Agfa Gevaert Nv

Herman L Matthe

Paul J Coppens

Lucien J Van Gossum

Ludovicus Maria Mertens

Marcel Stroobants

A method for the production of a photographic image by silver complex diffusion transfer processing wherein a negative working silver halide emulsion material having particularly high exposure latitude and being manipulatable under room light conditions without prohibitive fogging is used, said material having a low intensity reciprocity failure (L.I.R.F). The material is contact-exposed with visible light through a sheet support carrying paper paste-up material with its information facing the silver halide emulsion layer of the photographic material, and the resulting latent image is developed in the presence of a silver halide complexing agent and the thus developed silver halide emulsion material is contacted with an image-receiving material to form according to a preferred embodiment a planographic printing plate.

Silver complex diffusion transfer processing

The adherence of a hydrophilic layer containing a hydrophilic colloid binder upon the surface of a vinyl chloride polymer free of hydrophilic recurring units is improved by exposing the polymer surface to a corona discharge sufficient to satisfy a particular wetting test described in the specification, and colloidal silica is dispersed within the hydrophilic layer in a weight ratio range relative to the binder of 1:5-2:1.

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Zoersel, Belgium

Herman L Matthe