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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Ken-ichi Shimazu, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Ken-Ichi Shimazu, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/315 (2006.01); B41J 2/435 (2006.01); G03F 7/26 (2006.01); G03F 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming an image by imaging and developing a multi-layer imageable element, in which the developer is fresh developer and the developer is not reused, is disclosed. Much smaller variation in dot percentage is obtained when each imaged imageable element is developed in fresh developer than when the developer is reused to develop additional imaged imageable elements. The method is especially suited to the formation of images using stochastic screening. Either a solvent based developer or a high pH developer may be used.