US3704154A - Process for producing photographic materials - Google Patents

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US3704154A
US3704154A US116625A US3704154DA US3704154A US 3704154 A US3704154 A US 3704154A US 116625 A US116625 A US 116625A US 3704154D A US3704154D A US 3704154DA US 3704154 A US3704154 A US 3704154A
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Sumitaka Tatsuta
Wataru Ueno
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    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08JWORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
    • C08J7/00Chemical treatment or coating of shaped articles made of macromolecular substances
    • C08J7/02Chemical treatment or coating of shaped articles made of macromolecular substances with solvents, e.g. swelling agents
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C71/00After-treatment of articles without altering their shape; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C71/0009After-treatment of articles without altering their shape; Apparatus therefor using liquids, e.g. solvents, swelling agents
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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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    • G03C1/76Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers
    • G03C1/795Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers the base being of macromolecular substances
    • GPHYSICS
    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
    • G03C1/00Photosensitive materials
    • G03C1/76Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers
    • G03C1/91Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers characterised by subbing layers or subbing means
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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
    • G03C8/00Diffusion transfer processes or agents therefor; Photosensitive materials for such processes
    • G03C8/42Structural details
    • G03C8/52Bases or auxiliary layers; Substances therefor
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    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08JWORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
    • C08J2325/00Characterised by the use of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by an aromatic carbocyclic ring; Derivatives of such polymers
    • C08J2325/02Homopolymers or copolymers of hydrocarbons
    • C08J2325/04Homopolymers or copolymers of styrene
    • C08J2325/06Polystyrene
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    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S430/00Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product thereof
    • Y10S430/155Nonresinous additive to promote interlayer adhesion in element

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  • a process for producing photographic materials comprising contacting a bi-axially stretched polystyrene support with a liquid containing at least a solvent or swelling agent for said polystyrene and gelatin dispersed therein, contacting the support with a non-solvent for said polystyrene to prepare a white opaque polystyrene support having a hydrophilic surface, and applying an emulsion or suspension containing gelatin to said support, is disclosed.
  • This invention relates to a process for producing photographic materials having a light-sensitive layer containing gelatin or an image receiving layer which is used for a silver salt diffusion transfer process on a white opaque polystyrene support (the so-called synthetic paper).
  • Such disadvantages are resolved by using films of hydrophobic high molecular substances, for example, a biaxially stretched polystyrene film as the support of the photographic printing paper.
  • the support should be whitened opaquely.
  • This procedure is carried out using a method which comprises dipping a polystyrene film in a solvent or a swelling agent for polystyrene, such as tetrahydro furan, ethyl acetate and acetic acid, and dipping the film then in a non-solvent for polystyrene, such as methanol and ethanol, to form a coarse surface.
  • a solvent or a swelling agent for polystyrene such as tetrahydro furan, ethyl acetate and acetic acid
  • a non-solvent for polystyrene such as methanol and ethanol
  • This support is markedly preferred as the support of a photographic paper because of its excellent water resistance, drying rate, dimensional stability, rigidity, whiteness and opacity.
  • the polystyrene has the abovedescribed excellent characteristics as the support of photographic printing paper, it is very difiicult to cause a film formed from photographic emulsions containing hydrophilic gelatin to adhere firmly to the surface of the sup port, because it is hydrophobic and chemically inactive.
  • treatments such as corona discharge, electron ray application and ozone oxidation, and the like, are disclosed already in Japanese patent application No. Sho 44-98485, Sho 45-20695 and Sho 45-4163.
  • the process by this invention which does not contain the above-described tWo steps, that is, comprising whitening opaquely a transparent polystyrene support at first and then performing a hydrophilic treatment of the resulting surface, is characterized in that photographic materials are prepared by Whitening opaquely the transparent polystyrene support and preparing a hydrophilic surface at the same time, and applying an emulsion or a suspension containing gelatin to the resulting surface, by which adhesion between the support and the coating film is improved.
  • the present invention is a process for preparing photographic materials which comprises contacting a biaxially stretched polystyrene support with a liquid which comprises at least a solvent or swelling agent for polystyrene and gelatin dispersed therein, then contacting the support with a non-solvent for polystyrene to prepare a white opaque polystyrene support having a hydrophilic surface, and applying an emulsion or a suspension containing gelatin to said polystyrene support.
  • the emulsion or suspension containing gelatin applied to the polystyrene means an aqueous emulsion or aqueous suspension of gelatin which can be prepared by adding or not adding a silver halide, such as silver chloride, silver bromide, silver chlorobromide and silver iodobromide, a light-sensitive diazo compound, substance of center of development of the image receiving material used in the silver salt diffusion transfer process, and other desired substances.
  • the silver halide emulsion may be applied.
  • the coating film made from the aqueous gelatin solution is a subbing layer for application of emulsions.
  • a fine porous layer is formed on the bi-axially stretched polystyrene support by contacting said polystyrene support with a solvent or swelling agent thereof and then contacting the support with a nonsolvent for polystyrene which can be compatible with said solvent or swelling agent, by which said support becomes very white and opaque.
  • the adhesive strength between the resulting white opaque and hydrophilic polystyrene support and a photographic emulsion layer containing gelatin or an image receiving coating layer in the silver salt difiusion transfer process (hereinafter, such a layer will be described as an image receiving layer) is large both in the dry state and in the wet state on development treatment.
  • the solvent and the swelling agent which can be used in the above-described treatment include, for example, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, acetone, methylethylketone, methylene chloride, ethylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexane, benzene, dioxane, benzyl alcohol, trichlene and mixtures thereof.
  • the non-solvent includes methanol and ethanol and the like.
  • water, nonsolvents and dispersing agents may be, added suitably on dispersing the aqueous gelatin solution in said solvent or swelling agent. Further, although the amount of gelatin dispersed depends upon type of solvent, from 0.1 to 2.0% by weight or so is preferable.
  • the adhesive strength between the thus resulting support and the photographic emulsion layer containing gelatin or the image receiving layer does not exhibit any deterioration after the passage of long periods of time.
  • EXAMPLE 2 After dipping a bi-axially stretched polystyrene support 0.1 mm. in thickness in a solution having the following composition at 20 C. for 3 seconds, the support was further dipped in methanol for 30 seconds to prepare a white opaque hydrophilic polystyrene support.
  • EXAMPLE 3 After dipping a bi-axially stretched polystyrene support 0.2 mm. in thickness in a solution having the following composition at 20 C. for 3 seconds, the support was further dipped in methanol for 30 seconds to prepare a white opaque polystyrene support having hydrophilic surfaces.
  • gelatin-silver halide color photographic emulsion having the following composition per 1 m. of the film was applied.
  • a process for producing photographic materials which comprise a photographic layer on a support having increased adherence between the photographic layer and the support, said process comprising contacting a biaxially stretched polystyrene support with a liquid containing at least a solvent or swelling agent for said polystyrene and from 0.1 to 2.0% by weight of gelatin dispersed therein, contacting the support with a non-solvent for said polystyrene to simultaneously render said polystyrene support white opaque and having a hydrophilic surface and applying a photographic emulsion or suspension containing gelatin to the white opaque hydrophilic surface of said support.
  • said solvent or swelling agent is selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, acetone, methylethylketone, methylene chloride, ethylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexane, benzene, dioxane, benzyl alcohol, trichlene and mixtures thereof, and wherein said non-solvent is selected from the group consisting of methanol and ethanol.
  • said emulsion or suspension containing gelatin contains a member selected from the group consisting of a silver halide, a light-sensitive diazo compound, and a material providing centers of development of an image receiving material in a silver salt diffusion transfer process.

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US3841903A (en) * 1970-02-16 1974-10-15 Japan Gas Chemical Co Process for producing paper-like synthetic resin film
US3853584A (en) * 1972-02-14 1974-12-10 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Process for the preparation of photographic materials
US3867167A (en) * 1970-10-07 1975-02-18 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Method for production of photographic material
US3873321A (en) * 1972-04-21 1975-03-25 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Process for producing support for use in photographic material
US3892573A (en) * 1970-12-24 1975-07-01 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Method of improving the surface of a high molecular weight support
US3976817A (en) * 1971-08-25 1976-08-24 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Method of preparing diffusion transfer image-receiving materials
US4037004A (en) * 1972-11-09 1977-07-19 Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Method for producing thermoplastic resin films or sheets for chelate color printing
US4143189A (en) * 1974-05-08 1979-03-06 Woods Jack L Method for applying a photo polymer to surfaces

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3841903A (en) * 1970-02-16 1974-10-15 Japan Gas Chemical Co Process for producing paper-like synthetic resin film
US3867167A (en) * 1970-10-07 1975-02-18 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Method for production of photographic material
US3892573A (en) * 1970-12-24 1975-07-01 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Method of improving the surface of a high molecular weight support
US3976817A (en) * 1971-08-25 1976-08-24 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Method of preparing diffusion transfer image-receiving materials
US3853584A (en) * 1972-02-14 1974-12-10 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Process for the preparation of photographic materials
US3873321A (en) * 1972-04-21 1975-03-25 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Process for producing support for use in photographic material
US4037004A (en) * 1972-11-09 1977-07-19 Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Method for producing thermoplastic resin films or sheets for chelate color printing
US4143189A (en) * 1974-05-08 1979-03-06 Woods Jack L Method for applying a photo polymer to surfaces

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