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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1998
Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Morigaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming method in which a light-sensitive element having at least three light-sensitive layers on a support is imagewisely exposed and the light-sensitive element is superposed on a processing element in the presence of water in an amount of from 0.1 to 1.0 times of the amount necessary for maximally swelling the total coated layers of the light-sensitive element and the processing element, and the both elements are heated to develop an image on the light-sensitive element. The formed image is outputted to a separate recording material. The developed light-sensitive element is superposed on a dye forming reaction inhibiting sheet and heated to stabilize the light-sensitive element.