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Agfa-gevaert Aktiengesellshcaft

Afga-gevaert Aktiengesellschaft

Gunther Schenk

Karl-Wilhelm Schranz

Peter Bergthaller

Gerhard Wolfrum

Manfred Peters

Kaspar Wingender

Immo Boie

Hans Hlschlager

Holger Heidenreich

Thomas Kaluschke

Hans-Volker Runzheimer

Carlhans Suling

Wolfgang Himmelmann

Rudolf Stolzenburg

Holger Ohst

Karl Frank

A chromogenic process for the production of color images using, a color photographic recording material with at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer to which are assigned a thermosolvent, a color coupler and a color developer compound, and optionally further non light-sensitive layers, by exposure and development in an aqueous alkaline treatment bath (activator bath), characterised by the following features (a) and (b):

Chromogenic process for the production of color images using a color

Dye diffusion images can be produced by a rapid process in which a first sheet material which contains at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion on a layer support and at least one color producing compound capable of releasing a diffusible dye on development and/or a second, light insensitive sheet material containing a layer of binder in which is incorporated a salt of a weakly acidic organic compound and a strong organic base is or are moistened with an aqueous liquid and the two sheet materials are then heated to 40.degree.-120.degree. C. with their coated surfaces in contact and subsequently separated.

Dye diffusion process with base precursor salts of strong organic bases

A color photographic recording material contains a dispersion of hardened particles of a complex coacervate (packet emulsion) in at least one layer of binder, which particles are hardened with a hardener corresponding to the following formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each denotes an alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl or aralkyl group optionally substituted with an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms or with a halogen atom or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together denote the atoms required for completing a heterocyclic ring, e.g. a piperidine or morpholine ring, optionally substituted with an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms or with a halogen atom,

Photographic recording material

Water-soluble substantially non-hardening aldehydes or water-soluble substantially non-hardening aldehyde precursor compounds are suitable as fog-reducing compounds for the photographic dye diffusion transfer process in which an imagewise-exposed color photographic recording material containing light-sensitive silver salt and a non-diffusing dye-releasing compound in at least one binder layer arranged on a layer support, is developed, preferably under the effect of heat, to produce a diffusible dye image and in which the diffusible dye image is transferred to an image receptor layer.

Photographic dye diffusion transfer process and color photographic

Process for the production of color images by the color photographic dye diffusion process in which development is brought about by heat and water. The combination of antifoggants added to the light-sensitive material, in particular the combination of compounds of formulae I and II, produces a marked improvement in storage stability and constancy of sensitivity with good D.sub.min /D.sub.max ratios. ##STR1## R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, alkyl with up to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxy, halogen, alkoxy or substituents which together form a condensed benzene ring, and in formula II below: ##STR2## R.sup.2 denotes a group which can be split off in the process of development of the material and

Color photographic heat development process

Compounds of the formula I are suitable as thermal development and diffusion promoting agents for the heat development process. With the aid of said compounds higher color transfer densities can be achieved and/or the development time can be shortened. ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 denotes --SO.sub.2 -- or--CO--;

Heat development process and color photographic recording material

In a heat developable color photographic recording material containing, in a common layer of binder, a light-sensitive silver halide, optionally combined with a substantially light-sensitive silver salt, and a non-diffusible dye releasing compound, the binder of the said layer consists to an extent of at least 30% by weight of a polyurethane containing anionic groups. The recording material has a considerably increased sensitivity combined with improved D.sub.min /D.sub.max relationship.

Color photographic recording material capable of being developed by heat

The heat development process using an integral color photographic recording material carrying, on a preferably transparent layer support, both an image receptor layer and light-sensitive layers of binder with silver halide and associated dye releasing compounds, optionally with a light-reflecting layer of pigment between the image receptor layer and the light-sensitive layers, may be carried out as a one-step development process in which silver halide development and color transfer take place at the same time if an auxiliary sheet containing a thermal development and diffusion promoting substance in a layer of binder is used. The thermal development and diffusion promoting agent is preferably liquid under normal conditions and dispersed in a microencapsulated form in the layer of binder.

Photographic heat development process and auxiliary sheet suitable

Compounds corresponding to formula I are suitable for use as thermal development and diffusion promoting agents for the heat development process. The said compounds enable higher color transfer densities to be obtained and/or the development time to be reduced. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 denote alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl or acyl and

Transfer images free from spots are obtained by the heat development process using a photographic recording material and a separate image receptor sheet if either the photothermographic recording material or the image receptor sheet or both contain a mixture of gelatine and sodium alginate in a surface contact layer.

Alkali metal alginate surface layer for heat development process

A color photographic recording material developable by heat treatment and comprising at least one binder layer, which contains photosensitive silver halide, optionally a substantially non-photosensitive silver salt and a color providing compound (dye releaser), can be improved in regard to the Dmin/max relation and in regard to sensitivity by addition of a compound corresponding to formula I

Color photographic recording material developable by heat treatment

Azo dyes corresponding to the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein G represents a group capable of forming a 5-membered chelate ring and R.sup.5 represents aryl or a thienyl group, combined with metal ions, in particular copper or nickel ions, to form stable azo dye-metal complexes which have advantageous spectral properties. They are therefore particularly suitable for the production of highly light-fast cyan images, e.g. by the Ink-Jet process, in which they may be used directly in the form of colored inks, or by the dye diffusion transfer process, in which they are released image-wise from corresponding dye-releasers in the course of development and transferred to a dye-absorbent layer.

Chelatable 4-thienyl imidazole azo dyes, their use in color photographic

Metal complexes, particularly copper and nickel complexes, of azo dyes corresponding to formula suitable for use as magenta-colored image dyes for the production of colored images by the dye diffusion transfer process. The dyes are linked (in non-metallized form) to a carrier radical provided with a ballast group as so-called color-providing compounds which are associated with a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer. During development, the metallizable dyes are released imagewise and, after diffusion into an image-receiving layer, are converted into the corresponding metal complexes. ##STR1## In formula II, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent H, F, Cl, Br, --CN, --NO.sub.2, --CF.sub.3, --OCH.sub.3, --SCF.sub.3, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, acylamino, alkyl sulphonyl, aryl sulphonyl, --CO--X or --SO.sub.2 Y; or two adjacent radicals from the group of radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 together represent a fused benzene ring;

Color photographic recording material containing a non-diffusible dye

Azo dyes of formula II are released on development from dye releasers which are associated with a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The azo dyes are chelatable and form with metal ions blue or cyan dye-metal-complex image dyes. ##STR1## In the formula A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 represent electronegative substituents whose meta-sigma values .sigma..sub.m (according to D. H. McDaniel and H. C. Brown in J. Org. Chem. 23, 420 et seq (1958) conform to at least one of the following three relationships:

Color photographic recording material

Cyan images may be prepared by the dye diffusion transfer process, using dye-releasers which on development release diffusible dyes capable of forming light-fast cyan metal-dye-complexes particularly with copper or nickel ions. As also the dye-releasers are capable of complexation, cyan images can be prepared not only from the released dyes but also from the dye-releasers ('retained image'). Released dyes and dye-releasers of the present invention contain a chromophor of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents --H, --F, --Cl, --Br, --CN, --NO.sub.2, --CF.sub.3, --OCF.sub.3, --SCF.sub.3, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, acylamino, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, --CO--X or --SO.sub.2 --Y or two adjacent groups R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 together constitute a condensed benzene ring which may contain further substituents;

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