Light-sensitive silver halide material providing improved surface characteristics after processing
US6218094A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/162
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material has been provided comprising a support and on one or both sides thereof at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a gelatinous protective antistress layer and, adjacent thereto as an outermost layer, a gelatinous afterlayer characterized in that said afterlayer comprises at least one polymer latex, being a polybutylacrylate, a polybutylmethacrylate latex or a polyurethane latex, or a copolymer latex being a copolymer poly(butyl methacrylate) polyacrylamide N-substituted sulfo-isobutyl salt, in a ratio amount by weight of (co)polymer latex to gelatin from 0.2:1 up to 5:1 and a total amount of (co)polymer latex and gelatin of at least 0.10 g/m.sup.2.
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