Direct thermal imaging method using a protected heat-sensitive recording material

US5710095A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

• Bartholomeus Horsten · Rumst, BE
• Guy Denis Jansen · Borsbeek, BE
• Ronald Schuerwegen · Schelle, BE
• Marc Van Damme · Heverlee, BE
• Luc Leenders · Herentals, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 1996
• Grant date: Jan 20, 1998
• Expiry date: May 2, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03C1/4989
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A recording material comprising on the same side of a support, called the heat-sensitive side, (1) one or more layers comprising an imaging composition essentially consisting of (i) a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt being in thermal working relationship with (ii) a reducing agent, and (2) at said same side covering said imaging composition a protective later, characterized in that said protective layer mainly comprises an organic thermosetting or moisture-hardened polymer or an organic thermosetting or moisture-hardened polymer composition.