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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1988
Yasuhiko Kojima, Fairlawn, NJ (US);
John Pilot, Carteret, NJ (US);
Burton H Waxman, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Polychrome Corp., Yonkers, NY (US);
Abstract
Novel dot enhancing compositions are disclosed for use in high contrast negative-working image-forming systems. The compositions include compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an aromatic group, A is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic nucleus, and the two carboxyl groups specifically depicted in general formula (I) are each bound to a different carbon atom of said aromatic nucleus. The dot enhancing compositions may be incorporated into a silver halide photographic emulsion or into another hydrophilic colloid layer of a photographic material, or into a developing solution or, alternatively, into both. The dot enhancers of the invention improve density and contrast of images formed, as well as providing a harder, smoother, better formed dot for use in letter press and offset lithography.