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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Munehisa Fujita, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Ichizo Toya, Minami Ashigara, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A photothermographic or thermographic material comprising a support having provided thereon or thereabove at least one image forming layer having its thermal expansion coefficient in the range of 1.0 to 1.5 and having provided on or above said at least one image forming layer a layer which has its thermal expansion coefficient of at least 0.9 and lower than 1.0 and comprises at least one kind of polymer latex having a glass transition temperature of not higher than a heat development temperature, said layer which has its thermal expansion coefficient of at least 0.9 and lower than 1.0 being farther from the support than the at least one image forming layer.