Konica Corporation

Takahiro Ogawa

Shun Takada

Sota Kawakami

Toyoki Nishijima

Tatsuichi Maehashi

Shigeru Mano

Hiroshi Watanabe

Masataka Takimoto

Kazuhiro Murai

Masaki Tanji

Takayuki Sugaiwa

A mask for forming an image on a photographic print paper includes a mask sheet, a transparent protective layer, and a transparent intermediate layer. The mask sheet includes a transparent base sheet and an opaque pattern layer formed in a shape of the image on the base sheet. The transparent protective layer is disposed on the mask sheet so as to protect the opaque pattern layer. The transparent intermediate layer is disposed between the mask sheet and the protective layer. The intermediate layer has a softening temperature that is not more than 100.degree. C.

Method of making a printing mask sheet

A photographic material and a preparing method thereof are disclosed, the material comprising a photographic print and a protective layer provided on an image layer of the photographic print by coating latex comprising a resin having a glass transition temperature of 30.degree. to 70.degree. C.

Photographic material comprising protective layer and preparing method

An apparatus for forming additional images such as characters, illustrations and the like freely in any portion on a photographic paper having a primary photographic image is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image edit system and a thermal transfer system. The edit system designates additional image positions on the primary image on the photogrpahic paper, using the inputted primary image data and the inputted additional images data. The thermal transfer system has a thermal ink transfer ribbon and thermal transfer head for transferring the additional images on the photogrpahic paper according to the edit system. In a preferred embodiment, the photographic paper surface is covered with a UV-cured resin layer.

Apparatus for forming a secondary image on a photographic printed paper

Disclosed are a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material characterized in that the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is processed with a color developer in an amount of 20 to 150 ml/m.sup.2 replenished and contains a yellow coupler represented by the formula (Y-1) shown below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group; R.sub.2 an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or acyl group; R.sub.3 is a group substitutable on benzene ring; n is 0 or 1; X.sub.1 represents a group eliminable during coupling with the oxidized product of a developing agent; and Y.sub.1 an organic group and a method for processing the same.

Method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler and an non-light-sensitive layer containing a binder and a UV absorbent, wherein said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has not more than 7.6 g/m.sup.2 of gelatin, said UV absorbent is liquid at an ordinary temperature, and said magenta coupler is a compound represented by Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent, and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

An image forming method suitable for forming a color proof is disclosed. The method comprises (1) a step for exposing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is comprised of a support having thereon photographic component layers including a yellow image-forming blue-sensitive, a magenta image forming green-sensitive and a cyan image-forming red-sensitive emulsion layer, to light through a transparent black-and-white halftone image and (2) a step for processing the exposed light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein the photographic component layers contain a yellow water-soluble dye, a magenta water-soluble dye and a cyan water-soluble dyes and reflective densities of the silver halide color photographic material measured with light of 450 nm, 550 nm and 700 nm are each not less than 0.8, and toe portion gradations of characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan images formed in the light-sensitive material by the processing are each not less than 1.7, and the toe portion gradations of the yellow, magnet and cyan image have the following relation:

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Odawara, Japan

Takahiro Ogawa