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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Shigeo Hirano, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Satoru Toda, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Masahiko Taniguchi, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming material comprising a support and a constituent layer(s) comprising at least (a) a thermographic image-forming layer containing a reducible silver salt, a reducing agent of the reducible silver salt and a binder or (b) a photothermographic image-forming layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide as a photocatalyst, reducible silver salt, a reducing agent of the reducible silver salt and a binder, wherein the image-forming material comprises a compound represented by formula (I-1) or (II-1) in at least one constituent layer: ##STR1## wherein R represents a secondary alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; and M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a metal ion or an ammonium ion; ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents a secondary alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a primary alkyl group substituted with a substituent bonded via a hetero atom; and M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a metal ion or an ammonium ion.