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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1982
Kenneth C Mattes, Rochester, NY (US);
Harold C Warren, Rush, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Image transfer photographic elements, assemblages, processes and compositions are described which employ carbon black in an opaque layer and/or alkaline processing composition, the carbon black having a deactivating compound adsorbed thereto so that dye image-providing material can diffuse through the opaque layer and/or processing composition without any substantial adsorption thereof to the carbon black, the deactivating compound being incapable of releasing any dye moiety therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, the deactivating compound has the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: (a) Ballast is an organic ballasting radical;