Abstract: Improved lithographic printing plates adapted to be imagewise-exposed with ultraviolet- or visible-light-emitting lasers such as argon-ion lasers and frequency doubled Nd:YAG lasers, are comprised of a radiation-sensitive layer and an oxygen barrier layer. The radiation-sensitive layer includes one or more addition-polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated compounds and a photopolymerization initiator system comprised of a spectral sensitizer that sensitizes in the ultraviolet or visible regions of the spectrum and an N-aryl, O-aryl or S-aryl polycarboxylic acid co-initiator; the oxygen barrier layer comprises fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol; and a basic compound is incorporated in the oxygen barrier layer or the radiation-sensitive layer or both in an amount sufficient to control thermal fog susceptibility of the lithographic printing plate.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing an imaging support which includes providing a support, simultaneously coating on a side of the support; a transparent magnetic recording layer including magnetic particles, a polymeric binder and an organic solvent, and a lubricating overcoat layer farthest from the support, the lubricating overcoat layer including a lubricant selected form the general formulas I, II or III:wherein general formula I comprises: ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of esters, amides, ethers, or methylene, a is from 10 to 500, and b is from 4 to 3000, and the general formula I has a molecular weight at least 800;wherein general formula II comprises: ##STR2## wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of, --C-- and --N--, Z is selected from the group consisting of esters, amides, and a carbon-carbon bond, R is selected from the group consisting of methyl, and hydrogen or may be absent if Y equals nitrogen, c is from 1 to 2, d is from 4 to 3000, e is from 10 t

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer color negative photographic element comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to each of the blue, green and red regions of the visible spectrum, a magnetic recording layer, and a permanent density correction dye, wherein:the spectral absorbance maximum of the density correction dye is in the range of 450-485 nm;the ratio of the absorbance of the density correction dye at 480 nm relative to 420 nm is between 1.2 and 3.5;the ratio of the absorbance of the density correction dye at 440 nm relative to 420 nm is between 1.25 and 2.5;the ratio of the absorbance of the density correction dye at 510 nm relative to 480 nm is less than 0.6; andthe density correction dye is uncharged and is free of carboxyl and sulfonate groups.The element exhibits improved color balance permitting it to be satisfactorily processed together with conventional photographic elements to produce viewable color images.

Abstract: Wet lithographic printing plates include a protective layer that provides protection against handling and environmental damage, extends plate shelf life, and entrains debris generated by ablation. The layer washes away during the printing make-ready process, effectively cleaning the plate and disappearing without the need for a separate removal process.

Abstract: A clear protective overcoat is provided to an image formed in a silver halide photographic element. The overcoat is formed by electrostatically applying a uniform distribution of clear toner to an imaged photographic element and then fusing the toner to form an overcoat. The toner can be applied only in a limited area of the element.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element including a support, an image-forming layer and at one least layer having been formed by the coating and subsequent drying of a coating composition. The coating composition is an aqueous medium having therein a polyurethane/vinyl polymer dispersion formed by free radical polymerization of a vinyl monomer in the presence of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support, an image forming layer and a backing layer. The backing layer includes a film forming polymeric binder, hard filler particles in an amount of from 10 to 80 volume percent of the backing layer, and crosslinked elastomeric matte beads having a glass transition temperature of 10.degree. C. or less.

Abstract: An image recording material improved in its physical property is disclosed, comprising composite polymer particles which comprise inorganic particles and a hydrophobic polymer compound containing a repeating unit represented by the following formula. The composite polymer particles are formed by polymerizing, in the presence of the inorganic particles, a composition containing a hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing an imaging support which includes providing a support, simultaneously coating on a side of the support; a transparent magnetic recording layer comprising magnetic particles, a polymeric binder and an organic solvent, and a lubricating overcoat layer farthest from the support, the lubricating overcoat layer comprising wax particles having a size from 0.01 .mu.m to 0.5 .mu.m, and an organic solvent; and drying the magnetic recording layer and the lubricating overcoat layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising in the order given on a hydrophilic surface of a support (i) an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei, (ii) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion being in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer (iii) a first antistress layer and (iv) a second antistress layer, said antistress layers being in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer and each independently comprising unhardened gelatin, characterized in that said second antistress layer comprises at least 30 mg/m.sup.2 of a matting agent with a weight average diameter of more than 3 .mu.m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprising a support and provided thereon, a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light sensitive hydrophilic binder layer, wherein at least one of the light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the non-light sensitive hydrophilic binder layer contains tabular silica particles covered with a hardened gelatin layer.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for treating a polyester support such as polyethylene naphthalate or polyethylene terephthalate. The treatment is carried out at atmospheric pressure in a gas of helium and optionally nitrogen and/or oxygen. The treatment uses metallic electrodes and an atmospheric glow discharge results when the electrodes are connected to a generator and spaced about 1 to 2 mm apart. The process and apparatus improve adhesion of subsequently coated emulsions on the polyester support at high speeds and relatively low power by selecting a frequency of 40 kHz to 500 kHz.

Abstract: The present invention describes an imaging element wherein one layer is coated from an aqueous coating solution having a film forming binder. The film forming binder includes a carboxylic acid containing vinyl polymer or copolymer having a glass transition temperature greater than 60.degree. C. and an acid number of from 60 to 260. The carboxylic acid groups of the vinyl polymer or copolymer are reacted with ammonia or amine to provide a pH of the coating composition of from about 7 to 10.

Abstract: This invention relates to a motion picture print film having a support and having, in order, on one side thereof an antihalation undercoat and at least one silver halide emulsion layer and having, in order, on the opposite side thereof an antistatic layer, a protective overcoat; characterized in that said protective overcoat includes a polyurethane binder and the polyurethane binder has a tensile elongation to break of at least 50% and a Young's modulus measured at a 2% elongation of at least 50000 lb/in, and a topcoat farthest from the support which includes a hydrophilic binder at a weight percent of at least 20.

Abstract: An antistatic photosensitive multilayered structure of the present invention has at least a photosensitive layer and an antistatic cover film on a substrate in this order.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic elements are disclosed comprising a support having a front and a back side, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a light-insensitive protective overcoat on the front side of the support, and a magnetic recording layer on the back side of the support, the light-insensitive protective overcoat comprising an outermost protective layer, wherein the outermost protective layer comprises a hydrophilic binder and dispersed particles having a mean size of less than 0.4 .mu.m of a polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 70.degree. C. comprising units derived from monomers A and B at a weight ratio of A:B of from 97:3 to 80:20 and less than 3 wt % ionic monomers, where A represents ethylenically unsaturated monomers which form substantially water insoluble homopolymers and B represents ethylenically unsaturated non-ionic monomers capable of forming water soluble homopolymers.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a three layer backing system for a photographic element. The backing system in on the opposite side of the light-sensitive layer. The backing system includes a first antistatic layer having an antistatic agent. The backing system includes a barrier layer of a polymer. The overcoat layer, farthest from the support, includes cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate in a ratio range of from 3:1 to 1:1 and from 5 to 40 percent perfluorinatied polymer particles.

Abstract: A photographic element having a support, a light-sensitive layer and a protective overcoat layer, at least one layer comprising a hydrophilic colloid containing colloidal core-shell latex particles, the core being a hydrophobic polymer and the shell comprising greater than 10 and less than 90 mole percent of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a carboxylic acid group.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is provided comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and an outermost layer comprising an hydrophillic binder and polymeric spacing particles characterized in that(i) the outermost layer has a thickness between 0.3 to 0.9 pm and(ii) the polymeric spacing particles comprise at the surface alkali metal carboxylate or sulphonate groups equivalent to an acid value greater than 1.0 mg KOH per 1 g of polymeric spacing particles. In a preferred embodiment the said spacing particles have a volume average diameter (d.sub.v50) that is 5 to 30 times larger than the thickness of the outermost layer.

Abstract: Thermally processable imaging elements in which the image is formed by imagewise heating or by imagewise exposure to light followed by uniform heating are comprised of a support, a thermographic or photothermographic imaging layer, a protective overcoat layer and a backing layer and include in at least one layer thereof, polymeric matte particles comprising a polymeric core surrounded by a layer of colloidal inorganic particles. The polymeric matte particles provide enhanced image quality and improved processing characteristics with respect to adhesion, dusting and lack of haze.

Abstract: It has been found that surface reactions with basic materials such as amines found in the processing environment during lithographic processing contribute to a loss of linewidth control for resists such as chemically amplified resists. This loss in linewidth results from the reaction of the acid generated by exposing radiation with, for example, the amine resulting in a lack of chemical reaction where such reaction is desired. The problem is solved in one embodiment by employing an acid containing barrier layer on the resist.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support, a light-sensitive layer on one side of the support, and on the other side of the support, at least one backing layer and a protective outermost lubricating layer, the protective layer comprising a solid wax and a non-ionic fluorinated surfactant in an amount less than the surfactant's solubility in the wax, said protective layer being coated from a mixture of an aromatic solvent and at least one lower alkyl alcohol.

Abstract: An automobile paint film-protective sheet comprising a substrate having formed on one side thereof a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive having a dynamic modulus of from 2.times.10.sup.5 to 7.times.10.sup.6 dyne/cm.sup.2 at 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A photographic imaging element comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer, and a light-insensitive layer comprising a polymer particle of the formula:(A).sub.x (B).sub.y (C).sub.z (I)where A is a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated crosslinking monomer, B is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing carboxylic acid groups, C is a monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer other than B, x is about 0.1 to 2 mole percent, y is about 35 to 70 mole percent and z equals 100-(x+y) mole percent.

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer color negative photographic element comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer sensitive to each of the blue, green and red regions of the visible spectrum, a magnetic recording layer and a yellow or orange-yellow methine density correction dye of structure I, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.5 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.6 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;X is oxygen or sulfur;each R.sub.7 is independently a substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, and alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, acyl, sulfamoyl, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, alkylthio, arylthio and cyano groups;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may join to form a ring.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support and at least one layer formed from, (A) film forming binder, and (B) non-film forming polymeric particles. The film forming binder is formed from a coating solution of carboxylic acid containing vinyl polymer or copolymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than 50.degree. C. and an acid number of 60 to 260, the carboxylic acid containing vinyl polymer or copolymer is reacted with ammonia or amine so that the coating solution has a pH of from 7 to 10.

Abstract: The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support and at least one image forming layer. The imaging element further includes an antistatic layer and a protective layer overlying the antistatic layer. The protective layer is formed from an aqueous coating solution containing a film forming binder and a crosslinking agent. The film forming binder is a carboxylic containing vinyl polymer or copolymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than 50.degree. C. and an acid number of from 60 to 260. The carboxylic acid group of the vinyl polymer or copolymer are reacted with ammonia or amine to provide a pH of the coating solution of from 7 to 10.

Abstract: The present invention is a polyolefin resin coated paper base having a backing layer. The backing layer is formed by coating and subsequent drying of a coating composition having dispersed therein colloidal inorganic oxide particles, an antistatic agent and a film forming binder. The film forming binder is a carboxylic acid containing vinyl polymer or copolymer having a glass transition temperature greater than 25.degree. C. and an acid number of from 30 to 260 wherein the carboxylic acid containing vinyl polymer or copolymer is reacted with ammonia or amine so that the coating composition has a pH of from 7 to 10.

Abstract: The present invention describes an imaging element having a support, an image forming layer and at least one layer formed from an aqueous coating composition containing a film forming binder. The film forming binder is an interpolymer containing carboxylic acid groups. The interpolymer contains from 60 to 90 weight percent vinylidene chloride. The interpolymer has an acid number of from 30 to 150 and the carboxylic acid groups are reacted with ammonia or amine so that the aqueous coating composition has a pH of from 7 to 10.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed which comprises (a) a support, (b) a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of the support, and (c) a protective backing on the opposite side of the support which provides scratch and abrasion resistance and process surviving lubricity. The protective backing is comprised of one or more layers, the outermost of which comprises a film-forming hydrophobic lubricious polyester-siloxane block copolymer and a hydrophobic co-binder which does not contain polysiloxane block units. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the backing further comprises a solid particle dye dispersion of a filter dye which is readily soluble or decolorizable in alkali aqueous photographic processing solutions at pH of 8 or above dispersed in an alkaline aqueous insoluble, organic solvent soluble film forming binder, and an electrically conductive agent, such that the backing provides halation protection during exposure as well as process-surviving antistatic protection.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed which comprises (a) a support, (b) a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of the support, and (c) a protective backing on the opposite side of the support which provides scratch and abrasion resistance and process surviving lubricity. The protective backing is comprised of one or more layers, the outermost of which comprises a film-forming hydrophobic lubricious polyimide-siloxane block copolymer. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the backing further comprises a solid particle dye dispersion of a filter dye which is readily soluble or decolorizable in alkali aqueous photographic processing solutions at pH of 8 or above dispersed in an alkaline aqueous insoluble, organic solvent soluble film forming binder, and an electrically conductive agent, such that the backing provides halation protection during exposure as well as process-surviving antistatic protection.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic material comprising finely divided solid spherical polymer beads having an average particle size between about 0.1 and about 10 .mu.m and having a glass transition temperature of at least 40.degree. C. The polymer beads are prepared by a one step reaction in an aqueous reaction medium whereby the polymer beads are formed by the simultaneous reaction of1) a silane monomer comprising an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated group,2) at least one .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, different from the silane monomer, capable of forming a polymer that is soluble in the monomer(s) present in the aqueous solvent mixture but which is insoluble in water3) a free radical-forming polymerization initiator that is soluble in the aqueous solvent mixture, and4) a graft-polymerizable polymer containing hydrophilic groups, and capable of forming a graft polymer that remains soluble in the aqueous reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for treating a polyester support such as polyethylene naphthalate or polyethylene terephthalate. The treatment is carried out at near atmospheric pressure in a gas of helium and optionally nitrogen and/or oxygen. The treatment uses anodized aluminum electrodes and an atmospheric glow discharge results when the electrodes are connected to an RF generator and spaced about 2 mm apart. The process and apparatus improve adhesion of subsequently coated emulsions on the polyester support at high speeds and relatively low power by selecting a frequency of 40 kHz to 500 kHz.

Abstract: A photographic element having a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer and a layer containing matte bead particles, the matte bead particles being a copolymer of a styrenic monomer or acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or an acrylic acid ester or a methacrylic acid ester or mixture thereof where the ester group contains up to 6 carbon atoms and an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester where the ester group has from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, each matte bead particle being surrounded by colloidal size particles of a suspension stabilizing agent.

Abstract: A hybrid lith photographic film substantially resistant to the formation of scratch-related defects that occur during the manufacturing and handling process having an anti-abrasion coating on the silver halide emulsion layer containing a polyalkylene oxide surfactant.

Abstract: A coating composition that is useful for the preparation of an auxiliary layer of an imaging element, such as a photographic element, is comprised of an aqueous medium having dispersed therein film-forming polymeric particles and non-film-forming polymeric particles and is characterized in that the film-forming polymeric particles are acid-stable polyurethane particles. These coating compositions have excellent stability characteristics, provide auxiliary layers with improved chemical and physical properties when coated and dried to form a coalesced layer, and provide for reduced emission of volatile organic compounds during the drying process.

Abstract: Imaging elements, such as photographic films and papers, are comprised of a support, an image-forming layer and at least one auxiliary layer containing solvent-dispersible polymer particles. The auxiliary layer having been formed from a coating solution comprising a continuous liquid organic medium having dispersed therein lubricant impregnated core/shell polymer particles, the polymer particles comprising a core portion which is insoluble in the organic medium and a shell portion which has an affinity for both the core portion and the organic medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a fluoropolymer and a fluorochemical surface active agent in combination for improving the antistatic behaviour of surfaces. In one embodiment, the invention provides a light-sensitive material possessing good initial antistatic properties and retaining good properties even after aqueous processing.

Abstract: A base film having dimensional stability and high transparency, which comprises (A) a plastic film having on either one or both sides thereof (B) a thin film layer comprising (1) an oxide of silicon and (2) a fluoride of alkaline earth metal, or comprising (1) an oxide of silicon, (2) a fluoride of alkaline earth metal, and (3) an oxide of magnesium, the thin film layer (B) being formed by a vacuum film forming process. A photographic light-sensitive material comprising the base film having dimensional stability and high transparency, having on either one or both sides thereof (C) a photographic layer.

Abstract: A composition for a protective film, which comprises the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D), wherein the proportions of the main components (A) and (B) are substantially from 5 to 60 wt % of (A) and from 35 to 90 wt % of (B), based on the total amount of the composition: (A) a photopolymerizable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and/or oligomer; (B) an oligomer or polymer of a non-acrylic epoxide; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; and (D) an epoxy-curing agent.

Abstract: An image-receiving element for use in photographic and photothermographic diffusion transfer film units of the type wherein the image-receiving element is designed to be removed or "peeled-apart" from a photosensitive element following exposure and processing. The present image-receiving element comprises in sequence, a support, an image-receiving layer, and an overcoat layer. The overcoat layer comprises a major amount by dry weight of water-insoluble particles and a minor amount by dry weight of a water-insoluble polymeric latex binder material. The water-insoluble particles may comprise inorganic particles such as colloidal silica, and/or organic particles such as water-insoluble polymeric latex particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an optical member having excellent optical characteristics. An optical member is composed of a support plate and an optical sheet stuck on said plate via an optical adhesive. The optical adhesive is made sticky after it is coated, including ultraviolet-curing adhesives, epoxy adhesives and their mixtures. To produce the optical member, the optical sheet is formed on the surface of a fixed substrate via a transfer film. The optical adhesive is coated onto the optical sheet, the adhesive is made sticky on the sheet, the fixed substrate is peeled off, the sheet is stuck onto the support plate using the adhesive, and the adhesive is cured.

Abstract: According to this invention an assortment is offered of at least five silver halide industrial X-ray photographic materials, to be processed in the processing cycle of an automatic processing machine following the steps of developing, rinsing, fixing, rinsing and drying, wherein each of said film materials comprises at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating on at least one side of a support, characterised in that for each of said materials belonging to the assortment the total amount of silver halide, expressed as the equivalent amount of silver nitrate, per square meter and per side is lying in the range from 7.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising in the order given on a hydrophilic surface of a support (i) an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei, (ii) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion being in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer and (iii) an antistress composition in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer, said antistress composition comprising unhardened gelatin in an amount ranging from 0.60 to 1.75 g/m.sup.2, characterized in that at least 50% by weight of said unhardened gelatin belongs to one or more gelatin species whereof a 10% by weight aqueous solution at 36.degree. C. and pH 6 has a viscosity lower than 35 mPa.s at a shearing rate of 1000 s.sup.-1.

Abstract: Recognizing the rate-determining nature of the coating removal and recoating steps, applicants have demonstrated that with proper combination of low absorbing polymer, glass and low intensity radiation, UV-induced gratings can be side-written into polymer coated fibers without removing the polymer, thus permitting up the possibility of high speed fabrication of fiber gratings.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement of the direct lithographic printing plate making process using ink-jet printing, which provides a printing plate having excellent resolution. Accordingly, the present invention provides an improvement of a process for producing a lithographic printing plate comprising selectively forming a light transmittable oxygen barrier film on a photopolymerizable layer of a photosensitive plate, exposing to light and then removing uncured portion on which the oxygen barrier film is not covered, wherein a protective layer which is capable of transmitting oxygen gas and the light to cure the photopolymerizable layer is formed on the photopolymerizable layer, a photosensitive plate therefor and an aqueous ink composition therefor.

Abstract: The invention discloses that a photograph with a 3-dimensional image results when the non-angular reflector (of mercury) used in the Lippmann process of color photography is replaced by an angular reflector; the preferred form of the angular reflector is a retro-reflector.A photographic system is described which produces photographs with 3-dimensional images. The photo-sensitive element records the interference patterns of light waves, and the system is an improvement over the Lippmann process of color photography which produces photographs with 2-dimensional images. A photographic system is also described that produces a photograph with a 3-dimensional image from 2-dimensional cross sections of a subject; the system is useful in medical imaging. During exposure, motion of more than one wavelength of light is permissible between the subject and lens or the lens and the photo-sensitive element.These improvements result from the use of a particular type of angular reflector which is a retro-reflecting sheet.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a photographic element comprises a support, at least one light-sensitive layer, and a protective overcoat comprising a hydrophilic binder and permanent matte particles, the permanent matte particles comprising a polymer of methyl methacrylate and having a size distribution of a first and a second mode, with the first mode being composed of particles having a mean particle size of from 0.2 to 1.2 micrometers in a coating weight of from 10 to 200 mg/m.sup.2 and the second mode having a mean particle size of from 1.5 to 10 micrometers in a coating weight of from 5 to 150 mg/m.sup.2, the total coating weight of the particle of the first and the second modes being greater than 100 mg/m.sup.2.

Abstract: A direct thermal recording process wherein a direct thermal recording material is heated dot-wise and said direct thermal recording material comprises on a substrate an imaging layer containing uniformly distributed in a film-forming polymeric binder (i) one or more substantially light-insensitive organic silver salts being no double salts, said silver salt(s) being in thermal working relationship with (ii) an organic reducing agent therefor, characterized in that said reducing agent is a benzene compound the benzene nucleus of which is substituted by no more than two hydroxy groups which are present in 3,4-position on said nucleus and have in the 1-position of said nucleus a substituent linked to said nucleus by means of a carbonyl group.

Abstract: A photoimageable element comprising: a substrate; a layer of a photosensitive composition comprising a photosensitive material coated on the substrate; and a protective overcoating comprising an oxygen barrier polymeric material and antiblocking particulate material wherein the oxygen barrier component has an oxygen permeability of no greater than about 10.sup.-14 cc(cm)/cm.sup.2 (sec)(Pa).