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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Po-jen Shih, Webster, NY (US);
Arthur M. Gooray, Penfield, NY (US);
Timothy J. Wojcik, Rochester, NY (US);
Hwei-ling Yau, Rochester, NY (US);
James E. Pickering, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Po-Jen Shih, Webster, NY (US);
Arthur M. Gooray, Penfield, NY (US);
Timothy J. Wojcik, Rochester, NY (US);
Hwei-Ling Yau, Rochester, NY (US);
James E. Pickering, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of converting a recording element is provided. The method includes providing an imaged recording element having a convertible layer, the convertible layer comprising polymeric particles and a polymeric binder, the polymeric particles having a glass transition temperature T, and the polymeric binder having a glass transition temperature T; heating the convertible layer to a temperature T, Tbeing greater than Tand T; and converting the heated convertible layer of the recording element by advancing the recording element through a pair of rollers, the first roller of the pair of rollers being maintained at a first temperature Tand the second roller of the pair of rollers being maintained at a second temperature T, Tand Tbeing less than T, the convertible layer of the recording element becoming a converted layer after advancing through the pair of rollers, wherein the converted layer has an exit temperature T, Tbeing less than T.