covering power.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which comprises a support and provided thereon, a hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound having a solubility of not less than 1 g based on 100 g of water of 25.degree. C.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which has at least one hydrophilic colloid layer (including the silver halide emulsion layer) containing a water-soluble polymer comprising a COOH-containing monomer or a salt thereof which is water-insoluble at a pH.ltoreq.6 and water-soluble at a pH.gtoreq.10. The photographic material is well processed by ultra-rapid processing system, displaying an excellent drying property.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer wherein at least one of said layers comprises a gelatin hardening agent and said hydrophilic colloid layer comprises an alkali-insoluble acrylic polymer particles having an average particle size of from 0.5 to 6 .mu.m and wherein at least 95% by number of said polymer particles have a particle size within .+-.15% of the average particle size.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for forming a color photographic image comprising the steps of:(a) providing an integral element comprising one and only one dimensionally stable layer comprising a reflection base or transparent base coating support, and coated thereon in reactive association an imaging layer comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a diffusible dye forming layer comprising a diffusible dye forming compound, and a barrier layer overlaying said diffusible dye forming layer;(b) exposing this integral element to actinic radiation(c) processing this integral element by contacting this element to an external bath containing compounds selected from the group consisting of color developer compounds, compounds which activate the release of incorporated color developers, and compounds which activate development by incorporated dye developers; and(d) washing this integral element to remove compounds imbibed in step (c). The diffusible dye forming layer is the same or different than the imaging layer.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprises a reflective support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The reflective support comprises a base paper and two or more water-proof resin layers laminated on one surface of the base paper at the side to be coated with the photosensitive emulsion. The water-proof resin layers have different contents of a white pigment. The base paper has pH of from 5 to 9. The silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 95% by moles or higher and being sensitized with selenium, tellurium, or gold.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a backing layer on the back side of the support, wherein; the backing layer contains a compound represented by Formulas [1] or [2]; at least one of the hydrophilic colloidal layers including the silver halide emulsion layer contains a polymer latex stabilized with gelatin; and the outermost layer on the side of the layers including the silver halide emulsion layer or the outermost layer on the opposite side of the layers thereof contain a fluorine-containing anionic or cationic surfactant(s).

Abstract: A coated film having a polymeric film substrate with a subbing layer containing greater than 30% by weight of a polymer which has greater than 60 mole % of a repeating unit(s) containing a pendant nitrogen atom(s). The coated film exhibits excellent adhesion to photographic emulsion layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photosensitive silver halide recording material with reduced pressure sensitivity. The occurrence of pressure marks can be minimized by protective layers with suitable additives. Other properties of the recording material, such as sensitivity, contrast, and clarity, are not affected adversely. Recording materials with protective layers containing polyolefin oxidates are largely insensitive to pressure marks and have low haze, high sensitivity, and high contrast. The invention's recording materials can be used in all fields of photographic and radiographic image production, especially in reproducing color images in steps preliminary to printing and in recording x-ray images for medical diagnostics.

Abstract: The invention describes silver halide packet emulsion grains or crystals that are conventionally precipitated using gelatin of a given isoelectric pH, surrounded by a layer of gelatin-grafted-polymer particles wherein the grafted gelatin has a different isoelectric pH and the said gelatin-grafted-polymer particles are optionally chemically bonded to the gelatin surrounding the silver halide microcrystals. Such packet emulsions can form the basis for a mixed-packet color photographic system.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed in which a matting agent contained in a coating solution is prevented from settling in solution and peeling off during processing. The silver halide photographic material contains at least one light-sensitive emulsion and at least one surface protective layer on a support. The surface protective layer contains a polymer latex having an average particle size of up to 2 .mu.m and a perticular precipitation amount as measured in a test coating solution or a crosslinked polymer latex having a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: Photographic elements having at least one light-sensitive layer and at least one layer having polymeric matte particles surrounded by a layer of colloidal inorganic particles.

Abstract: Processes are disclosed for incorporating a water-insoluble substance in a diffusion resistant form into a hydrophilic colloidal layer of an element. In a first process A the water-insoluble substance is present during the polycondensation of diol(s) or polyol(s) and carboxylic acids, whereby at least 6 mole % of the reagents bear a water-solubilizing group, preferably a sulpho group in the salt form; the obtained mixture of polyester and water-insoluble substance is then dispersed in an aqueous medium. In an alternative process B the polyester is first prepared and then mixed homogeneously with the hydrophobe substance by melting in a reactor or extruder; the mixture is then similarly dispersed. The obtained latex is then incorporated in a hydrophilic colloidal layer which is coated on a support.The obtained element can serve as base for a reprographic image, e.g. a color proof image, or can form part of a complete photographic material.

Abstract: Antistatically treated plastic formed articles, e.g. photographic film supports, that contain at least two layers on the surface to be antistatically treated, wherein a layer nearer to the plastic surface contains a preparation of a polythiophene that is built up from structural units of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of each other stand for hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group or together form an optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylene group, preferably a methylene group optionally substituted by alkyl groups, a 1,2-ethylene group optionally substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl or phenyl groups, a 1,3-propylene group or a 1,2-cyclohexylene group,and a polyanion, a farther layer contains a film-forming polymer and at least one of the two layers contains an alkoxysilane, are characterized, apart from excellent antistatic properties, by very good layer adhesion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic printing paper support comprising a waterproof substrate constituted of raw paper and polyolefin resin coats covering the both surfaces thereof, which further has on the back side of the substrate a backing layer containing at least (a) colloidal silica, (b) an aqueous dispersion of a styrene-acrylate copolymer prepared by the polymerization in the presence of a water-soluble high-molecular compound, (c) at least one substance selected from a group consisting of carboxyl or sulfo group-containing water-soluble high-molecular compounds, the metal salts thereof and hydrophilic organic high-molecular colloidal substances and (d) an aqueous dispersion of a polyolefin resin having a melting point below 100.degree.C.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material has provided on a support a non-light-sensitive surface layer which contains an organic polymer represented by formula (I) and having a mean grain size of 1.0 .mu.m or more, the polymer being produced by suspension polymerization: ##STR1## wherein A is a repeating unit obtained by polymerization of at least one monomer having two or more copolymerizable ethylenic unsaturated groups; B is a repeating unit obtained by polymerization of at least one monomer having one copolymerizable ethylenic unsaturated group; and x, y and z each represents a weight percentage, x is a number of from 1 to 40, y is a number of from 30 to 99 and z is a number of from 0 to 65. The material has good vacuum contact adhesiveness in contact exposures, and the transparency of the processed material is good.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer containing said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises the polymer latex stabilized by gelatin, and the outermost layer on the side containing said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or the outermost layer on the other side comprises the anionic fluorine containing surfactant and/or cationic fluorine containing surfactant.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material having a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a pyrazoloazole magenta coupler, at least one other layer which is arranged closer to the source of light and at least one other layer arranged further away from the source of light than the silver halide emulsion layer containing the pyrazoloazole magenta coupler, these other layers containing gelatine and a randomly or alternatingly structured copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a graft polymer of vinyl acetate on polyalkylene oxide followed by saponification of the acetate groups is distinguished by improved stability to light of the magenta dye obtained after processing.

Abstract: A photographic printing paper support wherein one side of the raw paper is covered by a composition containing titanium oxide dispersed in polyethylene terephthalate resin or a mixture of polyethylene terephthalate and another resin, and the other side is covered by a composition containing calcium carbonate dispersed in polyethylene terephthalate resin or a mixture of polyethylene terephthalate with another resin, which can provide an excellent photographic paper having good water resistance, whightness and gloss is disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the swelling ratio of the entire hydrophilic colloid layers on the acid polymer-containing layer side of the support of the silver halide photographic material having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one acid polymer (having a carboxyl group-containing monomer unit content of at least 15 mol % or an acid value of at least 1.5 meq/g) on at least one silver halide emulsion layer-coated side thereof is at least 200% in distilled water, said acid polymer being dissolved in water and added to said hydrophilic colloid layer, and the swollen thickness of the above entire hydrophilic colloid layers at the time of the completion of the rinsing stage is not more than 8 .mu.m when said silver halide photographic material is processed (the swelling ratio in distilled water is a value obtained by incubating the photographic material at 40.degree. C.

Abstract: Photographic elements having at least one layer containing polymeric matte particles covalently bonded to gelatin and colloidal silica.

Abstract: A light sensitive photographic element is disclosed having a support bearing at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, an overcoat layer, and at least one non-light sensitive stress absorbing layer between the emulsion layer and the overcoat layer, wherein the stress absorbing layer comprises a polymer and a hydrophilic colloid in a mass ratio of greater than or equal to about 1:1, the polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than about 5.degree. C. It has been found that pressure fog can be substantially reduced when such a stress absorbing layer is present.

Abstract: High contrast graphic arts photographic materials exhibiting improved accuracy in image reproduction are comprised of a support, a silver halide emulsion layer having a chloride content of at least 50 mole percent, and a non-electroconductive hydrophilic colloid layer containing both a vinyl polymer and a hydrophilic colloid interposed between the support and the silver halide emulsion layer. A hydrazine nucleating agent is incorporated in or adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer and the photographic material preferably also contains an amino compound which functions as a booster.

Abstract: An improved coating composition is detailed which increases the range of differential pressure within which a photographic element can be coated on a slide bead coating apparatus. The improved composition comprises a novel combination of the polymer shown in Formula 1 and the surfactant shown in Formula 2. The substituents are described.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, which has high light-sensitive speed and improved gradation and sharpness. The light-sensitive material comprises a paper substrate which has polyolefin resin layers on both sides thereof, and a silver halide emulsion layer provided on one of the polyolefin layers. The polyolefin layer on which the silver halide emulsion layer to be provided contains white pigment particles in an amount of not less than 13 weight percent of the polyolefin resin contained in the polyolefin layer, and surface of the polyolefin layer on which the emulsion layer to be provided has a di-dimensional arithmetical mean deviation of the profile, SRa, of not larger than 0.14 .mu.m, and the silver halide emulsion layer comprises at least two kinds of monodispersed silver halide emulsions each having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mole % and being different from each other in speed.

Abstract: In the support member for photographic printing paper of the present invention, a white reflective layer is placed on a base material by coating and drying a coating composition, said coating composition contains a white pigment having titanium oxide as principal component and a binder having a copolymer of vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate and maleic acid anhydride soluble in organic solvent and having polymerization degree of 250 or more, said copolymer containing vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and maleic acid anhydride by component ratio of 20-90 weight %: 5-50 weight %: 2-10 weight %. Thus, the support member can provide photographic image with high resolving power, has high bonding property with base material and silver halide emulsion layer, is easier to produce, and causes discoloring less frequently due to time or heat.

Abstract: A photographic paper support is prepared formed by the following method: forming a paper sheet and drying it to about 10 percent water; applying an aqueous solution of hydrophobically substituted amylose starch to both sides of the sheet; drying this sheet to below 5 percent water; applying an aqueous solution of the hydrophobically substituted amylose starch to both sides of the sheet; drying this sheet to below about 10 percent water; and extruding a layer of polylefin on both sides of the paper sheet.A silver halide color photographic reflection print element is formed by coating at least one color-forming silver halide emulsion layer on a photographic paper support prepared by the above described method.

Abstract: It has been shown by Photon Correlation Spectroscopy than when additional hardener is added to below saturation gel-grafted polymer particles, the gel layer shrinks due to hardening, as there is no free gel left in solution. In films, such case-hardened gelatin-grafted soft polymer particles can act as highly elastic stress absorbing fillers. This is because the dry case-hardened shell is expected to form a thin hard shell around the soft polymer particles. It is shown that gelatin-grafted soft polymer particles and case-hardened gelatin-grafted soft polymer particles, incorporated in the emulsion layers of pressure sensitive photographic products, produce coatings with highly reduced pressure sensitivity without any developability or delamination concerns. In this invention the case-hardened gelatin-grafted polymer particles are preferred over the simple gelatin-grafted material. The core polymer particle can have diameters anywhere between 10 to 10.sup.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material comprises a paper support and provided thereon, a subbing layer containing at least two hydrophobic polymers different from each other in chemical composition, and a light-sensitive layer containing a hydrophilic binder, a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a dye-providing substance and a reducing agent in that order. The subbing layer is provided on the paper support by coating a solution containing the hydrophobic polymers dissolved in a solvent, at least one of said polymers being substantially insoluble in the solvent independently.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having a polymer with a cloud point incorporated in at least one layer on a support.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material that contains a polymer including a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) and having a weight average molecular weight of no more than 30,000: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Z represents the atomic group necessary to form a lactam ring, an oxazolidone ring or a pyrrolidone ring; A is a simple linkage, --CO--, --COO(CH.sub.2).sub.n or --CONR.sup.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.n where R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and n is an integer of 1-6. This photographic material experiences a minimum level of increase in fogging during rapid processing and produces image having improved sharpness and granularity.