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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Robert P Bourdelais, Pittsford, NY (US);
Thaddeus S Gula, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter T Aylward, Hilton, NY (US);
Sandra J Dagan, Churchville, NY (US);
John F Sawyer, Fairport, NY (US);
Geoffrey Mruk, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide layer comprising at least one dye forming coupler, a support comprising paper having laminated thereto a top and bottom sheet comprising biaxially oriented polyolefin sheets, wherein said photographic element has a surface roughness of between 0.15 and 0.50 mm and an average stiffness of between 150 and 300 millinewtons, a stiffness ratio between machine direction and cross direction of between 0.8 and 1.2 at between 20 and 70% humidity, a maximum curl value of 10 curl units, said photographic element has a back roughness of between 0.30 and 2.00 mm, and has a tear strength of between 300 and 900 N.