Imaging system utilizing heat treatment
US4873168A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 7, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/249994
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for treating an imaging sheet is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an imaging sheet having coated on one of its surfaces a layer of microcapsules, the microcapsules containing a radiation curable composition and having an image-forming agent associated therewith, heating the sheet; and image-wise exposing the layer of microcapsules to actinic radiation; wherein the heating step is performed prior to or after the image-wise exposing step. The method reduces or removes damage defects on the imaging sheet and, in some instances, extends the dynamic range of the image-forming agents.
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