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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1996
Michael L Boroson, Rochester, NY (US);
Judith L Fleissig, Rochester, NY (US);
Edward A Tickner, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of producing a radiation-induced colorant transfer image on a support, includes the steps of: providing an image-receiving element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer; providing a colorant donor element having a colorant transfer layer on a colorant element support and wherein colorant can be transferred from a transfer surface of the colorant donor element to the image-receiving element in response to selectively applied radiation; providing a uniformly reflecting opaque element that is sufficiently opaque to radiation at the wavelengths of the radiation source; causing the image-receiving element to be contacted with the colorant donor element and these elements to be positioned between the radiation source and the uniformly reflecting opaque element; and applying radiation to the colorant donor element to cause colorant to transfer to the image-receiving element.