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Light sensitive image forming medium

US5171657A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1991
Grant dateDec 15, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/0285
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming method comprising; PA1 subjecting an image forming medium containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a polymerizable polymer precursor and a photopolymerization initiator, to imagewise exposure, followed by heating to produce a light-absorbing organic compound in said image forming medium; and subjecting said image forming medium in which said light-absorbing organic compound has been produced, to polymerization exposure to cause said polymerizable polymer precursor to polymerize; where the light-absorbing characteristics of said light-absorbing organic compound are utilized to suppress the polymerization of said polymerizable polymer precursor at the area at which said light-absorbing organic compound has been produced.

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