Agfa Gevaert Nv

Hendrik E Kokelenberg

Robert J Pollet

Francis J Sels

Rafael P Samijn

Urbain Leopold Laridon

George F Van Veelen

Luc H Leenders

Antoon Leon Vandenberghe

Johan August Loccufier

Joan T Vermeersch

Marc Irene Van Damme

Wilhelmus Janssens

Eddie R Daems

Paul J Coppens

Walter F De Winter

August M Marien

Piet Kok

Jan Gilleir

Benedictus J Jansen

Ronny De Clercq

Nikolaas C De Jaeger

Jan Frans Van Besauw

Gerard Albert Delzenne

Frans Clement Heugebaert

Jozef Willy Van Den Houte

Dirk M D'hont

Frans J Ville

Thomas Nouwen

Walter F DeWinter

The present invention provides an imaging element comprising on a hydrophilic base a hydrophobic photopolymerizable composition capable of being irradiated with actinic light through the support and/or through the front and containing a photopolymerizable composition characterized in that a water-swellable barrier layer comprising at least one non-proteinic water-soluble film-forming polymer is located between said hydrophilic base and said hydrophobic photopolymerizable composition, contiguous to the hydrophilic base and is coated at a ratio of 0.01 to 2.0 g/m2, said water-swellable barrier layer being capable of being peeled off of said hydrophilic base by dry development.

Imaging element comprising a photopolymerizable composition

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, (ii) a photosensitive layer containing a silver halide emulsion being in water permeable relationship with said image receiving layer and (iii) an intermediate layer between said image receiving layer and said photosensitive layer, characterized in that said intermediate layer comprises particles of an alkali insoluble polymeric organic compound obtainable by polycondensation, said particles having a number average size between 0.02 .mu.m and 10 .mu.m. According to the present invention there is also provided a method for making an offset printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process by using said imaging element.

Imaging element for making lithographic printing plates according to the

A process for developing a photographic material containing on a support an image-wise exposed silver halide emulsion layer of which the silver halide is substantially silver chloride and in which the photographic material before its exposure contains already at least one silver halide developing agent in a hydrophilic colloid binder in waterpermeable relationship with the silver halide, said process containing the step of contacting the exposed photographic material with an aqueous alkaline liquid, called activator liquid, being initially substantially free from developing agent(s), said contacting being not followed by a silver complex diffusion transfer processing, characterized in that said aqueous alkaline liquid contains a primary and/or secondary amine.

Development of photographic silver halide emulsion materials

Photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion layer comprising in said emulsion layer and/or in a water-permeable layer coated at the same side of the support as said emulsion layer a compound corresponding to the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein: each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, can represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, or Alk.sub.1 - X - Alk.sub.2 - Y -, wherein: Alk.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, which may be substituted, X is --O-- or --S--, Alk.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkylene, which may be substituted, and Y is a single bond, --O--, --S--, --CONH--, --SO.sub.2 NH--, or --NHCONH--, R.sup.3 can alternatively represent C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl-thio, the C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group of which can be substituted, at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3, however, being other than hydrogen and other than C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl. The invention disclosed includes compounds per se, which correspond to said general formula.

Substituted triazolopyrimidines and their use in light-sensitive

Photographic material comprising a supported or self-supporting binder layer incorporating a photoradical precursor compound in operative relationship with an image-forming precursor compound which is capable of taking part in image formation by reaction with the photoradicals formed by photoexposing said photoradical precursor, wherein the image-forming compound is a reducing compound containing Zerewitinoff active hydrogen for forming a print-out image or an ethylenically unsaturated compound capable of free-radical addition polymerization, and the photoradical precursor compound is a di- or tri(2,3-aryl substituted indolyl) compound free of Zerewitinoff active hydrogen.

Photosensitive recording material and photographic processes wherein

A photosensitive recording material which includes in a supported layer a mixture of photosensitive substances in admixture with one or more polymers that are soluble in an alkaline aqueous liquid, characterized in that such mixture of photosensitive substances essentially consists of: (A) at least one photosensitive nitrone of the formula: ##STR1## in which: R is an aromatic hydrocarbon group including a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group,

Photoresist materials and processes of using with photosensitive

A photographic material comprising in at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or in a hydrophilic colloid layer in water-permeable relationship with such an emulsion layer an antifoggant precursor corresponding to one of the following general formulae: ##STR1## wherein: each of Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 (same or different) is an acyl group

Photographic silver halide emulsion material containing an antifoggant

Fluorine-containing surfactants according to formula (Rf--X).sub.n --A--L--Z wherein Rf is a short-chain fluorine-containing group derived from hexafluoropropylene or trifluorochloroethylene, X is --O--, --S--, or --SO.sub.2 --, n is at least 2, the Rf groups being same or different, L is a monovalent bond or a bivalent bridging group such as --COO--alkylene, --CONR.sup.1 --alkylene, or --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 --alkylene, wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, and Z represents a hydrophilic polyoxyethylene group or a hydrophilic group such as ##STR1## wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium, or organic ammonium, and R.sup.3 is alkyl; A is an aliphatic, aromatic, or aliphatic-aromatic group. These surfactants can be used in hydrophilic colloid layers, which may form part of light-sensitive silver halide materials.

Light-sensitive silver halide materials containing fluorine-containing

A photosensitive composition of matter suited for the production of polymer resist images which composition comprises a mixture of:

Photosensitive composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated

A recording method for directly forming a visible image, which method comprises exposing a recording material information-wise to ultra-violet radiation having a wave-length in the range of 200 nm to 400 nm, with a radiation intensity of at least 5.times.10.sup.11 erg/sq.cm.s so that the recording material receives a radiation energy dose of at least 1.times.10.sup.7 erg/sq.cm, the said recording material containing in a layer in admixture with an organic binder medium:

High intensity photon-image recording

A photosensitive material is described which comprises a base and a solid photosensitive layer comprising a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiating mixture consisting of an oxime ester, a photopolymerization initiator and a p-dialkylaminobenzene of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are lower alkyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or N(R.sup.1) (R.sup.2) and X is --CO--, --CS--, CH.sub.2, or --CH(OH)--.Synergistic photocuring sensitivity is obtained by said oxime ester in admixture with said p-dialkyl aminobenzene compound.

Photopolymerizable recording materials

A photosensitive recording material containing in admixture in a binder medium:

Photosensitive recording materials

A proteinaceous material such as gelatin is hardened by treatment with an aqueous solution of a partial hydrolysis product of cyanuric chloride that has been buffered with a water-soluble borate, e.g. sodium metaborate, potassium metaborate or ammonium metaborate. The proteinaceous material can be a proteinaceous coating such as a photographic silver halide emulsion layer, a backing layer, a protective layer, a filter layer or any other photographic auxiliary layer.

Hardening solution for proteinaceous materials

Proteinaceous material such as gelatin is hardened by treatment with an aqueous solution of the partial hydrolysis product of a 2,4-dichloro-6-alkoxy-S-triazine with a water-soluble tertiary phosphate and/or a water-soluble borate, wherein the 2,4-dichloro-6-alkoxy-s-triazine corresponds to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a lower alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group. The proteinaceous material can be a proteinaceous coating such as a photographic silver halide emulsion layer, a backing layer, a protective layer, a filter layer, or any other photographic auxiliary layer.

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