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Storage stability of an imaging element for making a printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process

US5672461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1996
Grant dateSep 30, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/07
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

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 and (ii) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion being in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer, characterized in that said photosensitive layer comprises a substituted or unsubstituted 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone in an amount between 0.2 mg/g and 15 mg/g of silver halide expressed as an equivalent amount of silver nitrate.

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