Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Fumi Photo Film Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Takehara

Yoshihisa Tsukada

Yoshio Ishii

Mikio Ihama

Ryuji Shinohara

Koji Tamoto

Yoichi Suga

Kazuaki Oguma

Yuichi Ohashi

Yuji Kume

Katsumi Makino

Hisashi Mikoshiba

Hideo Ikeda

Yoshihiko Fujie

Kiyoshi Irita

Yoshihiko Shibahara

Tomoyuki Koide

Masaharu Nakatsu

Seiichiro Kishida

Hiroshi Ayato

Kazuma Takeno

Takekimi Shiozawa

Yasuhisa Sano

Masao Arai

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet is provided in a form that it is wound into a roll and all periphery of the roll is covered with a protective sheet, and in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet contains, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer, and at least one heat-insulating layer containing hollow polymer particles.

Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having, on a support, at least one layer containing an organic hollow polymer, wherein the layer containing the organic hollow polymer includes at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant.

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing; a support; at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer, the latex polymer containing a repeating unit derived from vinyl chloride in a proportion of 50 mass % or above in the latex polymer; and at least one heat-insulation layer containing hollow latex polymer particles and a water-soluble polymer, the at least one heat-insulation layer being provided between the support and the at least one receptor layer.

An image-forming method, containing the steps of: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that the following at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet can be contacted with the following thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals, thereby to form a thermal transfer image; 

Image-forming method using thermal transfer system

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles which layer is provided between the support and the receptor layer, wherein the support has a base paper and a resin layer other than a polypropylene layer that is provided at least on the side of the base paper to which the receptor layer is provided; and a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles which layer is provided between the support and the receptor layer, wherein the support has a base paper and a resin layer which is provided without using an adhesive at least on the side of the base paper to which the receptor layer is provided.

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprising at least one heat insulating layer containing a hollow polymer and at least one receiving layer containing a polymer latex on a support in this order wherein the support comprises raw paper and a polyolefin resin layer provided on the receiving layer side of the raw paper or on the both sides thereof.

A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles, wherein the polymer latex contained in the receptor layer contains a polymer that has a vinyl chloride unit as a structural unit; and a manufacturing method thereof.

Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and manufacturing method thereof

An image-forming method, containing the steps of: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that the following receptor layer can be contacted with the following thermal transfer layer; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals, thereby to form a thermal transfer image; in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprises, on a support, a receptor layer containing a polymer latex, and a heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles, and the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises, on a support, a thermal transfer layer containing any one of compounds represented by formulas (1) to (7): 

Image-forming method using heat-sensitive transfer system

A method for producing a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains having a mean grain size of 0.15 .mu.m or less, wherein at least a part or the whole of a silver halide grain formation process is performed in the presence of an imidazole compound.

Method for producing fine silver halide emulsion

In a silver halide emulsion, tabular silver halide grains substantially consisting of silver bromoiodide, each having faces as two parallel major faces, an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and an average silver iodide content of 1 mol % or more, account for 50% or more of a total projected area of silver halide grains.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

In a method of manufacturing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion with an average grain size of 0.04 to 0.2 .mu.m, a sensitizing dye is added at a temperature of 25.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., and subsequently chemical ripening is performed at a temperature higher than the addition temperature of the sensitizing dye.

Method of manufacturing silver halide emulsion

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support, and a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers formed on the support, at least one of the emulsion layers containing regular silver halide grains, at least 30% or more of which have dislocation lines internally, and the sensitivity specks in each of the grains having dislocation lines being distributed with the maximal value at the depth of about at least about 2 nm and less than 50 nm from the surface of the silver halide grains. The regular silver halide grains have a diameter of about 0.1 to 5.0 .mu.m, a variation coefficient of 20% or less in terms of the distribution of their sizes. Each of the grains has a surface comprising, mainly, a (100) face. The grains have high sensitivity achieved by increasing latent image forming efficiency, not light absorption. The light-sensitive material has a high storage stability.

Photosensitive silver halide emulsions are disclosed which comprise photosensitives silver halide grains dispersed in a binder, wherein at least 70% of the total projected area of the silver halide grains is accounted for by tabular grains of a diameter of at least 0.15 .mu.m, wherein the mean aspect ratio of the tabular grains is not more than 8.0, wherein grains in which the value of the ratio (b/a) of the longest distance (a) between two or more parallel twinning planes in the tabular grain and the grain thickness (b) is at least 5 account for at least 50% (in terms of numbers of grains) of all of the tabular grains, and wherein at least 50% (in terms of the numbers of grains) of the tabular grains are grains in which the number of dislocations per grain is at least 10.

Photosensitive silver halide emulsions containing parallel multiple twin

A silver halide photographic emulsion is described which has excellent color-sensitizing efficiency by sensitizing dyes, sharpness, covering power, and pressure resistant properties, wherein the grains are comprised of core/shell type grains having contained therein a partially halogen-converted silver salt phase, the silver salt comprising silver halochloride, silver thiocyanate or silver citrate.

Silver halide photographic emulsion

A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a hydrophilic colloid having dispersed therein tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of at least 2, the grains comprising a matrix comprising at least 50 mol % silver bromide ions based on silver ions, and a high silver chloride layer on the matrix, the high silver chloride layer comprising at least 50 mol % chloride ions based on silver ions and forming a substantially uniform plane on the matrix, wherein at least 50 mol % of the high silver chloride layer is present on two basal plane surfaces of the matrix. The emulsion has improved pressure properties which are suited for rapid processing, and minimized grain aggregation and excellent suitability for preparation.

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Minami-ashigara, Japan

Hiroshi Takehara