Eastman-kodak Company

Colin J Gray

Julie Baker

Anthony M Barnett

John D Mee

Derek D Chapman

Alan R Pitt

Christopher B Rider

Kevin W Williams

Jeffrey K Green

David A Hallbery

Julian C Caesar

Andrew R Benoy

Nicholas E Grzeskowiak

Eric Ordia

Martin T Day

The use of a red-sensitising trinuclear merocyanine dye and an osmium dopant according to formula (I): [Os(NZ)L]wherein Z is sulphur or oxygen, L is a ligand and r is 0, &#x2212;1, &#x2212;2 or &#x2212;3, in photographic silver halide emulsions for use in photographic materials, result in a reduction and/or prevention of speed gain in the emulsion over time without significant speed loss.

Photographic materials having improved keeping properties

The invention provides a photographic element, comprising a support, a photographic emulsion layer and, an antihalation underlayer and/or a pelloid layer, the antihalation underlayer and/or pelloid layer being present in an amount of 1 g/mor less and comprises a vehicle and a solid particle dye.

Photographic element

The invention provides black and white silver halide material for optical contact copying, comprising: at least one photographic emulsion layer including a silver-halide-containing matrix in which the matrix includes a polymer and a hydrophilic binder, wherein the ratio of the weight of silver in the emulsion layer to the weight of polymer in the emulsion layer per unit area is less than 2.0. The photographic material is suitable for use in optical contact copying providing reduced contact gain compared to that provided by conventional photographic material.

Black and white photographic material

A method of forming a photographic image in an imagewise exposed high contrast photographic material free from nucleating agents comprising a support bearing a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains wherein at least 10% of the silver halide grains are spectrally sensitized and a hydrophilic colloid having a silver:hydrophilic colloid ratio above 1. The method comprises developing the material in a developer comprising an ascorbic acid developing agent at a pH no greater than 10.5, the developer being free of hydroquinone.

Method of processing a photographic high contrast silver halide material

A photographic element having a light sensitive layer and containing a dye of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus;

Infrared absorber dyes

An antistatic composition comprises a hydrophilic colloid, e.g. gelatin, and a plurality of surface active agents comprising an anionic surface active agent and a cationic surface active agent. At least one of the anionic and cationic surface active agents comprises at least one polyoxyalkylene group. The accumulation of electrostatic charge on an element, e.g a photographic element, may be prevented by coating a surface of the element with an aqueous dispersion of the antistatic composition and drying the coated surface.

Antistatic composition containing anionic and cationic surface active

A dye of the formula (I) below, and photographic elements having a light sensitive layer and which element contains such a dye: ##STR1## X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each independently represent the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus;

Cyanine dyes with chain sulfone substituent photographic materials

The invention provides a diffusion transfer receiver comprising a support with a non-light-sensitive image receiving layer coated onto each face thereof, said image receiving layer in each case comprising a catalytic nuclei layer for physical development of transferred complexed silver halide and each composite comprising a diffusion modifying active component which is preferably a tone controlling compound. The composites of Side 1 and Side 2 are different constitutions so as to provide receivers suitable for different end users. For example Side 1 can be made suitable for creative designers while Side 2 can be made suitable for pre-sensitized plate-makers. The invention also provides a method for improving transmission density of a receiver sheet in a non-light-sensitive image receiving layer of a silver diffusion transfer process which method comprises utilizing in the receiver layer an S-thiuronium alkyl sulfonate transmission density enhancer.

Diffusion transfer receiver

Silver image bleaching solution and process

A non-light-sensitive image-receiving element useful in a silver complex diffusion transfer process includes at least one layer containing certain S-thiuronium alkyl sulfonates which act as tone controlling agents that accelerate the physical development of silver.

Silver complex diffusion transfer process employing an image-receiving

A non-light-sensitive image-receiving element useful in a silver complex diffusion transfer process includes at least one layer containing certain tone controlling agents that accelerate the physical development of silver. Compounds useful for this purpose are alkyl disulfides substituted by a water solubilizing group, thiazolidine carboxylic acids, .gamma.-thiobutyrolactones, higher alkyl thioglycolates, and carboxy-substituted rhodanines.

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Colin J Gray