JPH0580478A - Color proof image forming method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the color proof image forming method having substantially the same whiteness as the whiteness of final printed matter. CONSTITUTION:A gelatin layer 3 which does not contain a silver halide emulsion is provided on a base 2 and a dye image forming layer 8 contg. respectively at least one layer of blue sensitive, green sensitive and red sensitive coupler- contg. silver halide emulsion layers 4, 5, 6 is provided thereon. The gelatin layer 3 is not cured and at least one layer adjacent to the gelatin layer 3 are cured by a high-polymer hardener, by which a silver halide photosensitive material is formed. This photosensitive material is subjected to exposing and color development processing, by which a dye image is formed thereon. The dye image forming layer is then peeled from the base and is transferred to image receiving paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention uses a silver halide color light-sensitive material in which a specific layer is hardened by a polymer hardener to form a color proof image having a whiteness equivalent to that of printing paper. Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A process for obtaining a color printed matter includes a step of color-separating a color original document and converting the color original document into a halftone dot image to form a transmission halftone image. A plate for printing is made from the obtained transmission type halftone image, and a step of knowing the performance of the final printed matter (final printing) before making a plate for printing and performing necessary proofreading is included. To do this calibration,
Conventionally, a method of producing a printing plate and making a test print has been used. However, in recent years, for the purpose of accelerating the calibration process and reducing the cost, a method of producing various color proofs and calibrating them has been adopted. As a method for producing a color proof, a surprint method or an overlay method using a photopolymer, a diazo compound, a photoadhesive polymer or the like is known. In addition, JP-A-56-
The method for producing a color proof using a silver halide color light-sensitive material as described in Japanese Patent No. 104335 has great advantages in terms of process simplicity, low cost, etc. In recent years, it has attracted attention because it also has features such as excellent. However, in the method for producing a color proof using such a color light-sensitive material, since the support generally used for the color light-sensitive material is different from the printing paper, the image formed on the color light-sensitive material has a different color tone. However, it was slightly different from the actual printed matter, and there was a risk that the judgment would be erroneous in the calibration process. There should be no such problems if a color photosensitive material that uses printing paper as a support is used, but various types of paper are used as the printing paper depending on the purpose, and all printing papers support the color photosensitive material. It is not always suitable as a body, and it is practically impossible to manufacture a color light-sensitive material using a printing paper to be finally used. As a method for solving such a problem, it is considered that an image is formed on a color light-sensitive material, the layer on which the image is formed is peeled from the support and transferred to a printing paper. But,
Conventional color light-sensitive materials are not manufactured with the intention of peeling the image-forming layer from the support, so that the image-forming layer on which the image is formed is not damaged and the formed image is not distorted. It is extremely difficult to peel it from the support and transfer it to printing paper. Further, a method in which an image is formed on a color photosensitive material using a transparent support and the entire color photosensitive material is attached to a printing paper is also considered. However, in this case, the transparent support is interposed between the image-formed layer and the printing paper, and there is no guarantee that a color proof equivalent to an actual printed matter can be obtained.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to use a silver halide color light-sensitive material having a specific constitution and have a color proof image having a whiteness substantially the same as the whiteness in the final printed matter. It is to provide a forming method.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises:
A gelatin layer containing no silver halide emulsion is provided, and a dye image-forming layer containing at least one of blue-sensitive, green-sensitive, and red-sensitive coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layers is provided on the gelatin layer. Is not hardened, and at least one layer adjacent to the gelatin layer is hardened with a polymer hardener.A silver halide color light-sensitive material is exposed through a black and white halftone dot image film and then color-developed. After forming a dye image, the dye image forming layer is peeled from the support at the gelatin layer portion, and the dye image forming layer is transferred to an image receiving paper, which is a color proof image forming method.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below. (1) The above-mentioned color characterized in that the silver halide emulsion of the silver halide color light-sensitive material is a direct positive photographic color light-sensitive material which is an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion which is not fogged in advance. Proof image forming method. (2) The silver halide emulsion of the silver halide color light-sensitive material is an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion which is not fogged in advance, and the silver halide grains have a core / shell structure, and the silver halide is The total silver chloride content in the product is 80 mol%
The above color proof image forming method is characterized in that the content is 90 mol% or more. (3) The color proof image forming method described above, wherein each layer constituting the dye image forming layer is cured with a polymer curing agent. (4) The color proof image forming method, wherein the polymer curing agent is a polymer compound containing a vinyl sulfone group or a precursor thereof and having a molecular weight of 1000 or more. (5) The color proof image forming method described above, wherein the content of the polymer curing agent is 3 to 40% by weight of the contained gelatin. (6) In the above silver halide color light-sensitive material, the blue-sensitive layer contains a yellow coupler, the green-sensitive layer contains a magenta coupler, and the red-sensitive layer contains a cyan coupler. Color proof image forming method.

The color proof image forming method of the present invention will be described in detail below. In the color proof image forming method of the present invention, first, a gelatin layer containing no silver halide emulsion is provided on a support, and a blue-sensitive, green-sensitive, and red-sensitive coupler-containing halogen is provided on the gelatin layer. A dye image forming layer containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer is provided, the gelatin layer is not hardened, and at least one layer adjacent to the gelatin layer is hardened by the contained polymer hardener. Prepare a silver halide color light-sensitive material. The layer adjacent to the gelatin layer may be a non-photosensitive layer or one of the layers constituting the dye image forming layer. The silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention basically has the same constitution as a conventionally known silver halide color light-sensitive material except that a specific layer is cured by a polymer curing agent. is doing. That is, FIG. 1 is a sectional view schematically showing a cross section of an example of a silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention. In FIG. A gelatin layer 3 containing no silver halide emulsion, a red-sensitive emulsion layer 4, a green-sensitive emulsion layer 5, a blue-sensitive emulsion layer 6 and a protective layer 7 are provided on the top. In the present specification, in the case of the silver halide color light-sensitive material 1 shown in FIG. 1, the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4, the green-sensitive emulsion layer 5, the blue-sensitive emulsion layer 6 and the protective layer 7 are referred to as "dye image forming layer". "8. In FIG. 1, the gelatin layer 3 may be composed of one layer or two or more layers. Generally, it is composed of an antihalation layer and an intermediate layer. Each of the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4, the green-sensitive emulsion layer 5 and the blue-sensitive emulsion layer 6 may be a single layer or may be composed of two or more emulsion layers having different sensitivities. A non-photosensitive layer may be present between two or more emulsion layers having the same color sensitivity. In addition to the illustrated layers, the dye image forming layer 8 includes a non-photosensitive intermediate layer, a filter layer, an ultraviolet absorbing layer, etc. between the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4 and the gelatin layer 3, and the dye image forming layer. It may be contained between the layers constituting the layer 8.

The silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention may contain any type of conventionally known silver halide grains, but in order to form a color proof image, It is preferably a direct positive photographic light-sensitive material containing unfogged internal latent image type silver halide grains. That is, in the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention, the gelatin layer 3 contains no polymer hardening agent and is not hardened, and at least one layer adjacent to the gelatin layer (for example, a red-sensitive emulsion layer). No. 4, or a non-photosensitive layer provided between the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4 and the gelatin layer 3) and the like are hardened by a polymer curing agent, which is conventionally known. It is preferably a direct positive photographic light-sensitive material containing internal latent image type silver halide grains.

The above-mentioned non-fogged internal latent image type silver halide emulsion contains silver halide grains whose surfaces are not fogged and which form a latent image mainly inside the grains. Although it is an emulsion, more specifically, a certain amount of silver halide emulsion (0.5
To 3 g / m ²⁾ was applied, the following developer giving exposure at fixed time of 0.01 to 10 seconds to in (internal developer), 20 ° C., conventional photographic density when developed 5 minutes The maximum density measured by the measuring method is the maximum obtained when a silver halide emulsion coated in the same amount as above and exposed in the same manner is developed at 18 ° C. for 6 minutes in the following developer (surface type developer). Those having a concentration of at least 5 times greater than the concentration are preferred, and more preferably those having a concentration of at least 10 times greater. Internal type developer Metol 2.0 g Sodium sulfite (anhydrous) 90.0 g Hydroquinone 8.0 g Sodium carbonate (monohydrate) 52.8 g KBr 5.0 g KI 0.5 g Water-added 1000 ml Surface type developer Metol 2 0.5 g L-ascorbic acid 10.0 g NaBO ₂ .4H ₂ O 35.0 g KBr 1.0 g Water was added to 1000 ml

Specific examples of the internal latent image type silver halide emulsion include, for example, conversion type silver halide emulsions described in US Pat. No. 2,592,250; or US Pat. Nos. 3,761,276, 3,850,637 and 3,923,513. , 4035185 and 43954.
78, 4504570, JP-A-52-1
No. 156614, No. 55-127549, No. 53-6
0222, 56-22681, 59-2085
No. 40, No. 60-107641, No. 61-1337.
No. 62-215272, German Patent No. 2332802c2, Research Disclosure No. 23510 (issued in November 1983), page 236; specification of U.S. Pat. No. 4,789,627, further having a silver chloride shell; JP-A-63-10160 relating to silver chlorobromide core-shell emulsions;
JP-A-63-47766 and Japanese Patent Application No. 1-24
No. 67; Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-191145 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-5214 relating to emulsions doped with metal ions.
Examples thereof include core / shell type silver halide emulsions described in JP-A No. In the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention, the internal latent image type silver halide grains which are not fogged in advance are preferably core / shell type. Further, the molar ratio of the silver halide of the core to the shell of the internal latent image type core / shell silver halide emulsion is 20/1 or less, and particularly preferably 1/100 or more.

Internal latent image type silver halide grains which have not been fogged in advance include Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Bi.
Alternatively, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals belonging to Group VIII of the periodic table may be incorporated. The amount of Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Bi or the metal belonging to Group VIII of the periodic table contained in the internal latent image type silver halide grains not previously fogged is 10 per mol of silver halide. ^-9 to 10 ^-2 mol is preferred, 10
^-7 to 10 ^-3 mol is more preferable. P among the above metals
The use of b (lead), Ir (iridium), Bi (bismuth) and Rh (rhodium) is preferred. These metals are mixed reaction liquid in the form of a solution in which the metal (metal ion) is dissolved in an aqueous solution or an organic solvent when silver halide grains are formed while mixing and stirring a silver ion solution and an aqueous halogen solution. It can be incorporated in the silver halide grains by adding it (or coexisting in an aqueous halogen solution). Alternatively, after the silver halide grains are formed, they can be incorporated in the emulsion in the form of an aqueous solution of the above metal or a solution of the above metal dissolved in an organic solvent. In this case, it may be further covered with silver halide. The above metal is usually added in the form of a complex salt of the metal or a metal compound such as an oxyacid salt or an organic acid salt of the metal. For the method of incorporating these metals, see US Pat. Nos. 3,761,276 and 4,
395478 and JP-A-59-216136
It is described in Japanese Patent Publication No.

In the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention, the shape of silver halide grains is cubic, octahedron, dodecahedron or tetradecahedron (JP-A-2-223948). Regular crystal bodies, irregular crystal forms such as spheres, and JP-A-1-131547 and 1-15
The value of the length / thickness ratio described in JP-A-8429 is 5 or more, particularly 8 or more, and the tabular grains have 50% of the total projected area of the grains.
You may use the emulsion which accounts for more than%. Further, it may be an emulsion having a complex form of these various crystal systems, or an emulsion comprising a mixture thereof. As the silver halide, silver chloride, silver bromide, or silver chlorobromide is preferable. In particular, the content of total silver chloride in silver halide is 80 mol% or more,
Silver halide of 0 mol% or more is preferred. The silver halide used in the present invention does not contain silver iodide, or even if it contains silver iodide, the content of silver iodide is 3 mol% or less. It is preferably silver, (iodo) silver chloride or (iodo) silver bromide. .. The average grain size of the silver halide grains (the grain diameter in the case of spherical grains or grains close to spheres, the vertical length in the case of cubic grains, and the average length based on the projected surface) is 1.5 μm. Below, 0.1 μm or more is preferable, but 1.2 μm or less and 0.2 μm or more are particularly preferable. The particle size distribution may be narrow or wide, but in order to improve graininess, sharpness, etc., the number or weight of particles is within ± 40% of the average particle size, preferably within ± 30%, and most preferably. It is preferred to use in the present invention so-called "monodisperse" silver halide emulsions having a narrow grain size distribution such that 90% or more, especially 95% or more of all grains fall within ± 20%.

In order to satisfy the target gradation of the light-sensitive material, two or more kinds of monodisperse silver halide emulsions having different grain sizes or emulsions having the same size in the emulsion layers having substantially the same color sensitivity are used. It is possible to mix a plurality of different particles in the same layer or to coat multiple layers in different layers. Furthermore, two or more kinds of polydisperse silver halide emulsions or a combination of a monodisperse emulsion and a polydisperse emulsion can be mixed or laminated and used.

The silver halide emulsion in the present invention is preferably chemically sensitized inside or on the surface thereof by sulfur or selenium sensitization, reduction sensitization, noble metal sensitization or the like alone or in combination. As the chemical sensitization method for core particles, the methods described in JP-A Nos. 2-199450 and 2-199449 can be used. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-1
In the presence of a mercapto compound as described in JP-A 97742, JP-A 1-254946 and JP-A-2-69.
You may add thiosulfinic acid, a sulfinic acid, and a sulfite as described in No. 738 and 2-273735. For specific examples, see Research Disclosure No. 17643-III (issued in December 1978), page 23, etc.

The photographic emulsion in the present invention is spectrally sensitized with a photographic sensitizing dye in a conventional manner. Particularly useful dyes are those belonging to the cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes and complex merocyanine dyes, and these dyes can be used alone or in combination. Further, the above dye and supersensitizer may be used in combination. For more specific examples, see Research
Disclosure magazine No. 17643-IV (197
Issued in December, 1996) See patents on pages 23-24. The photographic emulsion according to the present invention may contain an antifoggant or stabilizer for the purpose of preventing fog during the production process of a light-sensitive material, storage or photographic processing, or stabilizing photographic performance. For specific examples, see Research Disclosure No. 17643
-VI (issued December 1978) and E.I. J. Bi
rr "Stabiliaution of Photographic Silver Haild
e Emulsion "(Focal Press), 1974.

Typical examples of useful color couplers in the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention include:
There are naphthol or phenol compounds, pyrazolone or pyrazoloazole compounds and open-chain or heterocyclic ketomethylene compounds. Specific examples of these cyan, magenta and yellow couplers that can be used in the present invention are described in "Research Disclosure" No. 17
643 (issued in December 1978), 25 pages, VII-D
Item, the same No. 18717 (issued in November 1979) and the compounds described in JP-A No. 62-215272 and the patents cited therein. Among them, the 5-pyrazolone-based magenta couplers preferably used in the light-sensitive material used in the present invention include 5-pyrazolone-based couplers in which the 3-position is substituted with an arylamino group or an acylamino group (in particular, sulfur atom-eliminating type). Is a 2-equivalent coupler). More preferred are pyrazoloazole couplers, and among them, pyrazolo [5,1-c] [1,2,4] described in US Pat. No. 3725067.
Triazoles and the like are preferable, but U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,500 is preferable in terms of low yellow sub-absorption of the color forming dye and light fastness.
The imidazo [1,2-b] pyrazoles described in US Pat. No. 630 are even more preferred and are disclosed in US Pat. No. 4,540,654.
The pyrazolo [1,5-b] [1,2,4] triazole described in US Pat. Examples of cyan couplers that can be preferably used in the light-sensitive material used in the present invention include naphthol-based and phenol-based couplers described in US Pat. Nos. 2,474,293 and 4,052,212, and US Pat. No. 3,777,002. Further, it is a phenolic cyan coupler having a methyl group or higher alkyl group at the meta position of the phenol group, and other
A diacylamino-substituted phenol coupler is also preferable in terms of color fastness. Examples of yellow couplers include U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,933,501, 4,022,620, 4,326,024 and 4,401,752, Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-10739 and British Patent No. 142502.
Those described in No. 0 and No. 1476760 are preferable.

A colored coupler for correcting unnecessary absorption in the short wavelength region of the dye formed, a coupler in which the coloring dye has an appropriate diffusivity, a non-coloring coupler, and a development inhibitor released in association with the coupling reaction. DIR couplers and polymerized couplers can also be used. A coupler which releases a photographically useful residue upon coupling is also preferably used in the present invention. DIR couplers that release development inhibitors are Research Disclosure N
o. 17643, Patents described in VII to F, JP-A-57-151944, 57-154234, and 60.
-184248, JP-A-63-146035 and those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,248,962.
Those described in Japanese Patent Publication are preferred. Examples of couplers that release a nucleating agent or a development accelerator in an image during development include British Patent Nos. 2097140 and 2131188.
Each specification, JP-A-59-157638, 59-1
No. 70840, International Application Publication (WO) 88/01
The one described in Japanese Patent No. 402 is preferable. The standard amount of the color coupler used is in the range of 0.001 to 1 mol per mol of the photosensitive silver halide, preferably 0.01 to 0.5 mol for the yellow coupler and 0.03 for the magenta coupler. Mole to 0.5 mole,
For cyan couplers, it is 0.02-1.0 mol.

As the binder or protective colloid that can be used in the emulsion layer or intermediate layer of the light-sensitive material used in the present invention, it is advantageous to use gelatin, but other hydrophilic colloids can also be used. it can. Color fog inhibitors or color mixture inhibitors can be used in the light-sensitive material used in the present invention. Typical examples of these are JP-A-62-215.
The compounds described in Japanese Patent No. 272, pages 185 to 193 can be mentioned. Examples of the compound releasing a photographically useful group include JP-A Nos. 63-153540 and 63-2.
No. 59555, JP-A Nos. 2-61636 and 2-
The compounds described in JP-A Nos. 244041 and 2-308240 are mentioned. In the present invention, a color forming enhancer can be used for the purpose of improving the color forming property of the coupler. Representative examples of the compounds are JP-A-62-215272, 12
The thing described in pages 1-125 is mentioned. The light-sensitive material used in the present invention includes dyes for preventing irradiation and halation (for example, JP-A-2-85850 and 2).
The compounds described in each publication of -89047 may be used. A solid microcrystal dispersion method may be used as the dispersion method of the dye. ), An ultraviolet absorber, a plasticizer, a fluorescent whitening agent, a matting agent, an air fog preventing agent, a coating aid, a film hardening agent, an antistatic agent, a slipperiness improving agent and the like can be added. Typical examples of these additives are listed in Research Disclosure No. 17643VII-XIII (December 1978)
25-27 pages, and 18716 (1979)
Issued Nov., pp. 647-651.

The light-sensitive material used in the present invention has at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer on a support. The order of these layers is as follows. You can choose as you need. The preferred order of layer arrangement is red-sensitive, green-sensitive, blue-sensitive from the support side or green-sensitive, red-sensitive and blue-sensitive from the support side. Each of the above emulsion layers may be composed of two or more emulsion layers having different sensitivities, and a non-photosensitive layer may be present between two or more emulsion layers having the same color sensitivity. .. It is usual that the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan-forming coupler, the green-sensitive emulsion layer contains a magenta-forming coupler, and the blue-sensitive emulsion layer contains a yellow-forming coupler, but in some cases, the green-sensitive layer contains a yellow coupler and a magenta coupler. It is also possible to use different combinations such as mixed use.

The fog treatment of the photographic light-sensitive material used in the present invention is carried out by the following "optical fog method" and / or "chemical fog method". The entire exposure in the "light fog method", that is, the fog exposure is performed after imagewise exposure, before color development processing or during color development processing. That is, the imagewise exposed light-sensitive material is exposed in a color developing solution or in a pre-bath of the color developing solution, or is taken out from these solutions and dried before being dried. Is most preferred. As the light source for the fogging exposure, for example, JP-A-56-137350 and 58-7.
A light source having a high color rendering property (as close to white as possible) as described in JP-A No. 0223 is preferable. The illuminance of light is 0.0
1 to 2000 lux, preferably 0.05 to 30 lux, and more preferably 0.05 to 5 lux are suitable. Light-sensitive materials using higher sensitivity emulsions are preferred to have low illuminance. The illuminance may be adjusted by changing the luminous intensity of the light source, or by changing the photosensitivity by various filters, the distance between the photosensitive material and the light source, or the angle between the photosensitive material and the light source. Further, the illuminance of the above-mentioned fogging light can be increased from low illuminance to high illuminance continuously or stepwise. It is preferable to immerse the light-sensitive material in a color developing solution or a solution of its pre-bath so that the solution sufficiently penetrates into the emulsion layer of the light-sensitive material before irradiation with light. The time from the permeation of the liquid to the light fog exposure is generally 2 seconds to 2 minutes, preferably 5 seconds to 1
Minutes, more preferably 10 to 30 seconds. The exposure time for fogging is generally 0.01 second to 2 minutes, preferably 0.1 second to 1 minute, more preferably 1 second to 40 seconds.

In the present invention, the nucleating agent used when the so-called "chemical fog method" is applied can be contained in the light-sensitive material or in the processing liquid for the light-sensitive material. A method in which it is contained in a light-sensitive material and used is preferable. Here, the nucleating agent is a substance which acts upon surface development processing of an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion which has not been fogged in advance to directly form a positive image. In the present invention, the fog treatment is preferably performed using a nucleating agent. When it is contained in the light-sensitive material, it is preferably added to the internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer, but as long as it is diffused during coating or during processing and the nucleating agent is adsorbed to silver halide, It may be added to a layer such as an intermediate layer, an undercoat layer or a back layer. Examples of the nucleating agent that can be used in the present invention include, for example, Research Disclosure Magazine,
No. 22534 (January 1983), pp. 50-54, ibid., No. 15162 (November 1976) 76-77
Page, No. 23510 (November 1983) 346
Quaternary heterocyclic compounds and hydrazine compounds described on page 352. Two or more kinds of these nucleating agents may be used in combination. In the present invention, the nucleating agents described in the following publications can be preferably used. That is, 510 of JP-A-3-155543
To 514, a quaternary heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (N-I), and 60 to 60 of JP-A-3-95546.
The hydrazine compound represented by the general formula (N-II) on page 65; typical nucleating agents represented by the general formulas (N-I) and (N-II) are as follows. (N-I-1) 7- (3-Cyclohexylmethoxythiocarbonylaminobenzamide) -10-propargyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (N-I-2) 6- ( 3-Ethoxythiocarbonylaminobenzamido) -1-propargyl-2,3-trimethylenequinolinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (N-I-3) 6-ethoxythiocarbonylamino-2
-Methyl-1-propargylquinolinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (N-I-4) 7- [3- (5-mercaptotetrazol-1-yl) benzamide] -10-propargyl-
1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridinium perchlorate (N-II-1) 1-formyl-2- {4- [3- {3-
[3- (5-Mercaptotetrazol-1-yl) phenyl] ureido} benzsulfonamide] phenyl} hydrazine (N-II-2) 1-formyl-2- {4- [3- (5-
Mercaptotetrazol-1-yl) benzenesulfonamide] phenyl} hydrazine

In the present invention, it is preferable to use the quaternary heterocyclic compound and the hydrazine compound in combination. When the nucleating agent is added to the processing solution, it is contained in a developing solution or a low pH pre-bath as described in JP-A-58-178350. When the nucleating agent is added to the treatment liquid, the amount used is 10 ^-8 to 10 ^-1 per liter.
The amount is preferably mol, and more preferably 10 ⁻⁷ to 10 ⁻³ mol. In the present invention, the nucleating agent may be contained in the hydrophilic colloid layer adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, but is preferably contained in the silver halide emulsion layer. The amount added varies depending on the characteristics of the silver halide emulsion actually used, the chemical structure of the nucleating agent and the developing conditions, and therefore can be varied over a wide range, but it is about 1 × per mol of silver in the silver halide emulsion. A range of 10 ⁻⁸ to about 1 × 10 ⁻² mol is practically useful, with a preferred range of about 1 × 10 ⁻⁵ to about 1 × 10 ⁻³ mol per mol of silver.

When a nucleating agent is used, it is preferable to use a nucleating accelerator for promoting the action of the nucleating agent. A nucleation accelerator does not substantially function as a nucleating agent,
A substance that promotes the action of a nucleating agent to increase the maximum density of a direct positive image and / or accelerates the development time necessary to obtain a certain maximum density of a direct positive image. Such a nucleation accelerator has at least one mercapto group optionally substituted with an alkali metal atom or an ammonium group, thiadiazoles, oxadiazoles, benzotriazoles, tetrazaindenes, Examples thereof include triazaindenes and pentazaindenes, and the compounds described in JP-A-63-106656, pages 5 to 16. In addition, JP-A-63-
No. 226652, No. 63-106656, No. 63-8
The compounds described in No. 740 can be mentioned.

Two or more of these nucleation accelerators can be used in combination. The nucleation accelerator can be contained in the light-sensitive material or in the processing solution, but in the light-sensitive material, it can be used in internal latent image type silver halide emulsions and other hydrophilic colloid layers (intermediate layer, protective layer, etc.). Preferably contained in Particularly preferred is in a silver halide emulsion or its adjacent layer. The amount of the nucleation accelerator added is preferably 10 ⁻⁶ to 10 ⁻² mol, and more preferably 10 ⁻⁵ to 10 ⁻² mol, per mol of silver halide. When the nucleation accelerator is added to the processing solution, that is, the developing solution or its pre-bath, it is preferably 10 ^-8 to 10 ^-3 mol, and more preferably 10 ^-7 to 10 ^-4 mol per liter. is there.

Known photographic additives that can be used in the present invention are those disclosed in Research Disclosure No. 17643
(December 1978) and the same No. 18716 (19
(November 1979), and the relevant parts are summarized in the table below. Additive type RD17643 RD18716 ───────────────────────────── 1 Chemical sensitizer page 23, page 648, right column 2 Sensitivity enhancer Same as above 3 Spectral sensitizer, pages 23 to 24, page 648, right column to supersensitizer, page 649, right column 4 whitening agent, page 24 5 Fog inhibitor, pages 24 to 25, page 649, right column to stabilizing agent, page 650, right column 6 Light absorber, page 25, right column, page 649, right column ~ Filter dye, page 650, left column UV absorber 7 Stain inhibitor, page 25, right column 8 Dye image stabilizer, page 25, 9 Hardener, page 26, page 651, left column 10 Binder page 26 Same as above ─────────────────────────────

In the photographic light-sensitive material used in the present invention, the photographic emulsion layer and other layers are a flexible support usually used for photographic light-sensitive materials such as plastic film, paper, cloth or glass, earthenware, metal and the like. Coated on a rigid support. What is useful as the flexible support is a film made of a semi-synthetic or synthetic polymer such as cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate acetate, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, a baryter layer or an α-olefin polymer. (Eg polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene /
It is a paper or the like coated or laminated with a butene copolymer). The support may be colored with a dye or pigment.
For coating the silver halide photographic emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layers, various known methods such as dip coating method, roller coating method, curtain coating method and extrusion coating method can be used. Also, if necessary, US Pat. Nos. 2,681,294, 2,761,791, and 3,
Multiple layers may be simultaneously coated by the method described in Japanese Patent No. 526528, No. 3508947 or the like.

In the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention, the gelatin layer 3 contains no polymer hardening agent and therefore is not hardened, and therefore at least the dye image forming layer 8 is not hardened. The layer adjacent to the gelatin layer 3 (red sensitive emulsion layer 4 in FIG. 1) is hardened by the polymeric hardener contained therein. Layers other than the layer adjacent to the gelatin layer 3 in the dye image forming layer 8 may or may not be hardened by the polymer hardening agent, but at least the photosensitive layer in the dye image forming layer 8 is photosensitive. All of the emulsion layers
More preferably, all layers constituting the dye image forming layer 8 are preferably cured with a polymer curing agent. When a non-photosensitive layer is provided between the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4 and the gelatin layer 3 shown in FIG. 1, the non-photosensitive layer may be hardened by containing a polymer curing agent. This polymer hardening agent has the function of hardening the gelatin contained in the layer and increasing the mechanical strength of the layer. Therefore, by including the polymer curing agent in the above layer, the gelatin contained therein can be cured to increase the mechanical strength of the dye image forming layer 8. On the other hand, since the gelatin layer 3 is not hardened, its mechanical strength is weak, and in the step of peeling the dye image forming layer on which the dye image is formed from the support in the color proof image forming method of the present invention, gelatin is used. Layer 3 is preferentially destroyed, or between gelatin layer 3 and support 2 or gelatin layer 3 and red sensitive emulsion layer 4 (generally dye image forming layer 8
The layer (2) adjacent to the gelatin layer 3) can be easily peeled from the support 2 without damaging the dye image forming layer 8. Conventionally,
Hardeners of low molecular weight compounds are used in silver halide photosensitive materials. However, the curing agent for low-molecular compounds is
It tends to move from one layer to another and is adjacent to a layer containing no hardener even if the layer provided directly on the support during the production of the silver halide photosensitive material does not contain a hardener. The low molecular weight compound hardener migrates from the layer, and the gelatin of the layer directly provided on the support is hardened to increase the mechanical strength of this layer. As a result, it becomes difficult to peel off the dye image forming layer from the support, and if the image forming layer is forcibly peeled off, the image forming layer is easily damaged. The polymeric hardener used in the present invention is difficult to move from the layer containing it to another layer. Therefore, the gelatin hardener contains the polymeric hardener from the red-sensitive emulsion layer 4. It is not transferred, its mechanical strength is kept weak, and it can be easily peeled from the support 2 without damaging the dye image forming layer 8.

The polymer curing agent used in the present invention is
Generally, a polymer compound containing a vinyl sulfone group or a precursor thereof and having a molecular weight of 1000 or more is preferable.
Preferred examples of the polymer curing agent used in the present invention are described in, for example, US Pat. Nos. 3,057,723, 3,396,029, and 4,161,407. A compound can be mentioned. Typical examples of the polymer curing agent are shown below. These compounds can be synthesized, for example, by the method described in JP-A-58-42039.

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In the above formula, M is a hydrogen atom, sodium atom or potassium atom, x and y are the mole percentages of the respective units charged, and not limited to the above. X is 0 to 99, y Can take values from 1 to 100. The content of the above-mentioned polymer curing agent is preferably 3 to 40% by weight of gelatin contained in the layer to be contained.

In the color proof image forming method of the present invention, the above silver halide color light-sensitive material is exposed through a black and white halftone dot image film. This exposure method is a method known per se, for example, JP-A-2-157.
The method described in Japanese Patent No. 753 can be adopted.

Then, the light-sensitive material exposed as described above is
Color development processing is carried out by a method known per se to form a dye image. When a positive photographic light-sensitive material is directly used as the light-sensitive material, a positive image can be obtained. The color developing solution used for the color developing treatment is preferably an alkaline aqueous solution containing an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent as a main component. As the color developing agent, a p-phenylenediamine derivative is preferable. Typical examples are shown below, but the invention is not limited thereto. (1) 4-amino-N-ethyl-N-β-hydroxyethylaniline, (2) 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-β-methanesulfonamidoethylaniline,
(3) 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-β-
Examples thereof include hydroxyethylaniline, and their sulfates, hydrochlorides or p-toluenesulfonates. The amount of the above-mentioned aromatic primary amine developing agent used is preferably 50% by mole or more of the entire developing solution. The photographic light-sensitive material after the above color development processing is usually bleached,
A desilvering process consisting of a fixing process is applied, and after the desilvering process,
Generally, washing and / or stabilization treatment is performed. Regarding the above-mentioned series of processing steps, JP-A-3-12
The method described on pages 380 to 381 of Japanese Patent No. 0537 can be preferably used.

The dye image-forming layer of the light-sensitive material on which the dye image has been formed in this manner is peeled off from the support at the gelatin layer portion containing no polymer hardening agent. The method for peeling the dye image-forming layer from the support is not particularly limited,
For example, a method is preferred in which the dye image forming layer is swollen with water, the film strength of the gelatin layer not cured by the polymer curing agent is reduced, and the peeling is performed. Since the silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention is structured as described above, it can be easily peeled from the support without damaging the dye image forming layer. Next, the dye image forming layer on which the image peeled off as described above is formed is transferred to an image receiving paper. The image receiving paper is most preferably a printing paper used for a final printed matter, in which a printing plate is prepared and printed from a black and white halftone image film. However, the image receiving paper may not be the printing paper itself to be printed, but may be paper similar to the printing paper. The transfer of the dye image forming layer can be carried out by, for example, a method of floating the dye image forming layer peeled off on the surface of water and placing the dye image forming layer on the image receiving paper.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples. [Comparative Example 1] (Preparation of light-sensitive material (Sample 101)) The following 1st to 11th layers were formed on the front side and 12th layer were formed on the back side of a paper support (thickness: 100 μm) laminated on both sides with polyethylene. The thirteenth layer was coated in multiple layers and dried by heating at about 35 ° C. for about 5 minutes to prepare a direct positive type color photographic light-sensitive material. Titanium oxide (4 g / m ² ) was used for the polyethylene coated on the first layer.
As a white pigment and a trace amount (0.003 g / m ² ) of ultramarine as a bluing dye (the surface chromaticity of the support is 88.0, −0. 20,-
It was 0.75). (Composition of photosensitive layer) Components and coating amount (g / m ² unit) below
Indicates. However, the addition amount of the sensitizing dye is shown in mol per mol of silver. For silver halide, the coating amount in terms of silver is shown. The emulsion used for each layer is the emulsion EM- which will be described later.
According to the production method of 1, the particle size was changed by changing the temperature during particle formation. However, as the emulsion of the 11th layer, a Lippmann emulsion not surface-sensitized was used.

First Layer (Antihalation Layer) Black Colloidal Silver 0.10 Color Mixing Inhibitor (Cpd-7) 0.05 Color Mixing Inhibitor Solvent (Solv-4, 5 and Equivalent) 0.12 Gelatin 0.70 Second layer (intermediate layer) Gelatin 0.70 Third layer (red sensitive layer) Spectral sensitized with a red sensitizing dye (ExS-1, 2, 3, each equivalence meter 5.4 × 10 ⁻⁴ ). Silver bromide (average grain size: 0.40 μm, grain size distribution: [variation coefficient] 10%, octahedron) 0.28 gelatin 1.00 cyan coupler (ExC-1, 2, 3 0.30 1: 1) : 0.2 ratio) Anti-fading agent (Equivalent amounts of Cpd-1, 2, 3, 4, 30) 0.18 Anti-staining agent (Equivalent amount of Cpd-5, 15) 0.003 Coupler dispersion Medium (Cpd-6) 0.30 Coupler solvent (Equivalent amounts of Solv-1, 3, and 5) .12 4th layer (intermediate layer) Gelatin 1.00 Color-mixing inhibitor (Cpd-7) 0.08 Color-mixing inhibitor solvent (Solv-4, 5 and each equivalent) 0.16 Polymer latex (Cpd-8) 0 .10 Fifth Layer (Green Sensitive Layer) Silver bromide spectrally sensitized with a green sensitizing dye (ExS- ^4, 2.6 × 10 ⁻⁴ ) (average grain size: 0.40 μm, grain size distribution: [Variation coefficient] 10%, octahedron) 0.25 gelatin 0.80 magenta coupler (ExM-1, 2, equivalent amount) 0.11 yellow coupler (ExY-1) 0.03 anti-fading agent (Cpd-9) , 26, 30 are each equivalent) 0.15 Anti-staining agent (Cpd-10, 11, 12, 13 in the ratio of 10: 7: 7: 1) 0.025 Coupler dispersion medium (Cpd-6) 0. 05 Coupler Solvent (Solv-4, 6 in equal amounts) 0.15 Six layers (intermediate layer) Same as the fourth layer Seventh layer (yellow filter layer) Yellow colloidal silver (particle size 100Å) 0.12 Gelatin 0.70 Color mixing inhibitor (Cpd-7) 0.03 Color mixing inhibitor solvent ( Solv-4 and 5 are each equivalent) 0.10 Polymer latex (Cpd-8) 0.07 8th layer (intermediate layer) Same as 4th layer 9th layer (blue sensitive layer) Blue sensitizing dye (ExS-) Silver bromide (average grain size: 0.60 μm, grain size distribution: [variation coefficient] 11%, octahedron) spectrally sensitized with equal amounts of 5 and 6 (total 3.5 × 10 ⁻⁴ ). ) 0.40 gelatin 0.80 yellow coupler (Equivalent amounts of ExY-1, 2, 3) 0.35 anti-fading agent (Cpd-14) 0.10 anti-fading agent (Cpd-30) 0.05 anti-stain Agent (Cpd-5,15 in 1: 5 ratio) 0.007 La dispersion medium (Cpd-6) 0.05 Coupler solvent (Solv-2) 0.10 10th layer (UV absorbing layer) Gelatin 1.00 UV absorber (Equivalent amounts of Cpd-2, 4, 16) 0 .50 Color mixing inhibitor (Equivalent amounts of Cpd-7 and 17) 0.03 Dispersion medium (Cpd-6) 0.02 UV absorber solvent (Equivalent amounts of Solv-2 and 7) 0.08 Irradiation prevention Dye (Cpd-18, 19, 20, 21, 27 in a ratio of 10: 10: 13: 15: 20) 0.05 11th layer (protective layer) Fine grain silver iodobromide (99 mol% of silver bromide, Average size 0.05 μm) 0.03 Acrylic modified copolymer of polyvinyl alcohol (Molecular weight: 50000) 0.01 Polymethylmethacrylate particles (Average particle size: 2.4 μm) and Silicon oxide (Average particle size: 5 μm) each Amount 0.05 Gelatin 1.80 Gelatin hardening agent (Equivalent amounts of H-1 and H-2) 0.18 12th layer (back layer) Gelatin 2.50 UV absorber (Cpd-2, 4, 16) Equivalent amount) 0.50 Dye (Equivalent amount of Cpd-18, 19, 20, 21, 27) 0.06 13th layer (back layer protective layer) Polymethylmethacrylate particles (average particle size: 2.4 μm) And an equivalent amount of silicon oxide (average particle size: 5 μm) 0.05 Gelatin 2.00 Gelatin hardening agent (Equivalent amounts of H-1 and H-2) 0.14

Preparation of Silver Halide Emulsion (Preparation of Emulsion EM-1) An aqueous solution of potassium bromide and silver nitrate was vigorously stirred in an aqueous solution of gelatin at 15 ° C. at 15 ° C.
At the same time, they were added in a timely manner to obtain a silver halide solution containing octahedral silver bromide grains having an average grain size of 0.23 μm. At this time, 0.3 g of 3,4-dimethyl-1,
3-Thiazoline-2-thione was added. To this emulsion, 6 mg of sodium thiosulfate and 7 mg of chloroauric acid (tetrahydrate) were sequentially added per 1 mol of silver, and the mixture was heated at 75 ° C. for 80 minutes for chemical sensitization. Using the grains thus obtained as a core, silver halide grains were further grown in the same precipitation environment as the first one, and finally an octahedral monodisperse core / shell silver bromide having an average grain size of 0.4 μm. An emulsion was obtained. The coefficient of variation of particle size was about 10%. To this emulsion were added 1.5 mg of sodium thiosulfate and 1.5 mg of chloroauric acid (tetrahydrate) per mol of silver, and the mixture was added at 60 ° C. for 6 hours.
Chemical sensitization was performed by heating for 0 minutes to obtain an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion. ExZ is used as a nucleating agent in each photosensitive layer.
1 for K-1 and 1 for ExZK-2 for silver halide
0 ^-3 wt%, ^10-2% by weight, as a nucleation accelerator Cpd-
22, 28 and 29 were used at 10 ^-2 wt% each. Further, alkanol XC (Du Po
nt) and sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate as coating aids and succinate and Magefa
cF-120 (manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.) was used. Equal amounts of Cpd-23, 24 and 25 were used as stabilizers in the silver halide and colloidal silver containing layers.
This sample was designated as sample (101). The compounds used in the above sample preparation are shown below.

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Solv-1 di (2-ethylhexyl)
Sebacate Solv-2 Trinonyl Phosphate Solv-3 Di (3-methylhexyl) Phthalate Solv-4 Tricresyl Phosphate Solv-5 Dibutyl Phthalate Solv-6 Trioctyl Phosphate Solv-7 Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate H-11 , 2-Bis (vinylsulfonylacetamide) ethane H-2 4,6-dichloro-2-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine / Na salt

ExZK-17- (3-ethoxythiocarbonylaminobenzamide) -9-methyl-10-propargyl-1,2,3,3
4-Tetrahydroacridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate ExZK-2 2- [4- {3- [3- {3- [5- {3- [2-chloro-5- (1-dodecyloxycarbonylethoxycarbonyl) phenyl) Carbamoyl] -4-hydroxy-1
-Naphthylthio} tetrazol-1-yl] phenyl}
Ureido] benzenesulfonamide} phenyl] -1-
Formyl hydrazine

The sample 101 obtained above was exposed to blue through a yellow halftone dot positive image yellow plate and a black halftone plate (Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. filter BPN-
45), and green exposure (filter BPB-53, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) through a magenta plate and a sumi plate, and then red through a cyan plate and a smi plate. It was exposed (Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. filter SC-60). Then, the following color development processing was performed to obtain a halftone dot dye image.

(Color development processing) The above exposed sample is continuously processed using an automatic processor (paper processor) until the cumulative replenishment amount of the solution becomes 3 times the tank capacity in the following processing steps. did. ──────────────────────────────────── Treatment process time Temperature Tank capacity Replenishment amount ─────── ────────────────────────────── color development 135 sec 38 ° C. 28 liters 240 ml / m ² bleach-fixing 40 seconds 35 ° C. 11 liters 320 ml / m ² water washing (1) 40 seconds 35 ° C 7 liters-water washing (2) 40 seconds 35 ° C 7 liters 320 ml / m ² drying 30 seconds 80 ° C ───────────────── ──────────────────── The replenishment amount indicates the replenishment amount per 1 m ² of the sample. The replenishing system for the washing water was a countercurrent replenishing system for guiding the overflow solution of the washing bath (2) to the washing bath (1). At this time, the carry-out amount of each processing solution by the light-sensitive material was 35 ml / m ² .

The composition of each processing liquid is as follows. ──────────────────────────────────── Color developer Mother solution Replenisher ───────── ───────────────────────────── D-sorbit 0.15g 0.20g sodium naphthalenesulfonate ・ 0.15g 0.20g formalin condensation Product Nitrilotris (methylenephosphonic acid) 1.8 g 1.8 g pentasodium salt diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid 0.5 g 0.5 g 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-0.15 g 0.15 g diphosphonic acid diethylene glycol 12.0 ml 16.0 ml Benzyl alcohol 13.5 ml 18.0 ml Potassium bromide 0.70 g --- Benzotriazole 0.003 g 0.004 g Sodium sulfite 2.8 g 3.7 g Hydroxyl Min. 1/2 sulfate 3.0 g 4.0 g triethanolamine 6.0 g 8.0 g 4- [N-ethyl-N-([beta] -hydro 4.2 g 5.6 g xyethyl) amino] aniline sulfuric acid 1 / Dihydrate Potassium carbonate 30.0 g 25.0 g Optical brightener (diaminostilbene type) 1.3 g 1.7 g Water added 1000 ml 1000 ml ────────────────── ────────────────── pH (25 ℃) 10.35 10.93 (pH adjustment with KOH or sulfuric acid) ───────────── ───────────────────────

──────────────────────────────────── bleach-fixing liquid mother liquor replenishing liquid ───── ──────────────────────────────── ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ・ 4.0g same as mother liquor disodium ・ dihydrate ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid -Fe (III) -55.0 g ammonium dihydrate ammonium thiosulfate (750 g / l) 168 ml sodium p-toluenesulfinate 30.0 g ammonium sulfite 35.0 g 5-mercapto-1,3,4-triazole 0.5 g Ammonium nitrate 10.0g Water added 1000ml ──────────────────────────────────── pH (25 ℃) 6.20 (pH adjustment with ammonia water or acetic acid ────────────────────────────────────

──────────────────────────────────── [Rinsing water] (same as mother liquor and replenisher) ) ──────────────────────────────────── Sodium chlorinated isocyanurate 0.020 g Deionized water ( Conductivity 5μs / cm or less) 1000ml pH 6.5 ─────────────────────────────────────

The image obtained as described above has a whiteness different from that of the printing paper and is not preferable. Further, it was attempted to peel off only the image forming layer formed on the sample 101 from the support, but the image forming layer was broken and part of it remained on the support and could not be peeled off neatly.

[Example 1] In Sample 101 of Comparative Example 1, gelatin hardening agents H-1 and H-2 were not added to the 11th layer, but instead of each of the 3rd to 11th layers. Photosensitization was performed in the same layer configuration and layer composition as in Sample 101, except that 15% by weight of gelatin was added to the polymer curing agent P-1 (where x = 15 and y = 5). A material (Sample 102) was manufactured. During heating and drying of the coating layer, each of the third layer to the eleventh layer was cured. In the obtained sample 102,
After performing blue exposure, green exposure, and red exposure in the same manner as for sample 101, color development processing was performed to form a halftone dot dye image. When the dye image-forming layer of the sample 102 on which the dye image was formed was swollen with water and peeled from the support by pulling the upper layer, dye image formation was carried out at the first layer and / or the second layer. The layers were cleanly stripped from the support. Float the peeled dye image forming layer on the surface of water,
It was adhered to the printing paper by putting it on the printing paper (135 kg of Tokubishi art paper). The color image transferred to the printing paper had the same whiteness as the printing paper.

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According to the method of the present invention, a color proof image having substantially the same whiteness as that of the final printed matter can be easily obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view schematically showing a section of an example of a silver halide color light-sensitive material used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Silver Halide Color Photosensitive Material 2 Support 3 Gelatin Layer Not Containing Silver Halide 4 Red Sensitive Layer 5 Green Sensitive Layer 6 Blue Sensitive Layer 7 Protective Layer

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gelatin layer containing no silver halide emulsion is provided on a support, on which a blue-sensitive, green-sensitive,
And a dye image-forming layer containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a red-sensitive coupler are provided, the gelatin layer is not cured, and at least one layer adjacent to the gelatin layer is cured with a polymer curing agent. The silver halide color light-sensitive material is exposed through a black and white halftone dot image film, and then color development processing is performed to form a dye image, and then the dye image forming layer is peeled from the support at the gelatin layer portion. A color proof image forming method, which comprises transferring the dye image forming layer onto an image receiving paper.